tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678928Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:26:00 +0000http://www.estofex.org/news/blog.htmlOscar van der VeldeBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678928.post-4516653646963030058Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:15:00 +00002008-02-10T23:25:10.582ZStarting today, ESTOFEX will issue Extended Forecasts, offering a discussion and categorical map of a severe weather situation an extra day in advance, allowing visitors to become more aware of the developing situation early-on. The Extended Forecast is a product that will be offered depending on availability of forecasters and the apparent urgency of the weather pattern.http://www.estofex.org/news/2008/02/extended-forecasts.htmlOscar van der Veldetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678928.post-5764328220952350900Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:24:00 +00002007-09-06T16:48:10.131ZNext week the 4th ECSS takes place in Trieste, Italy (10-14 September) ESTOFEX contributes to this conference with two oral presentations and a poster. Three forecasters additionally present a part of their own thesis work. Detailed results on the verification of our forecasts will be presented, as well as analyses of a few interesting recent large hail and tornado cases. Very interesting talks http://www.estofex.org/news/2007/09/european-conference-on-severe-storms.htmlOscar van der Veldetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678928.post-7896642394431502322Sun, 11 Mar 2007 14:32:00 +00002007-03-11T15:05:27.595Z In the process of "learning how to forecast thunderstorms" ESTOFEX wants to monitor the quality of its forecasts. This is of course done by comparing the weather that was forecast with that what occurred in reality. Since the spring of 2006, lightning location data and (mostly unverified) severe weather reports from the European Severe Weather Database have been plotted on the maps of old http://www.estofex.org/news/2007/03/estofex-starts-objective-forecast.htmlPieter Groenemeijertag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678928.post-116577002140725949Sun, 10 Dec 2006 16:07:00 +00002006-12-21T19:51:48.316Z At least once a year ESTOFEX comes together to talk and make decisions about forecasting procedures, verification, plans for our future, and outreach. The last meeting was from 3-6 November 2006 in Linkenheim, Germany. Four of the five forecasters were attending and one active member. A lot has happened over the year. In January 2006 we had a meeting in Toulouse where we decided to use newly http://www.estofex.org/news/2006/12/estofex-meeting-of-november-2006.htmlOscar van der Veldetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678928.post-116388147610634012Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:17:00 +00002006-11-18T20:24:36.113ZOn this page we will issue news about ESTOFEX and we will have the opportunity for additional discussion on recent major severe weather events.http://www.estofex.org/news/2006/11/first-test-of-our-estofex-news-blog.htmlOscar van der Velde