A new four-dimensional animation, created from Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) imager and sounder data, offers an unprecedented view of how those storms, and other events across Europe, formed over ...

Typhoon Halong currently has maximum sustained wind speeds of 95 knots (09/10/25) and gusts up to 115 knots and is located in the Pacific Ocean, south of Japan. The typhoon has brought heavy rain and ...

The United Nations has designated the 2020s as the Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development and issued ten challenges with the goal of achieving a clean, safe, and accessible ocean by 2030.

EUMETSAT’s satellite data are used to protect lives and property. Nowcasting is a weather forecast for the next few hours, based on current information. Accurate weather predictions start from the ...

The equinox in the northern hemisphere happens twice a year, around the 20 March (spring equinox) and the 22 September (autumn equinox). The spring equinox marks the beginning of astronomical spring ...

This week’s image is a view of smoke plumes and haze from fires in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. This week’s image shows Tropical Storm Fay moving west across the Atlantic Ocean. This week’s ...

On 9 October 2018, torrential rain and thunderstorms laid siege to a mountainous region in north-east Mallorca, Spain, killing 13 people and affecting thousands more. Flash floods tore through roads, ...

Following the successful first edition of the EUMETSAT Foresight Workshop in October 2025, we are pleased to announce the Second EUMETSAT Foresight Workshop, which will take place on 19–20 October ...

Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data. The H SAF generates and archives ...

How strong does the wind blow in a hurricane? This proves a question that is difficult to answer, but has far-reaching consequences for satellite meteorology, weather forecasting and advisories. In ...

Launched by the European Commission in 2022, DestinE is centred around creating highly accurate models or digital twins of our planet that can simulate and predict the interaction between natural ...

The authors of a recent EUMETSAT case study say this year's extreme El Niño conditions may have partly amplified the hot, dry conditions seen across much of Europe in 2026. “El Niño and its cold ...