Nowcasting video course
The very short-range weather forecasting and nowcasting is highly challenging due to rapidly evolving weather (minutes to ~ 6h). For example, heavy rainfall from a convective storm can trigger flash flood and landslides in a short period of time. Therefore, severe weather nowcasting is essential to reducing the impact on lives and livelihood. Radars, lightning detectors/sensors, and satellite-based tools and techniques contribute to improve severe weather nowcasting and early warning services.
Several training videos have been produced on nowcasting techniques to support the forecasting community of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs). This work has been done under the coordination of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Severe Weather Forecasting Programme (SWFP) with the technical leadership of the Spanish State Meteorological Agency (AEMET) and the EUMETSAT Nowcasting Satellite Application Facility (NWC SAF), and with contributions from several partners including EUMETSAT, EUMeTrain, EUMETSAT HSAF, MeteoFrance, GeoSphere Austria, MeteoCat, the Directorate General of Meteorology of Morocco (Maroc Meteo), and the African School of Meteorology and Civil Aviation (EAMAC). The Maroc Meteo and EAMAC are also part of the WMO Virtual Laboratory for Meteorological Satellite Education and Training (VLab). Financial support was provided by EUMeTrain and CREWS Central Africa and CREWS West Africa projects.
These training videos will be part of a WMO Moodle training under preparation to be launched at the beginning of 2026, and a link to this Moodle will be announced in this web page. This training material is available for forecasting community for open consultation.