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Caribbean workshop on impact-based forecasting and risk scenario planning
25.5.2020|Vreme
WMO hosted a successful four-day virtual workshop on impact-based forecasting and risk scenario planning in the Caribbean in order to boost coordinated disaster management and response in a region of low-lying countries?which are vulnerable to hazards such as hurricanes and coastal flooding.
Northern Hemisphere snow can now be reliably estimated
22.5.2020|Vreme
For the first time, snow researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Institute in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada have reliably estimated the amount and the trend in the seasonal snow of the Northern Hemisphere between 1980 and 2018.
Northern Hemisphere snow can now be reliably estimated
22.5.2020|Vreme
For the first time, snow researchers from the Finnish Meteorological Institute in collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada have reliably estimated the amount and the trend in the seasonal snow of the Northern Hemisphere between 1980 and 2018.
Busy Atlantic hurricane season predicted for 2020
22.5.2020|Vreme
An above-normal 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is expected because of a number of climate factors and warmer-than-average sea surface temperatures, ?according to forecasters with NOAA?s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service.
Cyclone Amphan highlights the value of multi-hazard early warnings
22.5.2020|Vreme
Accurate advance forecasts of tropical cyclone Amphan in India and Bangladesh underpinned a successful disaster mobilization campaign, including the evacuation of more than 3 million people, which has been praised for limiting casualties and serving as a textbook example for multi-hazard early warning systems.
Advances highlighted in climate risk early and warning systems
22.5.2020|Vreme
As the world continue to manage the deadly Covid-19 virus and looks at ensuring that the recovery addresses climate change threats, the significance of advanced multi-hazard threat warnings and risk information has never been more widely acknowledged. This is highlighted in the 2019 Annual Report of the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, released today jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Bank Group / Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
Tropical cyclone Amphan hits India and Bangladesh
20.5.2020|Vreme
Tropical cyclone Amphan intensified rapidly in the Bay of Bengal to become a ?Super Cyclonic Storm? ? the equivalent of a strong Category 4/weak Category 5 on the Saffir Simpson scale. It made landfall on Wednesday 20 May as a very severe cyclonic storm (strong Category 2 equivalent), bringing dangerous winds, storm surge and flooding to coastal areas of West Bengal in India and Bangladesh.
Advancements in risk early warning systems recognized
20.5.2020|Vreme
As the world continue to manage the deadly Covid-19 virus and looks at ensuring that the recovery addresses climate change threats, the significance of advanced multi-hazard threat warnings and risk information has never been more widely acknowledged. This is highlighted in the 2019 Annual Report of the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, released today jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Bank Group / Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
Advancements in risk early warning systems recognized in progress report of UN-World Bank initiative
20.5.2020|Vreme
As the world continue to manage the deadly Covid-19 virus and looks at ensuring that the recovery addresses climate change threats, the significance of advanced multi-hazard threat warnings and risk information has never been more widely acknowledged. This is highlighted in the 2019 Annual Report of the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative, released today jointly by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the World Bank Group / Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR).
WMO strengthens commitment to science
20.5.2020|Voda
The World Meteorological Organization?s Scientific Advisory Panel has elected a new chair and vice-chair to cement engagement with the broad science community and support the evolution of its mandate in weather, climate, water and related environmental and social sciences. As a part of historical WMO reform process two new scientific bodies have been established. Scientific Advisory Panel, consisting of world leading scientists, serves as a major think tank giving strategic guidance in decadal timeframe. Research Board consists of high-level experts on weather, climate and water research related to service and infrastructure development.
Wet season expected across Eastern Africa.
19.5.2020|Vreme
A wetter than usual rainy season is expected over western and central Sudan, southwestern Ethiopia, southeastern South Sudan, western Kenya, eastern and central Uganda. The season is expected to start early in most farming areas of the region.
Tropical cyclone Amphan threatens India and Bangladesh
18.5.2020|Vreme
Tropical cyclone Amphan intensified rapidly in the Bay of Bengal to become a ?Super Cyclonic Storm? ? the equivalent of a strong Category 4/weak Category 5 on the Saffir Simpson scale. It is expected to make landfall on Wednesday 20 May as an Extremely severe cyclonic storm (strong Category 3 equivalent), bringing dangerous winds, storm surge and flooding to coastal areas of West Bengal in India and Bangladesh.
Aeolus provides data on Earthâs winds
14.5.2020|Vreme
New information about Earth?s winds from the Aeolus satellite are now being distributed publicly in a major advance for weather forecasting and scientific monitoring of the atmosphere.
WMO Updates Guidelines on Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecast and Warning Services
13.5.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization is updating its 2015 ?Guidelines on Multi-Hazard Impact-Based Forecast and Warning Services (IBFWS), which?promote best practice in development of effective hydrometeorological warning systems to improve public safety.
Global Seasonal Climate Update provides guidance on temperatures, rainfall
12.5.2020|Vreme
Warmer than average sea surface temperatures across large parts of the globe in May and June are expected to result in above-normal land temperatures, particularly at tropical latitudes and much of the northern hemisphere, according to a new Global Seasonal Climate Update compiled for the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The global warming trend is a contributory factor to this.
More heavy rainfall hits East Africa amid locust invasion
8.5.2020|Vreme
Exceptionally heavy seasonal rains across East Africa since late April have resulted in widespread floods that caused a heavy loss of life and property, compounding the risks to human health and food security from the COVID-19 pandemic and the most serious desert locust invasion in decades.
Monthly Weather Summary - April 2020 - Kingdom of Bahrain
7.5.2020|Vreme
April 2020, was warmer than normal in temperatures with above-average precipitation.?The mean temperature of the month was 27.0?C which is 2.0?C above the long-term normal and this goes on record as the fifth-highest mean temperatures for April since 1902. This is same as April 1999 and exceeded by April 2017 with a record of 27.6?C, April 2000 & 2014 with a record of 27.4?C, April 2001 with a record of 27.2?C and April 2010 with a record of 27.1?C.
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BoletÃn pluviométrico mensual abril 2020 - Instituto Uruguayo de Meteorologìa
7.5.2020|Voda
La precipitaci?n en el mes de abril estuvo entre los 21.6 mm en la ciudad de Rivera y los 234.0 mm en la ciudad de Juan J. Castro (Flores). Los mayores acumulados se registraron principalmente sobre el litoral oeste y centro del pa?s, b?sicamente sobre los departamentos de Paysand?, R?o Negro y Flores. Mientras que en la regi?n este, noreste y algunos puntos al sur del pa?s los acumulados fueron deficitarios, principalmente sobre los departamentos de Artigas, Rivera, Cerro Largo, Treinta y Tres y Canelones. Los eventos de precipitaci?n m?s importantes ocurrieron a comienzos y finales del mes, siendo los eventos entre los d?as 25 al 28 los m?s significativos.
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COVID-19 impacts observing system
7.5.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is concerned about the increasing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quantity and quality of weather observations and forecasts, as well as atmospheric and climate monitoring.
Arctic ozone depletion reached record level
1.5.2020|Vreme
Depletion of the ozone layer, ?the shield that protects life on Earth from harmful levels of ultraviolet radiation, reached an unprecedented?level over large parts of the Arctic this spring. This phenomenon was caused by the continuing presence of ozone?-depleting substances in the atmosphere and a very cold winter in the stratosphere (the layer of the atmosphere between around 10 km and round 50 km altitude).
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