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20th Typhoon Committee Attachment Training course at the RSMC Tokyo â Typhoon Center
29.3.2021|Vreme
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The 20th ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training course was held online from 9 to 11 March 2021.
The Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) Tokyo ? Typhoon Center has run annual ESCAP/WMO Typhoon Committee Attachment Training courses since 2001 with the support of the WMO Tropical Cyclone Programme and the Typhoon Committee in order to enhance the tropical cyclone (TC) analysis and forecasting capacity of Committee Members. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 course was held virtually with 44 attendees from the seven Typhoon Committee Members (Hong Kong China...
Early warnings protect lives on Africaâs Lake Victoria
29.3.2021|Voda
A successful four-year project in East Africa has demonstrated how improved weather, water and climate services save lives and livelihoods and support socio-economic development of vulnerable communities.
The High Impact Weather Lake System (HIGHWAY) project established a pilot regional Early Warning System to inform fisherfolk and other local stakeholders about high impact weather events on Lake Victoria. There is now growing momentum to scale up the investment as part of support for the implementation plan of the East African Community (EAC) Regional Early Warning System Vision 2025...
Development of Indian Submerged Tsunami Buoy System - CHATUR
29.3.2021|Voda
National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, designed and tested submerged tsunami buoy system as an alternative to conventional DART surface tsunami buoy system being used globally. International Tsunameter Partnership (ITP) a Task Team under the Data Buoy Cooperation Panel, has been coordinating on technology development on Tsunameters and has developed best practice method for Tsunameter and coordinated sharing of water level data with NOAA National Data Buoy Center.
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New observing system financing initiative wins support
25.3.2021|Vreme
A major new proposed financing initiative to close the increasing gaps in the global observing system, which underpins all weather forecasts and early warnings, has received overwhelming support from the international community.
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility, or SOFF, seeks to provide technical and financial assistance to countries to generate and exchange basic observational data. This is critical for improved weather forecasts and climate services needed to boost resilience to more extreme weather and to adapt to climate change impacts.
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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...
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...
