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- WeatherNext 2 generates forecasts 8x faster than prior systems at up to 1-hour resolution, making real-time ensemble runs feasible for national meteorological centers.
- The Cyclones model ran operationally during the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, with a documented real-time prediction of Hurricane Melissa's rapid intensification.
- Weights and code are on GitHub; WeatherNext 2-mini runs on a single TPU in a free Colab notebook, removing the compute barrier for smaller agencies.
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