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Show Your Stripes: heat continues in 2020
18.6.2020|Vreme
The global surface temperature for the first five months of the year was the second highest on record, marginally behind the strong El Ni?o year of 2016. The month of May was the warmest May on record, according to U.S. and European datasets.
Above normal temperatures likely over Arab region
18.6.2020|Vreme
Temperatures are likely to be above normal this summer over almost the entire Arab region, notably Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Northern Morocco, Southern Oman, Yemen, Djibouti and Somalia. Normal to above normal conditions are predicted over southern Morocco, Western Mauritania, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Qatar and northern Oman.
Desertification and Drought Day: Food, Feed, Fibre
17.6.2020|Vreme
The annual Desertification and Drought Day has heard calls for sustainable production and consumption, under the title ?Food. Feed. Fibre.?
Provision of critical weather information services to prevent and curb drought-induced forest fires: BMKG (Indonesia)
17.6.2020|Vreme
Indonesia takes special precaution of wildfire risk in peatlands areas, and attempt to mitigate the risk by rewetting the peatlands by weather modification activities.?The Agency for Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) is working closely with partner authorities in this efforts by providing critical information such as cloud growth potential map from weather forecasts, and real time satellite and radar data analyses to determine flight sorties departure and pinpoint location of cloud cells to be seeded. For this tall order, we had made 16 flight sorties during the period of 13-31 May 2020 that associated with 138,1 mm of rainfall.
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Meteorological departments form synergy for first typhoon in 2020 - China Meteorological Administration
17.6.2020|Voda
At 8:50 a.m. on June 14, this year?s 2nd typhoon Nuri (tropical storm scale) made landfall in coastal regions of Hailing Island, Yangjiang, Guangdong province, becoming the first typhoon that landed in China this year. Wind and rainfall brought by the typhoon have effectively alleviated high temperature and drought conditions in portions of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan. However, urban waterlogging, mount torrents, and geological hazards incurred by heavy rainfall in some localities should not be neglected and call for elaborate prevention work.
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Arctic Climate Forum expects above normal temperatures
16.6.2020|Vreme
Above normal temperatures are expected to continue across the majority of the Arctic for June?August 2020, according to the Arctic Climate Forum, which provides information for decision-makers about a rapidly changing region, which is warming ?more than twice the global mean.
Provision of critical weather information services in Weather Modification efforts to prevent and curb drought-induced forest fires
16.6.2020|Vreme
Jakarta / Indonesia takes special precaution of wildfire risk in peatlands areas, and attempt to mitigate the risk by rewetting the peatlands by weather modification activities.?The Agency for Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) is working closely with partner authorities in this efforts by providing critical information such as cloud growth potential map from weather forecasts, and real time satellite and radar data analyses to determine flight sorties departure and pinpoint location of cloud cells to be seeded. For this tall order, we had made 16 flight sorties during the period of 13-31 May 2020 that associated with 138,1 mm of rainfall.
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Meteorological departments form synergy to brace for the first typhoon landing in China in 2020 - China Meteorological Department
16.6.2020|Voda
At 8:50 a.m. on June 14, this year?s 2nd typhoon Nuri (tropical storm scale) made landfall in coastal regions of Hailing Island, Yangjiang, Guangdong province, becoming the first typhoon that landed in China this year. Wind and rainfall brought by the typhoon have effectively alleviated high temperature and drought conditions in portions of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan. However, urban waterlogging, mount torrents, and geological hazards incurred by heavy rainfall in some localities should not be neglected and call for elaborate prevention work.
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Financing increased for early warning systems in Small Island Developing States
12.6.2020|Vreme
Key nations have announced US$ 4.8 million in funding for the delivery of early warning systems and services to reduce loss of life from severe weather events in the Pacific region. The announcement was made 10 June 2020 during the 11th?Steering Committee Meeting of the Climate Risk & Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative by its Member States, the governments of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The Weather in Germany in May 2020 - Deutscher Wetterdienst
10.6.2020|Vreme
In May 2020, northern and eastern Germany were?often exposed to fresh and breezy sea air with only a few occasional showers.?The south was repeatedly affected by troughs bringing heavy precipitation as?well as warm and cool air in alternation. The west was mainly under the?influence of high pressure, resulting in dry weather and lots of sunshine. Due to?this threefold division, the weather in May was overall slightly too cool,?significantly too dry and very sunny, with a few severe thunderstorms, heavy?rain, hail and gale-force gusts. This has been announced by the Deutscher?Wetterdienst (DWD) after an initial analysis of the observations from its?approximately 2000 measuring stations.?
