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ICT Course for Meteorological Services at the RTC Korea
3.5.2019|Vreme
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) organized an education course on Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for Meteorological Services at the RCT Korea in Seoul from 14 to 17 April, in which 19 people from 11 NMHSs in Asia and Africa participated.?The course was designed to strengthen the capabilities of developing countries in the field of data collection and exchange, data quality control and numerical prediction models.?As part of the Global Capacity Building Program by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), it has been held every year since 2007 in cooperation with the KMA.?"The KMA's development in weather services building on the advanced ICT can be a good example for developing countries. It is expected ICT advancement could contribute to not only improved meteorological services but disaster risk reduction through this course", said Mr. KIM Jongseok, Administrator of the KMA.
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Extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani hits India
3.5.2019|Vreme
Extremely severe cyclonic storm?Fani made landfall close to Puri in Odisha on 3 May, with maximum sustained wind speeds of?180-190 km/h. It is forecast to track?North-North Eastwards and weaken?as it moves towards West Bengal and then on to Bangladesh, according to the Indian Meteorological Department.
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Extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani nears India
2.5.2019|Vreme
Disaster management authorities in India have mobilized in preparation for extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani, which is forecast to make landfall in Odisha on 3 May as one of the most intense tropical cyclones for 20 years.
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EUROCLIMA+ boosts risk management of droughts and floods in the Andes
2.5.2019|Vreme
A new project called EUROCLIMA+ : droughts and flooding- in the Andes has been launched.
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Another unprecedented tropical cyclone and flooding hits Mozambique
30.4.2019|Vreme
A few weeks after IDAI which wreaked havoc on central Mozambique (and?eastern Zimbabwe), the country is dealing with another unprecedented?event. Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in northern Mozambique?on 25 April, near the border with Tanzania, in an area where no?tropical cyclone has been observed since the satellite era. There is?no record of two storms of such intensity striking Mozambique in the?same season.?Torrential rainfall in the days following the cyclone worsened the problem and hampered humanitarian operations.
WMO starts public science lecture series
29.4.2019|Vreme
A new World Meteorological Organization (WMO) public science lecture series starts on 8 May with a presentation from Thomas Stocker, Professor of Climate and Environmental Physics at the University of Bern and former Co-chair of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The presentation is entitled?The Climate of Tomorrow: Building the Knowledge for Earth Stewardship
Another unprecedented tropical cyclone hits Mozambique
26.4.2019|Vreme
A few weeks after IDAI which wreaked havoc on central Mozambique (and?eastern Zimbabwe), the country is dealing with another unprecedented?event. Tropical Cyclone Kenneth made landfall in northern Mozambique?on 25 April, near the border with Tanzania, in an area where no?tropical cyclone has been observed since the satellite era. There is?no record of two storms of such intensity striking Mozambique in the?same season. It has now weakened into a depression.
South Asian Climate Outlook Forum predicts normal monsoon
26.4.2019|Vreme
Normal rainfall is most likely during the 2019 southwest monsoon season (June ? September) over most parts of South Asia, according to the South Asian Climate Outlook Forum (SASCOF).?
SequÃas: Lanzamiento del Proyecto SISSA- Financiación BID
25.4.2019|Vreme
Entre el 24 y el 26 de abril se realiza el lanzamiento del componente BID del proyecto de Dise?o e Implementaci?n de un Sistema de Informaci?n sobre Sequ?as para el sur de Sudam?rica (SISSA), que llevar? adelante el?Centro Regional del Clima para el Sur de Am?rica?del Sur (CRC-SAS).?El encuentro tiene lugar en la sede del BID de Asunci?n, Paraguay, y re?ne a los l?deres del proyecto SISSA, a los directores de los servicios meteorol?gicos nacionales de los pa?ses que integran el CRC-SAS, representantes de agencias de la regi?n, autoridades de gobierno de los pa?ses del cono sur y referentes de organismos no gubernamentales vinculados a la gesti?n del riesgo en el sector agropecuario.
