# Weathernext: what I've logged

> Weathernext comes up in 2 posts of my AI log, from August 2026 to August 2026, and each item below links to the primary source. The sources come from Google DeepMind, filed under frontier, open weights and science.

## Items

1. **WeatherNext 3** (Google DeepMind, 31 Aug 2026): DeepMind's most advanced global weather model yet, following the cyclone work from last month. [Primary source](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/google-deepmind/introducing-weathernext-3/) · [Post](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-08-31-week-in-ai#item-7)
2. **WeatherNext cyclone forecasting** (Google DeepMind, 3 Aug 2026): A Nature paper reports three-day cyclone forecasts as accurate as older models' two-day ones, and DeepMind is open-sourcing the models. [Primary source](https://deepmind.google/blog/weathernext-ai-model-achieves-breakthrough-in-forecasting-cyclones/) · [Post](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-08-03-week-in-ai#item-4)

## Posts

- 2026-08-31 [Claude Fable 5.1 and GPT-6 Astra both land, plus Gemini 3.8 Flash](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-08-31-week-in-ai)
- 2026-08-03 [Qwen3.8-Max at 2.4T, Motif 3, and WeatherNext goes open](https://heyaliasif.com/ai/2026-08-03-week-in-ai)

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