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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...
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...
Motorised transport: train, plane, road or boat — which is greenest?
24.3.2021|Okolje
Train travel remains overall the most environmentally friendly mode of motorised passenger transport in Europe — in terms of greenhouse gas emissions — as compared to travelling by car or plane, according to two transport and environment studies published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) today.
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...
Rekonstrukcija priključka Industrijska cona Moste na ljubljanski vzhodni obvoznici
19.3.2021|Promet
Po ljubljanski vzhodni obvoznici je zopet dovoljen promet za tovorna vozila, v obe smeri.
New water and climate coalition launched ahead of World Water Day
19.3.2021|Voda
A new Water and Climate Coalition has been launched to achieve more effective integrated policy-making in an era when climate change, environmental degradation and population growth has exacerbated water-related hazards and scarcity.
The coalition was announced at a high-level General Assembly event on 18 March to speed up lagging progress towards the water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular SDG6 on clean water and sanitation for all. It comes just ahead of World Water Day on 22 March and the publication of the World Water Development Report 2021.?The theme...
New water and climate coalition launched ahead of World Water Day
19.3.2021|Voda
A new Water and Climate Coalition has been launched to achieve more effective integrated policy-making in an era when climate change, environmental degradation and population growth has exacerbated water-related hazards and scarcity.
The coalition was announced at a high-level General Assembly event on 18 March to speed up lagging progress towards the water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular SDG6 on clean water and sanitation for all. It comes just ahead of World Water Day on 22 March and the publication of the World Water Development Report 2021.?The theme...
New water and climate coalition seeks more integrated action
19.3.2021|Voda
A new Water and Climate Coalition has been launched to achieve more effective integrated policy-making in an era when climate change, environmental degradation and population growth has exacerbated water-related hazards and scarcity.
The coalition was announced at a high-level General Assembly event on 18 March to speed up lagging progress towards the water-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and in particular SDG6 on clean water and sanitation for all. It comes just ahead of World Water Day on 22 March.
"Our discussion today isn't just about liquid in a bottle. It?s presence...
Dovoljen promet tovornih vozil nad 7,5 tone tudi ob nedeljah in dela prostih dneh
19.3.2021|Promet
NUJNO OBVESTILO - prevoz tovornih vozil in skupnih vozil nad 7,5 tone - izredne razmere - zajezitev in obvladovanje epidemije COVID-19
African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology appoints new Bureau
18.3.2021|Voda
The 5th African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-5) Session took place virtually on 17 March 202. It was preceded by the technical segment on 16 March.
The Session elected its new Bureau. The Chair is? Cameroon Minister of Transport;?Jean Ernest Mass?na?Ngalle Bibehe. The First Vice-Chair is Sudan's Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource; Prof. Yasir Abbas M. Ali. The Second Vice-Chair is the Niger Republic Minister of Transport Mr Sadou Seydou while the Third Vice-Chair is the Mozambique Minister of Transport and Communications; Mr Janfar ABDULAI. The Arab...
The 5th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-5) appoints New Bureau Office Bearers
18.3.2021|Voda
The 5th African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET-5) Session took place virtually on 17 March 202. It was preceded by the technical segment on 16 March.
The Session elected its new Bureau. The Chair is the Cameroon Minister of Transport;?Jean Ernest Mass?na?Ngalle Bibehe. The First Vice-Chair is the Sudan Minister of Irrigation and Water Resource; Prof. Yasir Abbas M. Ali. The Second Vice-Chair is the Niger Republic Minister of Transport Mr Sadou Seydou while the Third Vice-Chair is the Mozambique Minister of Transport and Communications; Mr Janfar ABDULAI. The Arab...
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...
New study shows socio-economic benefits of weather observations
11.3.2021|Vreme
Behind every weather forecast, every early warning of life-threatening hazards, and every long-term climate change projection are observational data.
A new report published by the World Bank, produced in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization and the Met Office (UK), estimates improving the collection and international exchange of surface-based observational data will deliver additional socioeconomic benefits worth more than US $5 billion a year.
This is a conservative estimate and does not include the huge non-monetary benefits such as potential lives saved and...
