Google ships WeatherNext 3 with hourly high-resolution forecasts
Google released WeatherNext 3 with real-time satellite inputs, hourly refreshes, resolution up to five kilometers and precipitation and clean-energy variables. It is integrated into Search, Gemini, Maps, Google Maps Platform and Cloud, with data access through BigQuery, Earth Engine and Cloud Storage.
Why it matters: The release moves a research weather model into operational products and data services. Agriculture, energy and logistics teams can test a faster forecast source, but high-impact decisions still require official alerts, local calibration and failure handling.