The new IFS Cycle 47r3, expected to be the last upgrade before ECMWF's new data centre in Bologna will become operational, is scheduled to be implemented on 5 October 2021.
IFS Cycle 47r3 will bring improvements to the assimilation and observations usage and a significantly improved physical basis for moist processes, necessary to facilitate further development of the Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) and future application at convection-permitting resolutions.
The upgrade will bring more accurate upper air fields, particularly tropical winds, as well as precipitation in convective regimes. Several new convection-related products will be available and systematic errors are reduced for wind gusts and visibility for fog and precipitation
In a first webinar on
6 July 2021 at 8:00 UTC: Join the webinar on Zoom
Andy Brown, Director of Research, will introduce the new cycle.
For more information and to keep up to date with further progress please follow and “watch” the 47r3 implementation page.