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Roshydromet (Russian Federation): The marine expedition TRANSARCTIC
18.4.2019|Vreme
The expedition "TRANSARCTICA ? 2019, the first stage" precedes the work of the international floating Observatory, planned to be deployed in the framework of the MOSAiC project (The Multi-Disciplinary drifting Observatory for the study of Arctic Climate programme). Taking into account, the scientific and practical results obtained in the expedition will contribute to the successful implementation of the MOSAiC project.
Monthly Weather Summary - March 2019 - Kingdom of Bahrain
15.4.2019|Vreme
March 2019 was slightly cooler than normal in temperatures with below average precipitation and relative humidities.?The mean temperature of the month was 20.8?C which is 0.2?C below the long-term normal for March.?The mean maximum temperature of the month was 24.3?C which is 0.4?C below the long-term normal. The highest temperature recorded during the month was 27.8?C which occurred on the 25th March at Bahrain International Airport but recorded 28.8?C on the same day at Durrat Al Bahrain.
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Global Atmosphere Watch programme turns 30
12.4.2019|Vreme
WMO?s Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme is marking its 30th anniversary this year. The programme, which embraces about 100 countries, aims at forging an integrated global understanding of atmospheric composition and change. It coordinates observations across local to global scales, driving high quality and high-impact science while co-producing society relevant products and services.
Hydrology Forum 2019 - Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI)
12.4.2019|Vreme
The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMI), with the support of the Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic, ?is hosting the Hydrology Forum for the Regional Association VI (RA VI) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in Bratislava on 2 ? 4 April. WMO has established this platform within the RA VI region (Europe including Russia and some Asian countries).
World Meteorological Centres boost global cooperation
11.4.2019|Vreme
The first World Meteorological Centres Workshop, hosted by the China Meteorological Administration in Beijing, has agreed to strengthen cooperation mechanisms to boost global forecasting capabilities and earth system prediction and research to serve society.
Somos SENAMHI y cumplimos 50 años a tu servicio
10.4.2019|Vreme
Con motivo de las celebraciones por el 50? aniversario del Servicio Nacional de Meteorolog?a e Hidrolog?a del Per? - SENAMHI, el Presidente Ejecutivo Dr. Ken Takahashi se reuni? con el personal en el auditorio de la sede central para una breve y significativa ceremonia. Tambi?n se hizo presente la Ministra del Ambiente, Luc?a Ruiz Ostoic quien hizo un alto a sus labores para compartir con los colaboradores y colaboradoras de la instituci?n en este importante d?a.
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March-April 2019 unprecedented severe rainfall in Iran - I.R. of Iran Meteorological Organization(IRIMO)
10.4.2019|Vreme
One week before Iranian New Year beginning on March 21, the provinces bordering to the Caspian Sea and those provinces in the west of Iran experienced unprecedented severe rainfall that resulted in breaking the records of the maximum daily rainfall in 8 stations of the exposed area in March and April. The severe impact weather system led to the maximum daily rainfall of 187.8 mm has been recorded in Koohrang Station in Chahar Mahal-Bakhtiari province.?
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ICT infrastructure is vital for sustainable development
9.4.2019|Vreme
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is critical to managing the complex, dynamic operations that evolve in disaster environments, WMO Assistant Secretary-General Wenjian Zhang told the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum.
WMO holds top-level meetings in Washington
5.4.2019|Vreme
In a series of important meetings, WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas held talks with senior US government officials in Washington DC to discuss strategic areas of interest.
WMO holds top-meeting
5.4.2019|Vreme
In a series of important meetings, WMO Secretary General Petteri Taalas held talks with senior US government officials in Washington DC to discuss strategic areas of interest.
Poor rainfall threatens food security in Greater Horn of Africa
5.4.2019|Vreme
Early action needed to prevent food crisis in the Greater Horn of Africa.?There is a high risk of worsening food insecurity in parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and Uganda if forecasted rainfall?deficits materialize, according to a new assessment.
