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Why it matters
Google releases WeatherNext 3 model for high-resolution forecasting
The Decoder Google's WeatherNext 3 ditches physics simulations and learns weather directly from live satellite data
Google Research and DeepMind released WeatherNext 3, a weather model that learns directly from real-time satellite data instead of using traditional physics simulations.
Why it matters
It provides hourly weather forecasts that are five times more detailed than before, improving local storm and temperature predictions without heavy computing costs.
Latest brief · Oct 19, 2026