# Google DeepMind — Ask a Scientist: How do researchers use AI to predict a cyclone?

- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Announced: 2026-09-01T16:00:00+00:00
- Category: open-weight-release
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: no
- Group: routine
- Source: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/weathernext-extreme-weather-cyclone-predictions/
- Record: https://forck.live/items/7271-ask-a-scientist-how-do-researchers-use-ai-to-predict-a-cyclone
- Subject: Gemini
- Open weights: yes
- Models affected: WeatherNext 2, WeatherNext cyclones

Google DeepMind has open-sourced its WeatherNext 2 and WeatherNext cyclones models, which are trained on 50 years of weather data and can run on a single TPU, improving cyclone forecasting accuracy.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/weathernext-extreme-weather-cyclone-predictions/:

> We’ve open-sourced our WeatherNext 2 and WeatherNext cyclones models

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