Google WeatherNext 2

WeatherNext 2 is Google's global medium-range probabilistic weather forecasting model. It produces a 64-member ensemble on a 0.25 degree grid, initialized four times daily with forecasts extending to 15 days.

dynamical.org republishes Google WeatherNext 2 as free, analysis-ready Icechunk Zarr archives — open them directly with Xarray, no GRIB wrangling or bulk downloads.

Forecasts

• Google WeatherNext 2 historical forecast, virtualgoogle-weathernext2-forecast-historical-virtual
  map-optimized · low-latency
  Global · all variables · 0.25 degrees
• Google WeatherNext 2 operational forecast, virtualgoogle-weathernext2-forecast-operational-virtual
  map-optimized · low-latency
  Global · all variables · 0.25 degrees

Data access

• STAC catalog (browse) — the machine-readable source of truth.
• AWS Open Data Registry entry · browse the S3 bucket