2nd Rainfall Hazards Workshop - Agenda
— 9 November 2026 - KBR (Royal Library) Brussels —
09:25$~$$~$ Welcome
09:30 - 11:05$~$$~$ Rainfall products at RMI
· 09:30$~$$~$ Precipitation observation network - Weather radar present and future (Dieter Poelman, RMI)
· 09:45$~$$~$ Radar QPE - RADQPE2 processing chain (Maryna Lukach, RMI)
· 10:00$~$$~$ INCA-BE nowcasting system - From radar to weather flashes (Maarten Reyniers, RMI)
· 10:10$~$$~$ Seamless ensemble nowcasting with pySTEPS-BE (Lesley De Cruz, RMI/VUB and Lars Bonnefoy, RMI/VUB)
· 10:20$~$$~$ Microwarnings and a semi-impact-based validation approach (Felix Erdmann, RMI)
· 10:40$~$$~$ Status Update of Crowdsourcing Activities at RMI Supporting Precipitation Sensing (Maarten Reyniers, RMI)
· 10:55$~$$~$ Q&A
11:05 - 11:30$~$$~$ Coffee
11:30 - 12:10$~$$~$ Climate assessment at RMI
· 11:30$~$$~$ Rainfall-related activities of the RMI climatological information service (Michel Journée, RMI)
· 11:45$~$$~$ Modeling current-day and future extreme rainfall over Belgium using regional climate models (Bert Van Schaeybroeck, RMI)
· 12:00$~$$~$ Q&A
12:10 - 14:55$~$$~$ Research projects
· 12:10$~$$~$ PRECIP-PREDICT project outcomes (Martin Bonte, RMI)
· 12:25$~$$~$ Open nowcasting with pySTEPS and MLCast (Lesley De Cruz, RMI/VUB)
· 12:40$~$$~$ Use of Commercial Microwave Links for precipitation estimation in Belgium (Simon De Corte, UGent)
· 12:55$~$$~$ Q&A
13:00 - 14:00$~$$~$ Lunch (provided on site)
14:00 - 14:55$~$$~$ Research projects (continued)
· 14:00$~$$~$ EXPRIMA: Nowcasting of Extreme Precipitation for Impact-based Warning Systems (Ricardo Reinoso-Rondinel, RMI/KU Leuven)
· 14:15$~$$~$ RUSH: Rapid Update Short-term High-resolution forecasts (Simon De Kock, RMI/VUB)
· 14:30$~$$~$ Rapid urban flood forecasting based on surrogate urban water system modelling (Zongkui Guan, Daan Buekenhout, Patrick Willems, KU Leuven)
· 14:45$~$$~$ Q&A
14:55 - 15:00$~$$~$ Comfort break
15:00 - 15:55$~$$~$ Stakeholder presentations
· 15:00$~$$~$ Project Waiter and the integration of RMI's data in the platform (Tim Franken, Sumaqua)
· 15:15$~$$~$ How Brussels Uses Nowcasting of Precipitation Return Periods to Warn of Urban Flooding (Michaël Antoine, Brussels Environment)
· 15:30$~$$~$ Use of rainfall forecast data for urban drainage applications at Aquafin (Stefan Kroll, Aquafin)
· 15:45$~$$~$ Q&A
15:55 - 16:00$~$$~$ Comfort break
16:00 - 16:30$~$$~$ Roundtable discussion
16:45$~$$~$ Reception in Bortier Gallery
by 17:00 everyone needs to have left the building.
