We are glad to announce the European Weather Cloud service has become operational as of 26 September 2023. The service is now run on fully operational cloud backend services at both ECMWF and EUMETSAT, and can now be used for production-grade, operational workloads.
We are therefore closing a successful pilot phase, where more than 60 different use cases and projects from many countries and organisations have been able to get onboard a preliminary version of the service on both ECMWF and EUMETSAT clouds, and have provided the invaluable feedback that has led us to this day. Most of those tenancies have seamlessly transitioned into the operational phase and will continue to benefit from the service and its resources.
If you are using or plan to use the European Weather Cloud, have a look at our updated Terms and Conditions for the Use of European Weather Cloud Operational Service, as well as EWC service definition to know more about what's on offer.
The service is open for authorised users coming from the European Meteorological Infrastructure, including ECMWF and EUMETSAT, their Member and Cooperating States as well as EUMETNET. Do reach us via the European Weather Cloud Support Portal or get in touch with the corresponding Computing Representative in your Member or Cooperating State. Alternatively, you can also consider applying via ECMWF Special Projects or EUMETSAT R&D calls.
To mark this very important milestone, here are some links on the topic you may also find interesting:
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2023/european-weather-cloud-operational
https://www.eumetsat.int/eumetsat-and-ecmwf-launch-european-weather-cloud
https://stories.ecmwf.int/the-european-weather-cloud/index.html