weather
WeatherNext 3
Google flagship operational weather model, recommended for all new projects.
Levelmodel
Classweather
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
ReleasedAug 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive
Lineage
successor
WeatherNext 1 Gen (GenCast) is the parent (successor)medium confidencenotesWeatherNext 1 Graph (GraphCast) is the parent (successor)medium confidencenotesWeatherNext 2 (FGN) is the parent (successor)high confidencenotesWhere this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 6 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.
Industry Use Cases
Agriculture
Weather forecastingR&D Topics
Identity
- Developer
- Google DeepMind, Google
- Family
- not in the notes
- Released
- Aug 2026 sourcesannouncement page
- Weights published
- –
- Record checked
- 10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- dense transformer FGN mesh transformer, 64-member ensemble; 0.05 deg stations, 0.1 deg surface, 0.25 deg pressure levels, hourly
- Total parameters
- – sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Context length
- not in the notes
- Input
- sensor
- Output
- sensor
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- proprietary
- Licence
- Google DeepMind Experimental Data Terms sources
- Access routes
- cloud marketplace
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- not in the notes
- Footprint
- BigQuery, Earth Engine, Cloud Storage. Real-time data under GDM Experimental Data Terms; historical (over 1 hour old) CC BY 4.0.
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Benchmark Results
The notes record no benchmark result for this model.
Links
ModelWeatherNext 3Google DeepMind, weather
WeatherNext 3Google DeepMind, weatherUse CasesWeather ForecastingAgriculture
Who Runs It
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)Contract signed, 5 Feb 2026Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)In production, 23 Sep 2025Deployments of these use cases; none names this model.
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)Contract signed, 5 Feb 2026Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG)In production, 23 Sep 2025Deployments of these use cases; none names this model.Use cases 1
Models 3
Sources
- WeatherNext 3 | Google for Developers developers.google.com https://developers.google.com/weathernext/guides/models
- Model deprecation | WeatherNext | Google for Developers developers.google.com https://developers.google.com/weathernext/guides/deprecation
- WeatherNext 2 | Google for Developers developers.google.com https://developers.google.com/weathernext/guides/models-wn2
- WeatherNext 2: Our most advanced weather forecasting model blog.google https://blog.google/technology/google-deepmind/weathernext-2/
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "WeatherNext 3", https://aurion.semai.id/models/google-deepmind-weathernext-3/, records of October 2026.