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4 September 2026

Google DeepMind releases WeatherNext 3 weather forecasting model

First reported

Engadget ran this on , a day before the other 3 sources picked it up.

  • WeatherNext 3 uses live satellite images to generate new forecasts every hour instead of the six-hour delay of previous systems, capturing fast-changing rain and temperature patterns more quickly.
  • The model predicts weather at five-kilometer resolution, five times sharper than WeatherNext 2, and reduces precipitation forecast errors by up to 60 percent compared to NASA satellite data.

Where they differ

TLDR AI

The Rundown AI

Deep Learning Weekly

Reported by The Decoder