The growing use of Artificial Intelligence in the field of weather prediction and forecasting is likely to have profound implications for national meteorological services in the coming years.

In this fifth episode in our special WeatherPod series on AI, we've invited Dr. Alan Hally into the studio to examine how one met service - Met Éireann - is approaching the use of AI in its operations.

Alan is the Scientific Lead in Met Éireann's recently formed AI Transformation Team. This team's primary aim is to optimise the services Met Éireann provides to Irish citizens through the targeted application of AI or machine learning technologies.

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The guest this episode is Florian Pappenberger, Deputy-Director General & Director of Forecasts at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the ECMWF.

Hosts David Rogers and Alan Thorpe delve into the ECMWF's use of AI and how this may impact it's future products and services, especially when it comes to their use in the developing countries by meteorological services and other customers.

Florian leads the ECMWF's Forecast Department which is responsible for the production of weather forecasts, forecast quality control, and the development of novel forecast products.

ECMWF has for a while been experimenting with using deep learning to produce a data-based AI weather prediction model and last October Florian played a key role in the launch of the Artificial Intelligence / Integrated Forecasting System. This is the ECMWF's first forecasting system incorporating a machine learning prediction module.

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