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Publish Date: 27 November 2015
Radio frequencies which are vital for weather forecasts, disaster warnings and climate monitoring will remain available to the meteorological community and protected from interference from other applications thanks to decisions taken by the World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 (WRC-15). The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) today welcomed the outcome of WRC-15, which revised and updated the Radio Regulations, the international treaty governing the use of the radio-frequency spectrum. The month-long conference is sponsored by the International Telecommunications Union and takes place...
Publish Date: 24 November 2015
Jakarta, Indonesia , After having a consultation with the WWRP (World Weather Research Program) of WMO concerning the activity within the Joint Working Group on Forecast Verification Research (JWGFVR), it was agreed that a roving seminar on forecast verification would be held in Asia, and Indonesia was in a short list of possible host nations for this seminar. Therefore, on 17-19 November 2015, a Roving Seminar on Weather Forecast Verification In Support of Global Framework For Climate Services (GFCS) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia. This seminar is expected to be a forum that serves as a...
Publish Date: 24 November 2015
ICIMOD took another step in improving the quality of hydrometeorological data collection that will contribute to reducing flood vulnerabilities in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) countries. In collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and ICIMOD member countries, ICIMOD trained 20 operational hydrologists from the national hydro-meteorological services (NHMS) of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan in correctly measuring stream discharge. The training was organized by ICIMOD and WMO, hosted by the...
Publish Date: 27 November 2015
In November and December, Paris will host the negotiations for an agreement to mitigate climate change and its impacts. In addition to nature, climate warming also affects the economy and people's everyday lives. Climate change increases societal risks and makes anticipating them more difficult. "Risks can be linked to powerful weather phenomena such as floods or storms, or they can progress slowly like poorer farming conditions as a consequence of increasing drought or changes in fish species as a result of warming. Or there can be broader consequences such as increasing inequality," says...
Publish Date: 17 November 2015
The first stone of a new headquarters for Haiti's national meteorological and hydrological service has been laid, as part of a WMO programme to improve weather and climate services and increase disaster resilience in the Caribbean nation. Full construction of the building, which will be resistant to earthquakes and hurricanes, is scheduled to begin in early January 2016 and be finished by September.
Publish Date: 16 November 2015
A mature and strong El Niño event, which is contributing to extreme weather patterns, is expected to strengthen further by the end of the year, according to the latest Update from the World Meteorological Organization. Peak three-month average surface water temperatures in the east-central tropical Pacific Ocean will exceed 2 degrees Celsius above normal, placing this El Niño event among the three strongest since 1950. (Strong previous El Niños were in 1972-73, 1982-83 and 1997-98).
Publish Date: 27 November 2015
The Asean Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF) has issued its seasonal outlook for the December, January, February period, taking into account the significant influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) on the climate over Southeast Asia. For the upcoming Northern Hemisphere winter monsoon season (Dec-Jan-Feb), there is a strongly enhanced probability of below normal rainfall over the Philippines and the north-eastern part of Borneo Island. Over the eastern Maritime Continent and over the northern part of Mainland Southeast Asia, there are slightly...
Publish Date: 12 November 2015
In a unique event, participants from Indonesia’s Climate Field Schools gathered to share their experience and testimony at an event to inform the public about Climate Field School activities during 2014. The ceremony was held in the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics of the Republic of Indonesia (BMKG) building in Jakarta, 19 October 2015. “Before i joined Climate Fields School, I just grow the paddy rice without thinking of anything. I have stagnant result every year. But after I am joining CFS and I learn about climate and weather, I can increase my crops yield. Before, I...
Publish Date: 27 November 2015
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) of the Ministry of Public Utilities hosted its 2016 Dry Season - National Climate Outlook Forum in Tobago on Thursday 19th November 2015. The event was held in partnership with the Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute (CARDI), and the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) of the Tobago House of Assembly in Scarborough, Tobago, as part of the Global Framework for Climate Services. The National Climate Outlook Forum is a WMO-spearheaded initiative designed to strengthen and increase the provision of seasonal outlooks...
Publish Date: 25 November 2015
Climate Change Breaches Symbolic Thresholds, Fuels Extreme Weather Geneva 25 November 2015 (WMO) The global average surface temperature in 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record and to reach the symbolic and significant milestone of 1° Celsius above the pre-industrial era. This is due to a combination of a strong El Niño and human-induced global warming, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The years 2011-2015 have been the warmest five-year period on record, with many extreme weather events - especially heatwaves - influenced by climate change, according to a WMO...
