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Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service hosts virtual National Climate Outlook Forum ahead of 2020 Wet/Hurricane Season
8.6.2020|Vreme
As part of ongoing efforts to implement the Global Framework for Climate Services Programme at the national level, the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) hosted its 2020 Wet Season-Tenth National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF X) via video conferencing on May 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.?With the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season set to officially begin on June 1, Acting Assistant Director of TTMS, Shakeer Baig emphasised the heightened importance of the early warning platforms to provide useful, actionable and easily understood national early warnings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Senior meteorologist, Saide Shakeer elaborated on the TTMS?s risk-based early warning system, which complies with the World Meteorological Organization?s international standard for effective early warnings. She highlighted the features of the system, including the risk assessment matrix, which combines the probability of hazard occurring and the severity of impacts to determine the colour-coded risk level. She also explained what the colours mean, the likely impacts and how stakeholders should respond when public warnings messages are issued at each risk level.
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World Oceans Day highlights innovation
8.6.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) joins the global community in marking World Oceans Day on 8 June, with the theme:? Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean. This is more necessary than ever before, as human activities place unprecedented stress on the ocean, which covers more than 70% of the Earth surface, regulates the global climate and provides food and livelihoods for billions of people.
Record CO2 levels and temperatures highlight need for action on World Environment Day
5.6.2020|Vreme
As the global community comes together to celebrate World Environment Day, important new data shows that the causes and indicators of climate change have reached new heights. May 2020 was the warmest May on record, according to one internationally recognized dataset. Carbon dioxide levels at a benchmark observing station also set a new record.
Record CO2 levels and temperatures highlight need for action on World Environment Day
5.6.2020|Vreme
As the global community comes together to celebrate World Environment Day, important new data shows that the causes and indicators of climate change have reached new heights. May 2020 was the warmest May on record, according to one internationally recognized dataset. Carbon dioxide levels at a benchmark observing station also set a new record.
Forum issues climate outlook for Mediterranean
4.6.2020|Vreme
The Mediterranean Climate Outlook Forum (MedCOF) has issued its outlook for the summer season, based on output from dynamical and statistical models and known teleconnections of large-scale climate features.
Russia hosts North-Eurasian climate outlook forum
3.6.2020|Vreme
The North-Eurasian Climate Outlook Forum has issued a consensus forecast of surface air temperature and precipitation for the upcoming summer season 2020. It also reviewed conditions during the winter, which saw strong atmospheric blocking patterns and big differences and temperature and precipitation, with the Russian Federation witnessing its warmest winter on record.
ASEAN issues forecast for summer monsoon season
3.6.2020|Vreme
The ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum has issued its seasonal forecast for the summer monsoon season, June-July-August 2020 over Southeast Asia, taking into account the possible influence of the El Ni?o Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on the climate system over ?the region.
Russia hosts North-Eurasian climate outlook forum
3.6.2020|Vreme
The North-Eurasian Climate Outlook Forum has issued a consensus forecast of surface air temperature and precipitation for the upcoming summer season 2020. It also reviewed conditions during the winter, which saw strong atmospheric blocking patterns and big differences and temperature and precipitation, with the Russian Federation witnessing its warmest winter on record.
ASEAN issues forecast for summer monsoon season
3.6.2020|Vreme
The ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum has issued its seasonal forecast for the summer monsoon season, June-July-August 2020 over Southeast Asia, taking into account the possible influence of the El Ni?o Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on the climate system over ?the region.
16th Session of the Forum on Regional Climate Monitoring-Assessment-Prediction for Asia convened - China Meteorological Department
27.5.2020|Vreme
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Sixteenth Session of the Forum on Regional Climate Monitoring-Assessment-Prediction for Asia (FOCRAII 2020) was held on 7 May 2020 via video conferencing.?Sponsored by World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and China Meteorological Administration (CMA), co-sponsored by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and hosted by the Beijing Climate Centre (BCC), the FOCRAII aims to address long-term forecast, climate monitoring, data services and product training annually since 2005.
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WMC-BJ provides services for Bangladesh to deal with very severe cyclonic storm AMPHAN - China Meteorological Administration
27.5.2020|Vreme
On May 19, very severe cyclonic storm AMPHAN in Bay of Bengal continued to gain intensity, with the maximum wind intensity at the center registering scale 17 (58m/s, tantamount to super typhoon scale). According to the forecast of National Meteorological Center (NMC), World Meteorological Center Beijing (WMC-BJ) provided specific meteorological service the same night at the request of meteorological departments of Bangladesh. According to the forecast of NMC, AMPHAN will bring heavy rainfall to India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and Bhutan. Torrential rain or heavy downpour will pelt northeastern India and southern Bangladesh.
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Global partnership urges stronger preparation for hot weather during COVID-19
26.5.2020|Vreme
As the Northern hemisphere enters what is expected to be another record-breaking heat season, a global network of health and climate experts supported by WMO have called for stronger preparation to keep people safe in hot weather without increasing the risk of the spread of COVID-19.?
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).
