European Severe Storms Laboratory

The European Severe Storms Laboratory's mission is to make Europe more resilient to severe weather. We carry out research on extreme weather and support the research community by operating the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD.eu) and (co-) organizing the European Conferences on Severe Storms (ECSS.eu). With the ESSL Testbed, our Austria-based subsidiary ESSL-Science and Training provides a facility to test forecast tools and offers training to Europe's weather forecasters.

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Registration open for seminars and other ESSL-events in 2013

The latest calendar of upcoming events, including seminars, workshops and the ESSL Testbed, is available here.

Register now for ECSS 2013

The Finnish Meteorological Institute and ESSL are happy to invite you to the 7th European Conference on Severe Storms in Helsinki (3 - 7 June 2013). You can now register for participation. Read more here...

ESWD has more than 50 000 reports

The ESWD (European Severe Weather Database) collects and provides detailed and quality controlled reports on severe weather such like severe winds, large hail and tornadoes. Since it became operational in 2006, the ESWD has been constantly growing, exceeding 50 000 entries in September. Read more

Testbed 2013 registration is now open 

After the successul ESSL Testbed 2012, a new edition of the Testbed with new products will take place in July 2013. Researchers/developers as well as forecasters are can now register to take part as the registration has opened. Find out more here.