GET successfully completed the project “Extension of the Automatic Meteorological Warning Application” for the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS).
The project concerned the improvement and further development of the existing application, originally developed by GET under a previous contract, which provides automatic warnings for six key meteorological phenomena (high/low temperatures, wind intensity, precipitation, snowfall, and lightning activity).
The new version incorporates enhanced data-processing methods based on the numerical weather prediction models of ECMWF (HRES & ENSEMBLE) with a 9 km resolution, as well as a modern graphical user interface offering an improved user experience and more accurate visualisation of warnings. It also includes precipitation processing at three temporal steps (6h, 12h, 24h), new risk-assessment algorithms, and more detailed colour coding for different alert levels. The application operates fully automatically on an HNMS server.
In addition, GET provided training to HNMS personnel and a twelve-month warranty, ensuring continuous support and further optimisation of the system.
With the completion of this project, HNMS significantly enhances its capacity for monitoring and early warning of extreme weather events, contributing effectively to the protection of citizens and critical infrastructure.