Online outputs (all links)

This page collects all publicly available outputs of the AI Weather Quest, excluding social media posts. It provides an overview of the official website, webpages, ECMWF publications, newsletters, webinars, external news, and events where the Quest has been highlighted.

Website & Webpages

• AI Weather Quest official website

• AI Weather Quest Confluence space

• AI Weather Quest forum

• AI/ML sub-seasonal forecasts portal

• AI Weather Quest Python library

• AI Weather Quest Python Package on GitHub

Publications

ECMWF articles

• ECMWF Website News:

  • Take part in the AI Weather Quest to advance sub-seasonal forecasting, January 2025

  • The AI Weather Quest Testing Period is live, May 2025

• DestinE Webpage: AI Weather Quest page, March 2025

• ECMWF Science Blog: AI Weather Quest: uniting international expertise to advance sub-seasonal forecasting, August 2025
• IOP Science (Machine Learning: Earth): The AI Weather Quest: an international competition for sub-seasonal forecasting with AI, August 2025

External articles

• WildlabsNOAA AI initiative: AI Weather Quest Competition, March 2025

• Wildlabs: AI Weather Quest, March 2025

• CESOC News: CESOC Community Invited to Join ECMWF AI Weather Quest, April 2025

• European AI Alliance Blog: ECMWF AI Weather Quest: a global competition for AI/ML innovators, April 2025

• Hugging Face: ECMWF AI Weather Quest – Benchmarking AI Models for Sub-Seasonal Forecasting, April 2025

• ESIWACE: Pre-competition webinar mention, May 2025

• CMA (China Meteorological Administration): AI-powered meteorology supports Early Warnings for All, July 2025

• India Today: Could AI solve the weather prediction dilemma?, July 2025

• Nvidia Developer Blog: Forecasting the weather beyond two weeks using Earth-2, July 2025

External newsletters

• ECMWF Newsletter: AI Weather Quest: Advancing sub-seasonal forecasting with AI/ML, April 2025

• WIPPS Newsletter (WMO):

  • ECMWF AI Weather Quest: Advancing AI in Sub-Seasonal Forecasting as a WIPPS Pilot Project, February 2025

  • ECMWF AI Weather Quest: Testing underway ahead of Competition Phase launch, July 2025

• WWRP Newsletter:

  • European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) launches the AI Quest on 17 March 2025, February 2025

  • The AI Weather Quest Testing Period is now LIVE!, May 2025

• M²LInES Newsletter: Join ECMWF AI Weather Quest !, March 2025

• LEAP (Columbia University) Newsletter: ECMWF AI WEATHER QUEST:
  ADVANCING AI FOR SUB-SEASONAL FORECASTING March 2025

• Climate Change AI Newsletter: ECMWF is launching the AI Weather Quest, April 2025

• Climate AI Nordics Newsletter: Will you join the #AIWeatherQuest?, April 2025

Webinars (recordings available)

Recordings are all available on the AI Weather Quest YouTube playlist.

• Quest Launch Webinar – March 2025

  • Attendance: ~200 participants

  • Morning session

  • Afternoon session

• Testing Period Launch Webinar – May 2025

  • Attendance: ~90 participants

  • Main session

  • Step-by-step guide to using the Python package

• Pre-Competition Period Launch Webinar – August 2025

  • Attendance: ~70 participants

  • Morning session

  • Afternoon session

Events where the AI Weather Quest was spotlighted

The Quest has been featured at a wide range of scientific conferences, workshops, and meetings. The list below highlights the main events, noting that it has also been presented at a number of other occasions.

2024

• AI for Weather and Climate: How Machine Learning Boosts Forecasts – 13 Nov 2024, Vienna
  Event link
  Featured in presentation.

• AGU 2024 – 9–13 Dec 2024, Washington D.C.
  Event link
  Featured in presentation.

2025

• AMS 2025 (American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting) – 12–16 Jan 2025, New Orleans
  Event link
  Featured in presentation.

• ECMWF Annual Seminar 2025 – 7–11 Apr 2025, Bonn
  Event link
  Poster presentation.

• EGU 2025 – 27 Apr–2 May 2025, Vienna
  Event link
  Featured in presentation.

• CESOC ML Working Group – 9 May 2025, Cologne
  Event link
  Poster presentation.

• Living Planet Symposium (LPS 2025) – 23–27 Jun 2025, Vienna
  Event link
  Poster presentation and presence at ECMWF booth.

• CESOC Workshop on Machine Learning for Earth System Modelling – 25–27 Aug 2025, Cologne
  Event link
  Featured in presentation and poster.

• WMO AI Conference: AI for Weather Prediction, Advances, Challenges & Future Outlook – 9–11 Sep 2025, Geneva
  Event link
  Featured in presentation.

• Using ECMWF’s Forecasts (UEF 2025) – 15–18 Sep 2025, Bologna
  Event link
  Featured in presentation and poster.