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WeatherNext: AI model achieves breakthrough in forecasting cyclones

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Google DeepMind and Google Research, working with the National Hurricane Center, CIRA, the UK Met Office and other weather agencies, report that their WeatherNext AI model achieves state-of-the-art accuracy in predicting a cyclone's track, intensity and wind structure, giving forecasters on average an extra day of predictive accuracy. The team is open sourcing the WeatherNext 2 and WeatherNext Cyclones models, which predict 1,000 possible scenarios per cyclone.