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Publish Date: 20 February 2019
WMO organized on 16-17 February 2019 the fourth Women`s Leadership Workshop in pursuing the Organization’s commitment to support and develop the leadership capacity of women working in weather, water and climate. This was the first such event organized at the regional level in a series of workshops targeted at female delegates to WMO constituent body meetings. It took place on the margins of the seventeenth session of Regional Association I (Africa), bringing together 28 female professionals from National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHS) and other national institutions.
Publish Date: 18 February 2019
The paper emerged from discussions during the three-day Young Earth System Scientists - Young Hydrologic Society (YESS-YHS) workshop, which was conjointly held with the Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) Open Science Conference in Canmore, Canada. The roughly 40 Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from 26 countries discussed three possible ways forward in the field: a stronger interaction between users and scientists, a collaborative modelling approach between the different modelling communities, and possible inclusion of unconventional data sources in scientific studies. By making strides...
Publish Date: 28 February 2019
The achievements and future directions of the are outlined in a Nature Climate Change interview with Professor Dame Julia Slingo, who led a comprehensive review of the WMO co-sponsored programme.
Publish Date: 28 February 2019
Increasing levels of airborne pollutants deposited either through gravity (i.e. free-falling) or washed out by rain can result in detrimental effects to crops, human health and vulnerable ecosystems by altering critical and delicate chemical balances. Identifying areas most at risk and which would most benefit from measures to control excessive pollutant load is crucial.
Publish Date: 26 February 2019
There is a 50-60% chance of El Niño developing by May 2019, although it is not expected to be a strong event, according to the latest update from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific were at or slightly below El Niño thresholds in January and early February 2019. Some El Niño-like atmospheric patterns also emerged around late January.
Publish Date: 15 February 2019
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) ) and the African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with the Government of Egypt are convening the 4 th African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-4), bringing top-level decision-makers together with weather and climate experts to strengthen the continent’s response to challenges of severe weather and extreme events exacerbated by climate change, which are undermining sustainable development.
Publish Date: 18 February 2019
Developing countries, least developed countries (LDCs) and small island developing states (SIDS) are particularly vulnerable to impact of climate extremes, including drought which could lead to water crisis or severe food shortage.
Publish Date: 18 February 2019
An unusual, extended period of heavy rainfall over large areas of tropical Queensland began in late January 2019 and continued into February. The heavy rainfall was associated with an intense and very slow-moving monsoon low over northern Queensland that continued to affect Queensland until 9 February. While such slow-moving systems are relatively rare for this part of the country, there are a number in the historical record and they are all associated with extreme rainfall totals. The large size of monsoon lows means the areas they impact may be larger than tropical cyclones. Read more >...
Publish Date: 14 February 2019
The start of 2019 has been marked by high impact weather in many parts of the world, including record heat, wildfires and rainfall in South America and Australasia, dangerous and extreme cold in North America, and heavy snowfall in the Alps and Himalayas.
Publish Date: 11 February 2019
The FAO Desert Locust Information Service (DLIS) released its 4 February 2019 Desert Locust Bulletin which stated that locust swarms have formed along the Red Sea coast of Sudan, Eritrea and Egypt and have reached the interior of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.
