Open-Meteo now provides Google DeepMind WeatherNext 2 through the Ensemble API endpoint. You can access it here.
WeatherNext 2 is produced as a 64-member global ensemble on a regular 0.25 degree latitude-longitude grid. The forecast data is issued at 6-hour intervals with up to 360 hours, or 15 days.
Specifications:
- Coverage: global with 0.25 degrees
Coverage: global with 0.25 degrees
- Ensemble size: 64 members
Ensemble size: 64 members
- Native temporal resolution: 6-hourly
Native temporal resolution: 6-hourly
- Forecast range: 60 forecast steps, from +6 hours to +360 hours
Forecast range: 60 forecast steps, from +6 hours to +360 hours
- Update cadence in Open-Meteo: every 12 hours, currently processing the 00 UTC and 12 UTC runs
Update cadence in Open-Meteo: every 12 hours, currently processing the 00 UTC and 12 UTC runs
Native forecast fields:
- 2m Temperature
2m Temperature
- Sea-Surface Temperature
Sea-Surface Temperature
- Mean Sea-Level pPressure
Mean Sea-Level pPressure
- Total Precipitation
Total Precipitation
- 10 and 100 m Wind Forecasts
10 and 100 m Wind Forecasts
- Temperature, Specific Humidity, Geopotential, Vertical Velocity on 13 pressure levels at 1000, 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, and 50 hPa
Temperature, Specific Humidity, Geopotential, Vertical Velocity on 13 pressure levels at 1000, 925, 850, 700, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, and 50 hPa
Computed fields by Open-Meteo:
- Relative Humidity, Dew Point and cloud cover on pressure level
Relative Humidity, Dew Point and cloud cover on pressure level
- Low, Mid, High and Total Cloud Cover
Low, Mid, High and Total Cloud Cover
- Snowfall and Weather Codes
Snowfall and Weather Codes
Open-Meteo, like with other ensemble models, retains the only most recent forecasts for all ensemble members. Ensemble mean and spread (standard deviation) are kept over a longer period.
More information about Google NextWeather 2 can be found in the Google Blog Announcement and its technical documentation.
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