Find out how to get ECMWF real-time forecast data.

If you are just beginning to explore the products available from ECMWF, the costs and what Service Agreement you might need, please start from our forecast charts and data pages.

What do we mean by Real-Time forecast data?


Real-time forecast data, or 'valid' data, is all meteorological information in the form of pictures, charts, text or data files for which the verification time is in the future or less than 24 hours ago. This means that it can be used to predict the weather conditions.  

Real-time data are also referred to as valid data.

Expired real-time data are any data with a verification time ‘more than 24 hours in the past’ (i.e. data which cannot be used to forecast). 

   

Find out how to get Real-Time forecast data

ECMWF Free & Open Datasets for Real-Time forecast data and charts

Other Real-Time forecast data

You can browse Real-Time forecast data to see what is available, but remember that restrictions apply so you will need to order the data.

Technical set-up for delivery of real-time forecast data

Monitoring and changing delivery of real-time forecast data

Optional services for real-time forecast data 

ECMWF offers a number of optional services for the delivery of Real-Time forecast data. The services available to you depend on the service package you have. 


Note: Silver package is only available for user who have Volume Band 3 or higher, while the Gold package is only available for users with Volume Band 4 or higher.

Real-Time Data formats

Find out about data format and how to read your data files.

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