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UN Secretary-General will launch State of the Global Climate in 2020 report
15.4.2021|Vreme
United Nations Secretary-General?Ant?nio Guterres and?World Meteorological Organization Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas will jointly launch the final report on the State of the Global Climate in 2020 on Monday 19 April.
This is a multi-agency report spearheaded by WMO and combining input from UN agencies, national meteorological and hydrological services and associated institutions, regional climate centres and?dozens of experts. It provides comprehensive details of climate indicators such as extreme weather, land and ocean temperatures, ice retreat and sea level rise...
Least developed countries welcome Systematic Observations Financing Facility
15.4.2021|Vreme
The Least Developed Countries (LDC) group has welcomed the proposed creation of the Systematic Observation Financing Facility (SOFF) to improve weather forecasts and strengthen resilient development. The LDC Group is comprised of the 46 countries who are among the world?s most vulnerable and suffer disproportionately from climate impacts given their financial constraints and limited capacities.
At a meeting on 7 April, WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas and the LDC Group Chair, represented by lead negotiator Phento Tshering (Royal Government of Bhutan), both stressed the importance of...
ENANDES fosters climate adaptation in the Andes
13.4.2021|Vreme
A project that spans about 8,000 km (5,000 miles) across three South American countries has been launched in order to maximize cross-border collaboration to increase the reach of vital climate-related information to build resilience.
ENANDES, which stands for?Enhancing Adaptive Capacity of Andean Communities through Climate Services, will be carried out Chile, Colombia, and Peru in order to produce and communicate scientific knowledge that will guide societies to best adapt to the impacts of climate change. The World Meteorological Organization is the leading implementing partner....
Météo : 25,4°C ! Record de chaleur pour un mois de mars au Luxembourg
7.4.2021|Vreme
Un nouveau record officiel de temp?rature maximale quotidienne, pour un mois de mars, a ?t? enregistr? aujourd'hui le 31 mars 2021 ? Clemency avec une valeur de 25,4?C.?Avec une temp?rature de 25,4?C ? Clemency, 25,3?C ? Obercorn, 25,2?C ? Remerchen et 25,0?C ? Remich, ce mercredi est non seulement le premier jour d'?t? de cette ann?e (plus de 25 degr?s), mais c'est ?galement la premi?re fois qu'un tel pic de chaleur a ?t? enregistr? en cette p?riode de l'ann?e.
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ClimSA climate services programme launched
7.4.2021|Vreme
Over 160 participants from Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) regions and Europe gathered online on 30 March to take part in the official launch of the Intra-ACP Climate Services and Related Applications Programme (ClimSA).
Endowed with a budget of EUR 85 million, the intra-ACP ClimSA programme is a joint initiative of the Secretariat of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union (EU). It will support the climate information services value chain in ACP Regions, through the provision of technical assistance, financial assistance, infrastructure...
White Paper on the future of weather and climate forecasting
1.4.2021|Vreme
Geneva, 1 April?2021 (WMO) - The advancement of our ability to predict the weather and climate has been the core aspiration of a global community of scientists and practitioners, in the almost 150 years of international cooperation in meteorology and related Earth system sciences.
The demand for weather and climate forecast information in support of critical decision-making has grown rapidly during the last decade and will increase even faster in the coming years. The generation and provision of these services has been revolutionized by supercomputers, satellite and remote sensing...
20th Typhoon Committee Attachment Training course at the RSMC Tokyo â Typhoon Center
29.3.2021|Vreme
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The 20th ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training course was held online from 9 to 11 March 2021.
The Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) Tokyo ? Typhoon Center has run annual ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training courses since 2001 with the support of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme and the Typhoon Committee in order to enhance the tropical cyclone (TC) analysis and forecasting capacity of Committee Members. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 course was held virtually with 44 attendees from the seven Typhoon Committee Members (Hong Kong China...
New observing system financing initiative wins support
25.3.2021|Vreme
A major new proposed financing initiative to close the increasing gaps in the global observing system, which underpins all weather forecasts and early warnings, has received overwhelming support from the international community.
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility, or SOFF, seeks to provide technical and financial assistance to countries to generate and exchange basic observational data. This is critical for improved weather forecasts and climate services needed to boost resilience to more extreme weather and to adapt to climate change impacts.
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World Met Day rallies attention around the ocean
24.3.2021|Vreme
The United Nations family, the ocean and scientific communities and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services around the world rallied in support of World Meteorological Day and its theme ?the ocean, our climate and weather?.
More than 400 people participated in a virtual ceremony addressed by WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas, UN Secretary General?s Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson, UN Climate Action Assistant Secretary General Selwin Hart, Alfred Wegener Institute Director Antje Boetius, yachtswoman Alexia Barrier, and youth campaigner Salvador G?mez-Col?n, and...
World Met Day rallies attention around the ocean
24.3.2021|Vreme
The United Nations family, the ocean and scientific communities and National Meteorological and Hydrological Services around the world rallied in support of World Meteorological Day and its theme ?the ocean, our climate and weather?.
More than 400 people participated in a virtual ceremony addressed by WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas, UN Secretary General?s Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson, UN Climate Action Assistant Secretary General Selwin Hart, Alfred Wegener Institute Director Antje Boetius, yachtswoman Alexia Barrier, and youth campaigner Salvador G?mez-Col?n, and...
Libya witnessed a severe sandstorm turning the sky yellow
24.3.2021|Vreme
The central and southwestern regions of Libya witnessed?a severe sandstorm turning the sky yellow on 22 March.
