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Fire prevention: Météo France launches a forest weather forecast.

"Why a forest weather forecast?" The impressive fires that ravaged the Landes forest during the summer of 2022 probably explain why Météo France has decided to launch a forest weather forecast for next summer. Global warming and drought are causing an increase in forest fires, especially during t ...

09
May
2023

AI and Weather: How Artificial Intelligence Improves Forecasting

company working on new AI weather models. Microsoft, IBM, and Huawei have also joined the race for the best weather forecasts. However, experts from Météo France have tempered the promises of artificial intelligence in the field of meteorology. The national meteorological service acknowledges tha ...

31
July
2024

Climate: Météo-France acquires two new supercomputers

New tools for Météo-France In early 2021, Météo France acquired two new Bull supercomputers. The public sector body has invested €55 million in the project, with a total budget of €144 million over five years. These two machines, named Belenos (after the god of the sun in Gallic mytholo ...

05
July
2021

What are the best weather apps?

Weather France: the reference application. If you want to know the weather everywhere in France, the reference application is undoubtedly Météo France, available on Google Play and the App Store. This application is one of the most reliable for knowing the forecasts near you or at your vacation ...

01
Aug
2023

Heatwave: red alert in 5 questions

ntry. It consists of three levels of alert indicated by the colors yellow, orange, and red. To determine the color and level of alert for each area, Météo France relies on a set of criteria previously defined by health authorities for each department, based on epidemiological studies and observed ...

23
Aug
2023

The National School of Meteorology: presentation and training.

tation of the National School for the Judiciary The École Nationale de la Météorologie or ENM is the training institution of the public establishment Météo France. This prestigious engineering school located in Toulouse is under the supervision of the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable De ...

20
Jan
2011

Weather: how to interpret the record heat observed in France?

. Temperatures reached summer levels, sometimes reaching +5°C or even +7°C degrees above normal. As a reminder, seasonal normals are established by Météo France over a 30-year period, i.e. the period between 1981 and 2010. An early drought Also according to the Météo-france report, May ...

07
June
2022

Weather : what is a dry storm ?

se flooding and 'flash floods' that are particularly dangerous for people living near waterways. The dangerousness of these phenomena explains why Météo France often places departments under vigilance for risk of thunderstorms, shortly after the periods of vigilance for heat waves: ???? 5 dp ...

16
Aug
2022