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Morning Edition · Friday, August 7, 2026Published at 10:43 AM EDT · New York
Google DeepMind's WeatherNext Model Adds a Full Day of Cyclone Forecast Lead Time
Published in Nature and already used operationally by the US National Hurricane Center during the 2025 Atlantic season, the open-sourced model makes three-day cyclone forecasts as accurate as two-day forecasts were before it.
Google DeepMind published research in Nature on August 6 demonstrating state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting tropical cyclone track, intensity, and wind structure using its WeatherNext model, according to the company's announcement and Op…
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