Case Study: Met Office achieves more accurate weather forecasting with Microsoft Corporation Azure

Azure enables powerful forecasting at the Met Office

The Met Office needed a reliable, economical cloud partner to support its goal of improving forecast personalization and incorporating more citizen-generated weather data. Microsoft Corporation’s Azure platform was selected to power the Met Office’s Weather Observation Website (WOW) project, expanding beyond traditionally controlled weather stations to include observations from the public.

Microsoft Corporation implemented Azure to provide the resilience and scalability needed as WOW grew. The solution is helping the Met Office add more localized and accurate forecasting data, and the organization reports it is already reaping the benefits of Azure’s scalable cloud infrastructure as contributor numbers increase.

Met Office

Charles Ewen

Chief Information Officer