This was due to a deep air depression of 996 millibars accompanied by strong south?westerly winds reaching 35 knots causing stirring of dust & sands, loss of horizontal visibility over Ghat? ??Obari? ?? ALGatron???Sebha???Al Jufrah???Jalo???Gighbub, and leading to the fall of power poles and car accidents in some of these regions.
The National Meteorological Centre (NMC) issued and disseminated an early...
WMC Beijing held annual conference to propel high-quality development - China Meteorological Administration
22.3.2021|Vreme
World Meteorological Centre Beijing (WMC Beijing) held the annual working conference on 9 March in Beijing. The conference reviewed the works in 2020, discussed the development priorities for next step and identified the key tasks in 2021. Mr. Yu Yong, Deputy Administrator of China Meteorological Administration (CMA) attended the conference. The achievements acquired by the WMC Beijing in 2020 are highlighted during the conference. In 2020, WMC Beijing made steady progress in improving its capabilities to perform duties, including the upgradation of GRAPES_GFS Model with the top level raised...
Boosting Singaporeâs Climate Science Capabilities â The Climate Science Research Programme Office
22.3.2021|Vreme
Launched on 5 November 2020, the Climate Science Research Programme Office (CSRPO) under the Centre for Climate Research Singapore (CCRS), will play a key role in Singapore?s response to the potential impact of climate change. The CSRPO will lead and drive efforts under a new National Climate Science Research Masterplan, aligning fundamental climate science research with national goals for climate adaptation and mitigation. The CSRPO will also oversee, coordinate and support targeted collaborative climate science research between CCRS scientists and researchers from local Research Institutes...
World Meteorological Day celebrates the ocean, our climate and weather
22.3.2021|Vreme
Geneva, 22 March (WMO) - The ocean drives the world?s weather and climate and anchors the global economy and food security. Climate change is hitting the ocean hard, but also increasing hazards for hundreds of millions of people.
This year?s World Meteorological Day on 23 March is therefore devoted to the theme ?the ocean, our climate and weather.? ?It highlights how observations, research and services are more critical than ever before for more than 70 percent of the Earth?s surface which is simultaneously increasingly vulnerable and perilous.
The ocean acts as the Earth?s...
Report examines meteorological and air quality factors and COVID-19
18.3.2021|Vreme
Government interventions rather than meteorological factors primarily curb?COVID-19 spread
Preliminary report suggests climate conditions should not be used as a trigger to relax control measures
Geneva, 18 March 2021 - A World Meteorological Organization Task Team has issued its first report on Meteorological and Air Quality factors affecting the COVID-19 pandemic. It cautions that weather and climate conditions, including the onset of higher temperatures in the northern hemisphere spring, should not be used as a trigger to relax measures to halt the spread of the virus.
COVID-...
Supplemental list of tropical cyclone names in RAIV
17.3.2021|Vreme
WMO Regional Association IV (North America, Central America and Caribbean)
Supplemental list of names of tropical cyclones
To be used in the event that regular rotating lists are exhausted and in lieu of the Greek Alphabet
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Atlantic tropical cyclone names?
Pacific tropical cyclone names?
Adria?
Aidan?
Braylen?
Bruna?
Caridad
Carmelo?
Deshawn?
Daniella...
WMO Hurricane Committee retires tropical cyclone names and ends the use of Greek alphabet
17.3.2021|Vreme
Geneva, 17 March 2021 - The World Meteorological Organization?s Hurricane Committee has retired Dorian (2019) and Laura, Eta and Iota (2020) from the rotating lists of Atlantic tropical cyclone names because of the death and destruction they caused. It also decided that the Greek alphabet will not be used in future because it creates a distraction from the communication of hazard and storm warnings and is potentially confusing.
The Hurricane Committee, which serves North America, Central America and the Caribbean (WMO Regional Association IV), agreed to the changes in its naming convention...
Media Advisory: World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee Virtual Media Conference
16.3.2021|Vreme
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Media Advisory:
World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee Virtual Media Conference
Media Contacts
Clare Nullis, WMO Media Officer, cnullis@wmo.int Tel (41) 79-709-1397
Dennis Feltgen, NOAA Communications & Public Affairs Officer, National Hurricane Center, dennis.feltgen@noaa.gov Tel 1-305-433-1933
The World Meteorological Organization Hurricane Committee (North America, Central America and Caribbean, Regional Association IV) holds its annual session 15-17 March to review the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic season and to prepare for the forthcoming...
Severe sand and dust storm hits Asia
16.3.2021|Vreme
One of the worst sand and dust storms in a decade has hit Mongolia, northern China and other parts of Asia, with big environmental and economic impacts and harming air quality for millions of people.
The skies above the Chinese capital Beijing and other populous cities were choked with thick dust, triggering concerns about widespread health impacts, including respiratory problems because of high levels of particulate matter (PM). A number of casualties were reported in Mongolia.
Minimum visibility in many places decreased to less than 500 meters.
WMO's Sand and Dust Warning and...
Hurricane Committee discusses record-breaking 2020 season, plans for 2021
15.3.2021|Vreme
Geneva, 15 March 2021 (WMO) - The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Hurricane Committee annual session will review the record-breaking 2020 Atlantic season, fine-tune coordination for 2021 and discuss what names should be withdrawn from, and added to, the rotating lists.
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season had a record-breaking 30 named tropical storms, including 13 hurricanes and six major hurricanes, with direct impacts in many countries in the Atlantic basin, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico.? There were five landfalling hurricanes in the Caribbean including two at category 4...
