Google's WeatherNext 3 leaps to 5km grid, ditch physics
google's weathernext 3 uses live satellite data for 5x sharper forecasts, improving renewable energy predictions and precipitation accuracy, now live across search, maps, and gemini.
google and deepmind have released weathernext 3, an ai weather model that learns directly from real-time satellite data, skipping traditional physics simulations. it generates hourly forecasts on a 5km grid, which is 5 times sharper than its predecessor, weathernext 2. this model captures local weather events and terrain details with greater precision, and delivers precipitation forecasts up to 50% more accurate. weathernext 3 is now live across google search, maps, and gemini, and is expected to improve renewable energy predictions and grid operations.