Reanalysis of surface synoptic weather observations, using methods developed for weather prediction, complements traditional monthly climatological records for documenting climate variability and change.

The amendments to the Convention of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) entered into force on 6 June 2010. This is a milestone in ECMWF’s history as it allows an enlargement of ECMWF’s membership and an expansion of the scope of its activities.

The advanced scatterometer, ASCAT, on the MetOp-A polar satellite senses the oil spill area with microwaves. The images below show the ASCAT winds (left) and a false-colour RGB image (right) made from the basic ASCAT measurements ...

This month www.meteoalarm.eu, the official website of weather warnings by the public European weather services, will present its new Europe of areas map on the homepage ...

“WMO - 60 Years of service for your safety and well-being” is the theme of the World Meteorological Day (WMD) being celebrated today by the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) in 189 Member States and Territories.

From Ireland to Siberia the winter of 2010 was colder than usual. The winter temperatures in the eastern half of the United States were also below normal. However, on Greenland and in north-eastern Canada it was much less cold than normal in winter and the Middle East was also milder.

The year 2009 is likely to rank in the top 10 warmest on record since the beginning of instrumental climate records in 1850, according to data sources compiled by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Meteoalarm is now fully operational since more than 1 year. According to the great number of hits and the positive reactions we seem to comply with the need of many users. The website offers the overview and also many details on the weather awareness situation within Europe.

The temperature in the Netherlands has risen much faster than the global mean.  The Central Netherlands Temperature is now about 1.5 degrees higher than around 1950.  This increase is twice as much as the rise in the global mean temperature over the same period. 

The World Meteorological Organization is developing a new vision for using dozens of satellites to monitor climate change and weather.

"The changing climate will have a sustainable influence on our highly industrialised society. We all must learn to live with the consequences of the climate change and adapt ourselves to it.

The global mean surface temperature in 2006 is currently estimated to be + 0.42°C above the 1961-1990 annual average (14°C/57.2°F), according to the records maintained by Members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

The temperature in a large part of Europe have been record high during the meteorological autumn of 2006 (September, October and November).

The area of the Antarctic ozone hole are this year larger than ever measered. This can be concluded from the ozone measurements with the satellite instruments GOME, SCIAMACHY and OMI.

Van 12-16 September wordt in de Jaarbeurs in Utrecht de 7de Europese conferentie voor toepassingen in de meteorologie (ECAM) gehouden.