A significant upgrade to the global weather system used by the European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts to produce forecasts is about to go live (from 12 May 2026) along with its AI ...

The post-mortems have begun on how well Hurricane Joaquin was predicted, and one of the key themes is why the flagship global model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ...

MOLINE, Ill. — Frequent followers of weather will often hear meteorologists talk about different weather forecast models, especially the European and American forecast models. These two models, known ...

With each passing year, forecasters have ever-more-accurate numerical guidance on where tropical storms and hurricanes are most likely to track and how strong they’ll get. Several of the leading ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Damiani covers AI, ClimateTech, and emerging media. Mar 03, 2025, 04:06pm EST Mar 04, 2025, 03:48pm EST Image of Hurricane ...

A little known fact is that the source of most weather forecasts delivered on your TV news and smartphones are two supercomputers housed in Reston, Va. and Orlando, Fl. An infusion of funding into the ...

Meteorologists and other environmental scientists rely on numerical forecast models to aid in developing a weather outlook. These models, such as the American GFS model and European ECMWF model, use ...

Look, it’s not easy to predict the weather. And while it’s frustrating to have weekend plans spoiled by unexpected showers, the stakes are much higher for potentially catastrophic storms like ...

ECMWF’s Council, representing 35 Member and Co-operating States, has announced the appointment of Dr Florian Pappenberger as the Centre’s next Director-General from 1 January 2026. He will take over ...