ECMWF to achieve fully open data status in 2025 17 March 2025 ECMWF is bringing forward the full transition to open data by an entire year, to 1 October 2025, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to making weather data more accessible and impactful.
EarthCARE instruments working together to evaluate atmospheric models 10 March 2025 Launched in May 2024, the EarthCARE satellite’s unique combination of instruments – a radar, a lidar, an imager and a broadband radiometer – will improve the modelling of clouds, aerosols and precipitation in a number of different ways.
Developing ECMWF’s seasonal forecast system 3 March 2025 ECMWF’s seasonal forecasts are based on our medium-range forecasts but extend to seven to thirteen months. Stephanie Johnson has a key role in developing and optimising the seasonal forecasting system.
ECMWF’s AI forecasts become operational 25 February 2025 ECMWF has taken the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) into operations today, 25 February 2025, to run side by side with its traditional physics-based Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) to advance numerical weather prediction.
ECMWF takes leading role in Space for Early Warning in Africa 18 February 2025 ECMWF is contributing to the EU-funded Africa–EU Space Partnership Programme that started in January 2025 by taking a leading role in the four-year Space for Early Warning in Africa (SEWA) component.
International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2025 11 February 2025 To mark the United Nations' promotion of 'full and equal access and participation for women and girls in science', we invited some of our ECMWF colleagues to tell us more about their work. From improving weather forecasts to advancing climate research, their stories highlight the diverse contributions women make to science.
New 10-year ECMWF Strategy emphasises collaboration and machine learning 7 February 2025 ECMWF’s new Strategy from 2025 to 2034 sets out anticipated progress in science, impact and organisation and people. It emphasises the need for collaboration and the future role of machine learning in weather prediction.
Take part in the AI Weather Quest to advance sub-seasonal forecasting 30 January 2025 ECMWF presents the AI Weather Quest, an innovative global competition aimed at advancing sub-seasonal weather forecasting through the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Winter 2024/25 Newsletter published 24 January 2025 The winter 2024/25 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
2024 was the warmest year on record, Copernicus data show 10 January 2025 The year 2024 was the warmest on record globally and the first calendar year that was more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) implemented by ECMWF.
ECMWF at the AMS Annual Meeting 2025 6 January 2025 We are taking part in the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting from 12 to 16 January 2025 with presentations about ECMWF developments and plans and an exhibition booth.
News highlights of 2024 20 December 2024 ECMWF news highlights in 2024 include a major upgrade of the forecasting system; initiatives to drive forward weather science, including machine learning; and news from the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
The AI revolution: how European weather services are harnessing innovation 16 December 2024 Representatives from three European meteorological institutions – Météo-France, the German National Meteorological Service (DWD), and ECMWF – discuss how artificial intelligence is impacting services and activities, highlighting the crucial role of collaboration.
ECMWF to present updates at Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union 9 December 2024 At the Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU24), we present progress towards a global km-scale flood forecasting system, and we look at the mechanisms through which mesoscale convective systems can affect the large-scale circulation.
Experts meet to discuss satellite observations of Earth system interfaces 2 December 2024 From 19 to 22 November 2024, ECMWF hosted the NWP SAF Workshop on Satellite Observations of the Earth System Interfaces. The workshop continued the successful series of meetings organised at ECMWF on behalf of EUMETSAT’s Numerical Weather Prediction Satellite Applications Facility.
ECMWF Directors take part in UN Climate Change Conference 25 November 2024 Three ECMWF Directors participated in person and remotely in the UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, 11–22 November: Director-General Florence Rabier; the Director of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, Laurence Rouil; and the Director for Destination Earth at ECMWF, Irina Sandu.
Accounting for solar and infrared radiation in ECMWF’s weather forecasts 18 November 2024 Robin Hogan is responsible for the representation of solar and infrared radiation in the model used for ECMWF’s weather forecasts. He also co-chairs the mission advisory group for the EarthCARE satellite, which was launched in May this year.
Forecast upgrade improves wind and temperature predictions 13 November 2024 An upgrade of ECMWF’s Integrated Forecasting System to Cycle 49r1 implemented on 12 November has substantially improved near-surface wind and temperature predictions, particularly for the winter months in the northern hemisphere.
ECMWF will celebrate its 50th anniversary next year 28 October 2024 ECMWF will mark its 50th anniversary next year with three weeks of events taking place in our three duty stations in Bonn, Germany, 7–11 April; Bologna, Italy, 15–19 September; and Reading, UK, 1–5 December.
