WeatherNext 3 details: real-time satellite training, hourly 5-km forecasts, 60% CRPS gain vs IMERG
ymatias · x · 2026-09-04
A Google team member detailed WeatherNext 3's technical specifics: the model learns directly from global geostationary satellite data, bypassing the typical 6-hour lag of numerical weather prediction to produce hourly forecasts grounded in the latest observations at up to 5-km resolution — critical for fast-developing severe weather. Trained on NASA's IMERG and Google's satellite-radar-based global precipitation reanalysis, it achieves up to 60% CRPS improvement against IMERG, with hourly forecasts at multiple resolutions.
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