DeepMind Podcast: How WeatherNext 3 and GraphCast Powered Hurricane Melissa Forecasting
PeterWBattaglia · x · 2026-09-10
Google DeepMind's podcast (ep. 32) features Hannah Fry interviewing Peter Battaglia, Senior Director of Research, on AI weather forecasting.
- Real-world impact: collaboration with the National Hurricane Center, including forecasting of Hurricane Melissa (Category 5).
- Foundations: why weather is such a tough physics problem, the butterfly effect, traditional numerical models vs AI models, probabilistic forecasting.
- Models: GraphCast and the new WeatherNext 3, also used for renewable energy supply and agricultural impact prediction.
44-minute episode available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.
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