News ECWMF data becomes free and accessible to all

[POW Hungry]

Big news out of the ECMWF today as they ditch their paywall for access to much of their products.
https://www.ecmwf.int/en/about/media-centre/news/2020/ecmwf-moves-towards-policy-open-data

From today (7 October 2020), hundreds of ECMWF forecast charts will become free and accessible to all.

Medium-range, extended-range and long-range forecast charts of temperature, wind, precipitation, clouds and ocean waves are just some of the products that are becoming available. With ECMWF’s focus on ensemble prediction, charts also cover probability-based information, which provides a guide to forecast confidence. The likelihood of extreme conditions, as well as tropical and extratropical cyclone activity, are also included.

 

[nfip]

Awesome news.
Tho there have been work arounds this will make things easier for we punters.

 

[Jellybeans]

Some good news finally!

Had a look, absolute goldmine.

 

[POW Hungry]

Seems like the website is under a fair amount of load ATM as it's really slow and won't load all frames.
But not surprising given the recent announcement.

 

[Jellybeans]

Hopefully this signals to the BOM and the Met Office, that they should make all their data available too.

 

[_Yossarian_]

Hopefully this signals to the BOM and the Met Office, that they should make all their data available too.

Not a chance

 

[Darb]

What's the best way to access that data?

 

[Michael Hauber]

What's the best way to access that data?

Here's a starting point. link. Not sure if anyone knows better?

 

[POW Hungry]

Here's a starting point. link. Not sure if anyone knows better?

Yep.
This might be an easier/harder way but more or less the same:
https://apps.ecmwf.int/webapps/opencharts

Will need an overhaul soon, but I think that's the only way at the moment.