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title: "DeepMind's WeatherNext model forecasts cyclones a day further ahead"
url: https://www.parallelquant.com/posts/deepmind-s-weathernext-model-forecasts-cyclones-a-day-further-ahead-347e01
source_name: "The Decoder"
source_url: https://the-decoder.com/google-deepminds-weathernext-predicts-cyclone-tracks-and-intensity-at-the-same-time/
published: 2026-08-09T12:29:06.000Z
topics: ["open source"]
publisher: "Parallel Quant"
---

# DeepMind's WeatherNext model forecasts cyclones a day further ahead

*2026-08-09 · Source: [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com/google-deepminds-weathernext-predicts-cyclone-tracks-and-intensity-at-the-same-time/)*

Google DeepMind's WeatherNext model can now predict tropical cyclone tracks and intensity simultaneously, forecasting about a day further ahead than leading operational weather models. DeepMind has open-sourced the code and model weights on GitHub.

**Why it matters:** An extra day of cyclone-track lead time is operationally significant for evacuation and shipping decisions, and matches roughly a decade of incremental progress in traditional forecasting in one model generation. Open-sourcing the weights means national weather services and researchers can adopt or build on it directly rather than depending on a closed API.

**Topics:** open source

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