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Gain over 24 hours lead time for cyclone preparedness
Enables earlier warnings, adding over 24 hours for disaster prep
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Key Points
- 13-day forecasts match prior 2-day quality
- 2Generates 15-day scenarios in under 1 minute
- 3Code and weights open-sourced on GitHub
Google DeepMind released WeatherNext. It generates 15-day probabilistic forecasts in under a minute from historical data. Published in Nature, accuracy is significantly higher than prior models. Open-sourced for anyone to use.
What happened
DeepMind announced WeatherNext AI weather model. It predicted Hurricane Melissa 5 days ahead with 80% confidence. Published in Nature.
Impact
Improved accuracy adds critical preparation time to save lives. Open-sourced for research and operational use.