Google DeepMind·· 2026-08-06
WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones
WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones
AI summary
Google DeepMind released the WeatherNext AI model, achieving state-of-the-art cyclone track, intensity and wind-field structure forecasts and adding an average extra day of warning, equivalent to roughly a decade of meteorological progress.
Selection record
Threshold 60Official, first-handFirst 87Second 82
AdmittedSum of both 169 ≥ twice the threshold 120
- Source tier
- Official, first-hand; this tier's threshold is 60
- Pre-filter
- passed：DeepMind发布AI气象模型WeatherNext开源
- Why it was chosen
- The reported lead in track and intensity forecasting and scope of open-sourcing indicate potential changes to weather-forecasting workflows.
A model scores each item twice, independently, against one written standard, out of 100. An item is admitted only when the two scores add up to twice the threshold. The threshold is set per source tier.
Source: Google DeepMind · deepmind.google