Online Workshop on Global Tools for Flood and Drought Prediction
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Online Workshop
on Global Tools for Flood and Drought Prediction
8–10 December 2025
🌍 Welcome to this Online Workshop on Global Tools for Flood and Drought Prediction!
This online workshop is organized by the RTC Bet Dagan Israel and Israel Meteorological Service (IMS), in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Joint Research Centre (JRC), and Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation at Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MASHAV). It introduces you to key global forecasting tools and methods for flood and drought prediction.
🎯Objectives
To introduce the key global tools and techniques for forecasting floods and droughts, with a focus on developing practical familiarity with their use.
📈 Outcomes
- Participants will gain practical knowledge of online free tools for floods and droughts forecasts.
- Participants will understand the limitations and challenges faced by NMHS's in providing floods and droughts forecasts.
- Participants will understand the impact of climate change on floods and droughts frequency of occurrence and severity.
- Armed with knowledge about floods and droughts forecasting tools and their limitations, participants will make informed decisions related to issue early warnings for all.
📚 Through expert presentations and curated learning materials, you will build practical understanding of how these tools support early warning and risk management around the world. Take your time to explore, reflect, and apply the knowledge to strengthen resilience in your own context.
🚀 What to do next?
- Please check the announcement forum
- Then learn on How to Attend the Course to have detailed information of moving forward with the course program and activities.
- See the full agenda here.
- Take some times also to Meet Your Trainers to know better about the course facilitators, for you to extend also your network in the future
Throughout the course, please make sure to:
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Attend the webinar sessions (register yourself to get the Zoom Meeting link)
Explore and study the learning materials provided
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Complete the quizzes to assess and reinforce your understanding
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✅ Any question?
Do not hesitate to contact Mr. Yoav Levi at his email address leviyo@ims.gov.il
✨We wish you a meaningful learning experience that enhances your skills in flood and drought prediction.
🔎 Enjoy your learning journey!
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💧"Discover the Changing Water Cycle"
This first day of the course we will learn to understand how climate change drives floods and droughts through global and local perspectives.📚 The Presentation of the Day (click the title to access the resources)
07:00 - 07:15 - Opening
(min 00:00:00 to 00:17:59)- H.E. Mme. Ambassador Zehavit Ben Hillel - Director of Training and Capacity Building MASHAV
- Mr. Mustafa Adiguzel - Education and Training Office WMO
07:15 - 08:45 - "Effects of climate change on the hydrological cycle: Flood and drought" - Dr. Amir Givati, IMS
(min 00:18:00 - 01:20:37)09:00 - 09:45 - "Extreme precipitation and rain intensities: observed and projected trends" - Dr. Assaf Zipori, IMS
(min 00:00:00 - 00:54:52)10:15 - 11:00 - "Using global hydrological models for flood forecasting at the local scale: A case from Israel" - Dr. Amir Givati, IMS
(min 00:00:00 - 00:42:20)11:15 – 12:00 - "WMO pilot study of Global Riverine Flood Prediction Products" - Michael Schwab, WMO"
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☔"Explore Global Forecasting Tools"
In this day 2, we will dive into radar nowcasting, global initiatives, and data-driven models for early warnings.
📚 Presentation of the Day (click the title to access the resources)
07:00 - 07:45 - "Radar nowcasting tools" - Elyakom Vadislavsky, IMS
(min 00:00:00 - 00:46:22)07:45 - 08:30 - "UNSG Early Warnings for All (EW4ALL) initiative" - Cyrille Honoré, WMO"
(min 00:00:00 - 00:31:04)08:45 - 09:30 - "GeoGloWS: hydrological predictions on a global scale" - Angelica.Gutierrez, WMO
(min 00:00:00 - 00:47:58)10:00- 10:45 - "Introduction to numerical models and data-driven models" - Yoav Levi, IMS"
(min 00:00:00 - 00:46:45)11:00 - 11:45 - "Drought Monitoring and Forecasting" - Valentin Aich, WMO/GWP"
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Opened: Tuesday, 9 December 2025, 10:00 AM
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🌊"Apply and Forecast with Confidence"
In this Day-3 we will learn how global systems like GloFAS and ECMWF forecasts support real-world decisions.
📚 Presentations of the Day (click the title to access the resources)
07:00 - 08:30 - "The Global Flood Awareness System GloFAS of the Copernicus Emergency Management Service system:
- An overview - Peter Salamon & Stefania Grimaldi, JRC
- A global flood forecasting tool" - Peter Salamon & Stefania Grimaldi, JRC
10:45 - 11:15 - "Summary and discussion" - Amir Givati, IMS
11:15 - 11:45 - "Feedback and Goodbye" - Amir Givati, IMS -
📘 Day 4 – Review and Practice for the Americas
In this Day-4 session, participants from the Americas region will review key questions and complete hands-on exercises to reinforce the tools and concepts introduced throughout the course.
15:00 – 17:00 UTC, we will review the questions and complete the hands-on exercises for the AmericasJoin Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067261910?pwd=sxeIXShaYHnVoIlrPPkw62NhOcXhvv.1
Meeting ID: 860 6726 1910
Passcode: 725159
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📘 Day 5 – Review and Practice for Asia - Pacific
In this Day-5 session, participants from the Asia-Pacific region will engage in the same review activities and hands-on exercises to strengthen their understanding and application of global flood and drought tools.
5:00-7:00 UTC, we will review the questions and complete the hands-on exercises for the Asia-PacificJoin Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86067261910?pwd=sxeIXShaYHnVoIlrPPkw62NhOcXhvv.1
Meeting ID: 860 6726 1910
Passcode: 725159