The UK’s Met Office has partnered with the University of Plymouth to co-design and co-deliver a new training program for early-career meteorologists.

The multimillion-pound Foundation Operational Meteorology Programme will provide early-career meteorologists with a learning and development program suitable for a profession being transformed by climate change, extreme weather and artificial intelligence.

According to the Met Office, the collaboration will also open more diverse routes into the profession, better recognizing students’ previous experience and creating clearer career progression pathways – all enhancing career opportunities and making meteorology more accessible to people from a wider range of backgrounds.

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R M Young Company will host a technical webinar examining the engineering and design principles behind its ResponseOne-Pro all-in-one weather station.

The webinar, titled ‘Advances in All-in-One Weather Stations: A Technical Deep Dive into ResponseOne-Pro’, will take place on March 24, 2026, from 5:00pm-6:00pm GMT / 1:00-2:00pm EDT.

According to the company, the session will focus on the engineering philosophy, measurement technologies and system architecture behind the next-generation platform. The webinar is aimed at environmental monitoring specialists and will explore design decisions intended to improve long-term reliability and performance in demanding operating environments.

The presentation will be led by Conor Byrne, engineering manager, and Gabe Denton, business development manager, at R M  Young.

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Vaisala has introduced a new service offering designed to support the long-term operation and maintenance of its weather observation systems.

Called Vaisala Care, the program aims to improve system uptime, maintain measurement quality and extend asset lifetime of weather monitoring equipment through structured lifecycle support.

The service combines access to the company’s global technical support teams, remote monitoring capabilities and lifecycle maintenance services. It is organized into two tiers intended to help customers select a level of support based on operational requirements.

According to the company, the offering is designed to move customers away from reactive service requests toward planned lifecycle management.

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Seychelles Meteorological Authority (SMA) and GeoSphere Austria are preparing to formalize closer cooperation following a strategic visit to Vienna focused on forecasting, early warning and climate services.

SMA CEO Vincent Amelie visited GeoSphere Austria on February 10-11, 2026, accompanied by a World Meteorological Organization technical expert. The visit was supported by the CREWS Southwest Indian Ocean program and the CREWS Accelerated Support Window for Seychelles.

Discussions centered on strengthening multihazard early warning systems, improving impact-based forecasting and expanding climate service delivery. One focus was Austria’s Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Advice Service (AMAS), an operational framework that translates meteorological hazards into risk-based guidance for decision-makers.

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The Scientific Robotics Academy, based at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, is to host two courses to educate researchers and other professionals about how to use robotics in environmental data collection.

The courses, titled ‘Environmental monitoring using autonomous platforms’ and ‘Applied photogrammetry for environmental monitoring,’ come amid the rapid expansion of AI and robotics, which are transforming tasks such as survey work.

The courses are aimed at the beginner-to-intermediate and intermediate-and-advanced levels, respectively.

Dr Phil Anderson, who heads up the Scientific Robotics Academy, said, “By the end of this decade we will have seen a huge change in how we collect data.

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Probability-based forecasts can better inform weather-related decision-making, according to new research from the UK Met Office.

The study brings together 25 years of research to explain why probabilistic forecasting is becoming central to weather prediction. Funded by the Public Weather Service and published in the Royal Meteorological Society’s Weather, it examines how probability-based forecasts that account for uncertainty in predicted weather patterns can support more informed decisions.

The peer-reviewed research also suggests that public understanding of probabilistic forecasts should not be a barrier to their wider use, challenging earlier assumptions.

Probability forecasts are based on ensemble forecasting, a different approach from traditional deterministic forecasts often presented on television.

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Caribbean meteorological, disaster management and media leaders met in Trinidad and Tobago on January 20-21 to strengthen coordination and communication around early warning systems across the region.

The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO), in partnership with the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) and the Caribbean Broadcasting Union (CBU), convened the ‘Regional Workshop on strengthening knowledge exchange and mutual understanding between national meteorological and hydrometeorological services, national disaster risk management offices, and the media’. The event was held under Phase 2 of the Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) Caribbean Project, implemented by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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The US Navy has launched automated weather drones – Meteodrones produced by Meteomatics – from a moving vessel to collect frequently unobserved atmospheric data critical to maritime operations. The trial, conducted as part of the Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX) in the Mississippi Sound near Gulfport, was designed to enhance operational readiness and safety for naval missions.

Historically, capturing precise, localized weather intelligence for naval operations has proven difficult. Weather balloons are almost impossible to launch and track reliably from moving vessels, and the broad coverage satellites provide lacks the vertical resolution needed for tactical decisions.

“For the last decade, US military weather services have sought to consistently and reliably measure the atmosphere over the open ocean to improve forecast accuracy and identify atmospheric anomalies,” said Kevin Lacroix, weather services technology lead, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command.

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The WMO has reached a major milestone in its digital transformation with the launch of three of the four portals making up the redesigned WMO Community Platform.

The new Contacts Directory, Collaboration Hub and Knowledge Hub are now live, which the WMO says will strengthen its support for its members, partners and expert networks.

The transformation is said to be one of the largest modernization projects undertaken by the organization, directly addressing members’ needs for clearer information, easier collaboration and more accessible technical guidance.

More than 10,000 contact records have been consolidated and migrated into the new Contacts Directory.

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A team of scientists led by the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici – CMCC) has developed a machine-learning (ML) prediction system capable of outperforming traditional forecasting systems, helping to protect vulnerable areas of Europe from heatwaves – one of the continent’s most pressing climate challenges.

Trained on data from centuries of climate analysis up to recent years, the system has demonstrated an increase in forecasting efficiency by significantly reducing the computational resources required. This makes it more cost-effective and accessible for a broader number of researchers and institutions.

The new model is said to be able to deliver forecasting insights 4-7 weeks before summer, in mid-March, providing a strong lead time for preparation measures.

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