The European Storm Forecast Experiment, known as ESTOFEX, is an initiative of a team of European meteorologists, and students in meteorology founded in 2002. It serves as a platform for exchange of knowledge about forecasting severe convective storms in Europe and elsewhere. It is a voluntary organisation and is currently unfunded. It aims to raise awareness and provide real-time education about severe weather forecasting.[1] ESTOFEX issues storm warnings on a daily basis. It also collects reports from the general public about severe convective weather incidents in order to validate its forecasts.[2] Reports should be submitted to the European Severe Weather Database (ESWD).
As an organization that is more focused on operational meteorology, i.e. weather forecasting, ESTOFEX functions somewhat as a counterpart to the US Storm Prediction Center (SPC). The research oriented correlate is the European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL) which itself is modeled somewhat after the US National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), with both US counterparts enjoying stronger institutional support as long-time governmental entities.
^Verification of ESTOFEX Lightning and Severe Weather Forecasts 2022-10-02 at the Wayback Machine Alex Kowaleski,, Dr. Harold E. Brooks, Dr. Charles A. Doswell III. pdf
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