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1. OPENING

1.1 Welcoming remarks [10 m]
1.2 Roundtable introductions [10 m]
 

2. ORGANIZATION OF THE MEETING 
2.1 Adoption of the agenda [10 m]
2.2 Working arrangements [5 m]
 

3. STRATEGIC OVERVIEW AND PRIORITIES
3.1 Overview of new INFCOM and the position of SC-WIPPS [10 m] 
3.2 Introduction of the structure of SC-WIPPS subsidiary bodies [10 m] 

1.1 Ken Mylne (Chair of ET-OWFS, UKMO); Matt Hort (Principal Fellow in Hazards to Decision-Making, UKMO); Yuki Honda (WMO Secretariat) 

2.1 & 2.2 Secretariat
 

3.1 & 3.2  Secretariat

3.3 Key priorities of SC-WIPPS for 2024-2027 [20 m]
3.4 Review of action items from previous meeting [15 m]

4. REPORTS BY EXPERT/TASK TEAMS
4.1 Report of Chair of ET-OWFS [20 m]

4.2 Report from subsidiaries
4.2.1 Task Team on Reviewing NWP Standardized Verification (TT-NWPSV) [30 m]: including recommendations for the LAM verification
4.2.2 Task team on Development of Tropical Low/Cyclone Standardized Verification [10 m] 

3.3 & 3.4  Ken Mylne

4.1 Ken Mylne
 

4.2.1 Thomas Haiden
4.2.2 Vijay Tallapragada

4.3 Report of Lead Centre on verification of participating centres’ performance
4.3.1 Deterministic NWP Verification [15 m] 
4.3.2 Ensemble NWP Verification  [15 m]

4.4 Report on compliance review
4.4.1 Summary of initial results [20 m] 
4.4.2 Discussions on compliance review matters [60 m]

5. ACTIONS TO SUPPORT EARLY WARNINGS FOR ALL
5.1 Review actions to support Early Warnings for All [15 m]

5.2 Status of availability of new mandatory products
5.2.1 Overview of mandatory product implementation including implementation of WIS2.0 [15 m]
5.2.2 Experience and challenges in implementing new mandatory products [15 m]

5.3 Provision of impact-related indices
5.3.1 Current implementation status at WMCs [15 m]
5.3.2 Good practice at UKMO [15 m]

5.4 WIPPS Designated Centres for Limited-area NWP and Nowcasting
5.4.1 Reporting on NWP gap in various regions and potential WIPPS-DCs (Regional Offices & WIPPS) [20+10 m]

5.1 Secretariat
 

5.2.1 Secretariat
5.2.2 TBD (UKMO)

 

5.3.1 Secretariat
5.3.2 TBD (UKMO)
 

5.4.1 Secretariat

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5. ACTIONS TO SUPPORT EARLY WARNINGS FOR ALL
5.4 WIPPS Designated Centres for Limited-area NWP and Nowcasting
5.4.2 Reporting on the progress of AINPP [15m presentation +5m Q&A]

5.5 Provision of Graphical products and visualization
5.5.1 Reporting on the progress of MMIFA [15m presentation +5m Q&A]

5.6 Discussion for EW4All workplan
5.6.1 Discussion on how to integrate the outcome of MMIFA and AINPP into WIPPS - and wider near-global coverage [45 m]

5.4.2 Secretariat
 

5.5.1 Kan Dai
 

5.6.1 ALL

6. INTEGRATION OF AI INTO WIPPS 
6.1 Introduction of Roadmap for Incorporating AI into WIPPS; WMC’s implementation status of AI-ESP; WMO AI Conference [45 m] 

6.2 Reporting on AI-related projects
6.2.1 Bris: Global to local data-driven predictions in a common framework [20m online presentation + 5m Q&A] 
6.2.2 AI Applications in Tropical Cyclone forecasts Analysis and Prediction – Yu Heng He [20m presentation + 5m Q&A]
6.2.3 Weather Prediction Model Intercomparison Project - Ron (ECCC) [20m presentation + 5m Q&A] 

6.1 Secretariat
 

6.2.1 TBD (Met Norway)
6.2.2 Yu Heng He
6.2.3 Ron McTaggart-Cowan (ECCC)

6.2.4 AI development: AIFS, AI4NWP – David Richardson (ECMWF), Julia Keller (DWD), TBD (UKMO), Vijay Tallapragada (NOAA) Kan Dai (CMA): progress of AI models; how different models can produce the same mandatory products [10 min each]

7. OTHER RELEVANT BUSINESS
7.1 Reporting on ongoing work to improve access to WIPPS products, including Web Portal [15 m]
7.2 Demonstration of WIPPS RRR for DRR (Paul Davies online) [15 m] 
7.3 Reporting on the development of skills and competency for NWP [10m presentation+20m discussion] 
7.4 Migration of observation monitoring function to WIPPS-DCs for global NWP [10 m]

6.2.4 
David Richardson (ECMWF); Julia Keller (DWD); Tom Dunstan  (UKMO), Vijay Tallapragada (NOAA); Kan Dai (CMA)
 

7.1 Secretariat
7.2 Ken Mylne (Paul Davies online)
7.3 Amin Erfani
7.4 Secretariat

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6.3 Charmaine Franklin; Ken Mylne
6.4 Ken Mylne

6.4 (continue)

8. WORKPLAN FOR THIS INTERSESSION PERIOD
8.1 Expected outcomes for INFCOM-4 (2026) [30 m] 
8.2 Review and update of the workplan – Secretariat [60 m] 

6.4 (continue)

8. Review of
8.1 Secretariat
8.2 Secretariat

8.3 Review of items requiring changes to the Manual – Secretariat [60 m] 

9. ANY OTHER BUSINESS
9.1 Communication channel with WIPPS-DCs [15 m]

10. Closing

8.3 Secretariat

9. Review of
9.1 Secretariat

10. Closing