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Every year, new weather research is funded and new discoveries are made. These discoveries, from improved weather prediction models to greater understanding of extreme weather events, change how weather forecasters interpret weather events and support public safety. But, how do these knowledge and tools move from research and development (R&D) to operational use? They move…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NOAA-NESDIS) and NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Weather Program Office’s Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) have greatly advanced global soil moisture monitoring, improving weather prediction accuracy through the Soil Moisture Operational Product System (SMOPS). SMOPS is a central hub that combines…
The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the NOAA Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Numerical Weather Prediction (AI4NWP) Working Group are pleased to announce the public release of the nested-Experimental AI Global and Limited-area Ensemble (nested-EAGLE) Application v1.1.0 The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) and the NOAA Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Numerical Weather Prediction (AI4NWP) Working Group are…
The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC), alongside NOAA National Weather Service’s Office of Model Development (OMD) and the broader Unified Forecast System (UFS) community, has achieved a major milestone: the official public release of the Community Global Workflow (GW) v1.0.0. This release marks a critical milestone as NOAA’s fulfillment of the Congressional mandate to EPIC…
Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop A UFS Collaboration Powered by EPIC Monday, July 20, 2026 – Friday, July 24, 2026 College Park, MD Join us this July at the College Park Marriott Hotel & Conference Center in College Park, Maryland or online for the Unifying Innovations in Forecasting Capabilities Workshop 2026 (UIFCW26). This event…
This project aims to enhance the realism of global ocean and sea ice simulations by implementing a version of the Modular Ocean Model version 6 (MOM6) and Sea Ice Simulator version 2 (SIS2) model on a higher resolution grid than what is typically used in climate studies.
As the U.S. is facing further devastation with the largest wildfire in Texas history, NOAA has released “Building Towards a Fire-Ready Nation: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Wildfire Projects” StoryMap.
The Earth Prediction Innovation Center (EPIC) made the cover of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) February 2024 issue with EPIC Possibilities.
The EPIC team is hosting an AMS Short Course:
Running the Unified Forecast System’s Short Range Weather Application in the Cloud (January 27th, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM ET).
NOAA and NASA have joined in a collaborative project aimed at developing a shared scientific, technological, and application vision for the future of US reanalysis efforts.