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Publish Date: 8 January 2016
According to the World Meteorological Organization’s preliminary assessment, 2015 is likely to be the warmest year globally since records began in 1850. Over the Arctic, the minimum sea ice extent in September 2015 was the fourth lowest on record. Moreover, notable extreme weather events wreaked havoc in many parts of the world in 2015, including heatwaves in India, southern Pakistan, northern Africa, South Africa, the Middle East, southern Australia and many parts of Europe, snow storms in Boston and Worcester of the United States, drought in western North America, South Africa, Russia,...
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
“After the warmest November since 1881, December 2015 has broken previous temperature records, too. A temperature of 5.6 degrees Celsius higher than the long-term monthly average is a remarkable end to an exceptional year in climatological terms, both in Germany and globally,” said Dr Paul Becker, Vice-President of the DWD. December 2015 was not only the warmest across Germany as a whole since nationwide measurements started in 1881 but it was also the warmest in every single German Federal State. Over the last four weeks, a continuous series of very cold air masses moved from northern Canada...
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
The average temperature for Germany in 2015 was around 9.9 degrees Celsius (°C). Initial analysis of the data from the approximately 2,000 measuring stations of the DWD indicate that, together with the years 2000 and 2007, it is likely to be the second warmest year in Germany since nationwide measurements started in 1881. At 10.3 °C, the year 2014 holds the temperature record by a clear margin. Germany’s national meteorological service further reports that the previous 12 months were also too dry and sunny. Read more >>
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
The latest provisional statistics from the Met Office confirm December has broken records both for rainfall and temperature. The month was not only the wettest December on record, but also the wettest calendar month overall since records* began in 1910, while 2015 is the sixth wettest year on record (dating back to 1910).The UK mean temperature for 2015 is 9.2 °C, notably warm but not exceptional. The warmest year on record was set in 2014 at 9.9 °C. The UK mean temperature for December is record breaking at 7.9 °C, which is 4.1 °C above the long-term average. The previous record was 6.9 °C...
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, UAE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs, winners of the UAE Research Program for Rain Enhancement Science's inaugural cycle will be announced and honoured on January 19, 2016 at a gala award ceremony held at the Emirates Palace. The event will take place during the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, the global gathering bringing businesses and nations together to address challenges and celebrate achievements in sustainable development and clean energy. Read more >>
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
The 2016 Dry Season is expected to be a harsh one with larger number of hot days and longer periods of consecutive dry days, than usual. Below average rain fall totals and hotter than average day and night temperatures are expected across the country during the three months from January to March (JFM) 2016. Total rainfall for JFM 2016 are expected to range between 55.0 mm in northwest Trinidad and 220.0 mm in northeast Trinidad and between 95.0 mm in southwest Tobago and 180 mm in northeast Tobago. Rainfall totals with the highest chance of occurring for the month of January range between 29....
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
Clouds affect both the weather and climate, and they play an important role in calculations of a changing climate. Despite obstructing the view, without clouds we would have it even hotter on earth, as they reduce the overall amount of incoming solar radiation. At SMHI, researchers are studying clouds based on satellite data. “For many who use satellite data, the clouds are just in the way. If you are interested in obtaining satellite information on, for example, sea surface temperature or the condition of the earth's surface, then clouds can obstruct the view and make the process difficult...
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
The Qatar Meteorological Department is introducing monthly and seasonal (3-month) climate outlooks for Qatar and adjoining regions, beginning April 2014. Monthly and seasonal climate forecasts are generated world wide with an underlying assumption that sea surface temperatures in global oceans, snow-cover, soil-moisture of the land surface and other such slowly varying boundary conditions determine the ensuing global and regional climate anomalies. Leading climate centers around the world use fully coupled ocean-atmosphere general circulation models for generating seasonal climate forecasts...
Publish Date: 13 January 2016
Fue durante la conferencia de prensa desarrollada esta mañana en la sede del Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia del Fenómeno El Niño (COE-FEN), ubicada en el Campo de Marte, y en la cual participaron la presidenta ejecutiva del SENAMHI, Ing. Amelia Díaz; el contralmirante (r) Germán Vásquez, presidente del comité multisectorial del Estudio Nacional del Fenómeno El Niño (ENFEN); Kobi Mosquera, coordinador técnico del ENFEN; y el general de División (r) Alfredo Murgueytio, jefe del Instituto Nacional de Defensa Civil (Indeci), entre otros. Leer màs >>
Publish Date: 19 January 2016
WMO Members from Oceania and WMO/RIC Tsukuba visit the Fiji Meteorological Service for on-the-job training in meteorological instrument calibration Two technical experts from WMO/RIC Tsukuba visited the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) from 29 October to 13 November 2015 to attend the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) third country training program as instructors. Ten trainees from nine countries (the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Nauru and Fiji) participated in the program as part of the JICA Project for Reinforcing the...
