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Weak El Niño conditions observed since October 2014 are expected to strengthen over the next few months and may turn into a substantial event, but there is a great deal of uncertainty beyond June 2015, current forecasts suggest.

The Winter 2014/15 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.

An international workshop on a planned Climate Data Store hosted by ECMWF last week provided a first opportunity for different stakeholders to discuss the best way forward on the project.

ECMWF is hosting an international workshop on a planned Climate Data Store which is to form a key part of the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

Scientists from the whole globe attended this year's ECMWF annual seminar on seasonal prediction held from 3 to 7 September 2012.

In an interview with the BBC Science Editor David Shukman, research at ECMWF was described regarding the role of Arctic sea-ice anomalies on summer weather in north-west Europe.

The summer 2012 edition of the ECMWF Newsletter has been published.

ECMWF has an extensive education and training programme to assist Member States and Co-operating States in the training of scientists in numerical weather prediction, and in making use of the ECMWF forecast products and computer facilities.

ECMWF will celebrate 20 years of operational ensemble prediction at ECMWF on Monday, 3 December 2012.

The European Commission has announced that as of 26 November 2012 the European Flood Awareness System (EFAS) is now fully operational.