Welcome to the ECMWF prediction model which is renowned to many as the best weather prediction model out there. To make a forecast this model needs to know the current state of the atmosphere and the Earth's surface (land and oceans). The weather forecasts produced at ECMWF use data assimilation to estimate initial conditions for the forecast model from meteorological observations.

This faster version of the model runs at 24 hourly intervals out to 240 hours for the 00z and 12z, this version uses a resolution of 50km but with limited variables. The graphics are produced by CW Weather.

Run Times:

06:00 - 00z

18:00 - 12z


BST +1 Hour