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WeatherNext 3
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#12In the energy world, this should be such a boon over the classic NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction; complex ML models), but I've not seen it implementated. Anyone with experience of these models over classic NWP?
Why should they be such a boon? High-resolution, regional NWP with fast refresh has been a standard tool for over a decade.
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#13The exploration page is really easy to use. Having more reliable weather predictions is a genuinely useful product.
Re: WeatherNext 3
#14In the energy world, this should be such a boon over the classic NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction; complex ML models), but I've not seen it implementated. Anyone with experience of these models over classic NWP?
A few weather forecast sites in Europe have them on their websites. It's just another forecast you can select and compare in an ensemble. Problem is that the WN3 grid is still quite rough (5km) - but a that's a brutal improvement for many places compared to many other global models. Quite a few country-scale models go down to a 1-2km grid nowadays. This is very helpful in complex geography like mountains and alleys.
You could use this model as another input into the country-scale models.
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#15In the energy world, this should be such a boon over the classic NWP (Numerical Weather Prediction; complex ML models), but I've not seen it implementated. Anyone with experience of these models over classic NWP?
A few weather forecast sites in Europe have them on their websites. It's just another forecast you can select and compare in an ensemble. Problem is that the WN3 grid is still quite rough (5km) - but a that's a brutal improvement for many places compared to many other global models. Quite a few country-scale models go down to a 1-2km grid nowadays. This is very helpful in complex geography like mountains and alleys.
> Problem is that the WN3 grid is still quite rough (5km) - but a that's a brutal improvement for many places compared to many other global models.
That's a pretty apples-and-oranges comparison. One would almost always use a high-resolution regional model if you needed certain details for different forecasting applications like renewable energy.
It's also worth noting that the 5km outputs are from a model decoder head that was trained against temperature and dewpoint at surface stations. According to the Rasp et al (2026) preprint, this head was designed for continuous sampling; the choice of a 5km grid is arbitrary. What we don't actually know is how well the model handles shocks like a frontal passage or impacts from things like outflow from storms - or even evaporative cooling from precipitation. We are limited to the output that DeepMind publishes; we can't run the model and stress test these things on our own.
That's all a long way to say that the 5km resolution is (a) limited to temperature fields, and (b) we don't know if the "additional" resolution has any impact whatsoever on the phenomena that one would typically use a mesoscale-resolving forecast for.
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#16Is there a convenient way to use this on iOS? AFAIK Google Search and Maps only show rather basic information.
I searched a bit and seems like the answer is no besides this web app https://deepmind.google.com/science/weatherlab
> WeatherNext 3 will power weather features in Google Search, the Gemini app and Google Maps, as well as the Google Maps Weather API and Google Earth Engine.
https://dataconomy.com/2026/09/04/weathernext-3-ai-forecasts...
So I assume the main way would be googling "weather Los Angeles" and it will be powered by the WeatherNext 3 models
They also open sourced the last one and are doing B2B/enterprise arrangements so maybe other weather apps are experimenting with it.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not seeing that kind of demo. I just see a video, a bunch of future-tense words about what could be done by someone, and the requisite hype. Link? edit: The link for the demo is as thus, https://deepmind.google.com/science/weatherlab
Clicking "Try WeatherNext 3" at the top of the page takes you to the section with different ways to use it.
Negative. Clicking on any appearance of "Try WeatherNext 3" brings me to this nonsense:
WeatherNext 3 is being integrated into the Google products and tools that billions of people rely on – like Search, Maps, and Gemini. The model is also available for enterprise use, across a range of different applications.
Gain access to high-resolution forecasts, without model setup. Including real-time operational data and historical forecasts.
Try WeatherNext 3 in BigQuery, Earth Engine, Google Maps Platform and Google Cloud Storage.
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None of those words are links or demos. It's just noise.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm not seeing that kind of demo. I just see a video, a bunch of future-tense words about what could be done by someone, and the requisite hype. Link? edit: The link for the demo is as thus, https://deepmind.google.com/science/weatherlab
Click on "Explore Weather Lab" at the bottom of the page
Thank you! That works.
Here's a URL for the demo for those who -- you know -- like to click on links and see stuff happen: https://deepmind.google.com/science/weatherlab
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Clicking "Try WeatherNext 3" at the top of the page takes you to the section with different ways to use it.
Negative. Clicking on any appearance of "Try WeatherNext 3" brings me to this nonsense: WeatherNext 3 is being integrated into the Google products and tools that billions of people rely on – like Search, Maps, and Gemini. The model is also available for enterprise use, across a range of different applications. Gain access to high-resolution forecasts, without model setup. Including real-time operational data and hist…
It's literally right below that-- the "Explore Weather Lab" button.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Negative. Clicking on any appearance of "Try WeatherNext 3" brings me to this nonsense: WeatherNext 3 is being integrated into the Google products and tools that billions of people rely on – like Search, Maps, and Gemini. The model is also available for enterprise use, across a range of different applications. Gain access to high-resolution forecasts, without model setup. Including real-time operational data and hist…
It's literally right below that-- the "Explore Weather Lab" button.
The button label is "Explore Weather Lab", isn't it?
(I'm not trying to be pedantic, but if someone is having trouble finding the button, the exact text is helpful.)
Also, here's where the button takes you: https://deepmind.google.com/science/weatherlab