ECMWF
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts
Episodes
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#5345: Forecasting for Cranes, Fires, and 15-Minute DecisionsThe public five-day forecast is a loss leader. Here's what bespoke weather looks like when money and lives ride on it. -
#4792: Shadowing an IMS Forecaster in 2026What does a human forecaster actually do when AI models already handle 95% of the routine work? -
#4788: How Weather Prediction Became a ScienceFrom hand calculations to chaos theory to machine learning — the full arc of forecasting. -
#3170: Pharmacokinetics vs Neural Nets: Two Meanings of "ModelTwo things called "models" that work completely differently — and why the confusion matters for patient safety. -
#3089: How Climate Consensus Actually FormedThe surprising journey from skepticism to scientific certainty — and what the data says about summer 2026. -
#3069: Why UV Index and Temperature Don't MatchWhy Israel hit a UV index of 11 while the thermometer barely reached 28°C. -
#1975: The Global Choreography of Weather BalloonsWhy we still launch 1,000 balloons daily into the stratosphere—and why satellites can't replace them. -
#199: When AI Outruns Physics: The New Weather ForecasterExploring the shift from physics-based models to AI-driven meteorology. Can algorithms predict the next big storm better than humans?