WeatherNext 3

(deepmind.google)

92 points | by matthieu_bl 4 days ago

5 comments

  • mrd3v0 6 minutes ago
    "Weather Lab is not available in your country or region at this time." cool...
  • RockstarSprain 33 minutes ago
    Is there a convenient way to use this on iOS? AFAIK Google Search and Maps only show rather basic information.
  • bahmboo 3 days ago
    They even have an interactive world map with all the layers. It's so cool when an announcement comes with the actual goods.
    • ssl-3 16 minutes ago
      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?

      • zamadatix 7 minutes ago
        Clicking "Try WeatherNext 3" at the top of the page takes you to the section with different ways to use it.
      • trainingonme 12 minutes ago
        Click on "Explore Weather Lab" at the bottom of the page
  • NostraDavid 1 day ago
    In 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?
    • counters 2 minutes ago
      Why should they be such a boon? High-resolution, regional NWP with fast refresh has been a standard tool for over a decade.
    • BlackRabbit1 17 minutes ago
      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.

  • tcumulus 3 days ago
    Paper: https://storage.googleapis.com/deepmind-media/papers/weather...

    TLDR: the input data for the model now also includes real-time observations (satellite and weather stations) on top of the typical (re)analysis data, improving model resolution, run frequency and timestep frequency.

    • dang 43 minutes ago
      We'll put that link in the toptext as well. Thanks!