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Brookings blog: Invest in observations
News
Observations, Partnership, Forecast, Climate change, Disasters
Publish Date: 11 February 2021
The prestigious Brookings Institution has published a blog on the critical need for investment in better global weather and climate observations
FAQs - Weather
Weather, Climate, Forecast
Frequently asked questions related to weather events.
The High-Impact Weather Project (HIWeather)
Multi-National projects
Weather, Forecast, Floods, Disaster risk reduction, Research
ECMWF moves towards a policy of open data
News
Forecast
Publish Date: 8 October 2020
The World Meteorological Organization has welcomed the announcement by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasts that hundreds of ECMWF forecast charts will become free and accessible to all.
Support grows for Systematic Observations Financing Facility
Press Release
Capacity development, Partnership, Observations, Forecast
Publish Date: 2 October 2020
Three major European meteorological institutions have joined the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to announce their support for the creation of a new Systematic Observations Financing Facility.
World Maritime Day calls for a Sustainable Blue Economy
News
Observations, Marine meteorology, Forecast, Oceans
Publish Date: 24 September 2020
24 September celebrates World Maritime Day, with the theme for 2020 “ Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet ” providing an excellent opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
South East Europe gets new flash flood App
News
Floods, Forecast, Natural hazards
Publish Date: 1 September 2020
Flash floods are among the most dangerous of all natural hazards. They are hydrometeorological phenomena with enough power to change the course of rivers, bury houses in mud, and sweep away or destroy whatever is in their path in a very short time after the observable causative event, and that is why they present a forecast challenge.
South Asian forecasters are trained in flash floods warnings
News
Floods, Natural hazards, Forecast
Publish Date: 14 July 2020
A global initiative to improve early warnings of flash floods – one of the deadliest natural hazards _ has advanced in South Asia, just as the region is hit by unusually heavy monsoon rains and floods. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), Regional Center of South Asia Flash Flood Guidance System, conducted an online training from 8 to 10 July 2020 for 130 forecasters from Bhutan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
New climate predictions assess global temperatures in coming five years
Press Release
Climate, Forecast
Publish Date: 8 July 2020
The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in each of the coming five years (2020-2024) and there is a 20% chance that it will exceed 1.5°C in at least one year, according to new climate predictions issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
WMO issues airborne dust bulletin as historic event hits Caribbean
News
Natural hazards, Forecast, Climate services, Application services
Publish Date: 26 June 2020
WMO has issued its annual Airborne Dust Bulletin on the incidence and hazards of sand and dust storms, which have been highlighted by a massive Saharan plume which has blanketed many parts of the Caribbean.