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The Weather in Germany in Spring 2020 - Deutscher Wetterdienst
10.6.2020|Vreme
As in the previous year, the spring of 2020 was fairly warm.?For most of the time, the weather in Germany was dominated by warm air, with just a?few short cold snaps. At first, spring 2020 continued the trend of warmer-than-average?months, which had started in June 2019 and only ended this May, when the?temperature anomaly became slightly negative. Frequent high pressure produced one?of the sunniest spring seasons since records began; at the same time, precipitation?remained significantly below average. This has been announced by the Deutscher?Wetterdienst (DWD) after an initial analysis of the observations from its approximately?2000 measuring stations.?
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300 trainees from over 70 countries joined online course of climate monitoring and forecasting technique - China Meteorological Administration
10.6.2020|Vreme
From May 18 to 31, 300 trainees from over 70 countries have joined online short-term climate monitoring and forecasting technique training held by China Meteorological Administration Training Centre (CMATC).This training course has not only recruited trainees from Asia, Africa and Latino America, but also attracted staff from national climate and hydrological services in Denmark, Japan, Italy, Spain, and New Zealand.Patrick Parrish, Chief of Training Activities Division at World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has written to express full recognition of the success of the training course.
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meteo.imgw.pl â new weather forecast service of IMGW-PIB
10.6.2020|Vreme
After 13 years since launching the ?Pogodynka? ? weather forecast service for Poland ? It is the time of change. We have conducted a deep analysis of users? expectations and analyzed the traffic generated on our previous service. We have gathered together a team of the best programmers, scientist and analytics who have developed applications and mechanisms of modelling and presentation weather information within the service. Here is the effect: meteo.imgw.pl ? a new weather forecast service for Poland provided by IMGW-PIB.
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Monthly Weather Summary - May 2020 - Kingdom of Bahrain
9.6.2020|Vreme
May 2020, was warmer than normal in temperatures and slightly above average in precipitation.?The mean temperature of the month was 31.0?C which is 1.2?C above the long-term normal. Note that the highest mean monthly temperature for May was 32.8?C recorded in 2012.?The mean maximum temperature of the month was 35.6?C which is 1.5?C above the long-term normal. Note that the highest mean monthly maximum temperature for May was 37.9?C recorded in 2012.
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WMO informs on impact of COVID-19 on science
9.6.2020|Vreme
Experts from the World Meteorological Organization and the scientific community have provided extensive information to UN climate change negotiators on the impacts that the COVID-19 pandemic has on climate research, observations and assessments, as well as on the levels of greenhouse gas concentrations and emissions.
GK-2Aâs AMV and CSR Data Release on GTS - Korea Meteorological Administration
9.6.2020|Vreme
The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) has announced that Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) and Clear Sky Radiance (CSR) products from the Geostationary Earth Orbit?Korea Multi-Purpose Satellite?2A (GK-2A)?s observation data will be released on the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) from 1 July 2020. The file format of the AMV and CSR output is the Binary Universal Form for the Representation of meteorological data (BUFR). Preliminary results from our test on the KMA?s Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) system have shown that the GK-2A?s AMV and CSR data have positive effects.?The GK-2A is Korea?s second geostationary meteorological satellite launched on 4 December 2018. It has an Advanced Meteorological Imager (AMI) with 16 channels. KMA has been officially operating the GK-2A since July 2019. KMA wanted to distribute the AMV and CSR products first, and in the future All Sky Radiance (ASR) product will also be added on the GTS.
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Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service hosts virtual National Climate Outlook Forum ahead of 2020 Wet/Hurricane Season
8.6.2020|Vreme
As part of ongoing efforts to implement the Global Framework for Climate Services Programme at the national level, the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) hosted its 2020 Wet Season-Tenth National Climate Outlook Forum (NCOF X) via video conferencing on May 12, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.?With the 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Season set to officially begin on June 1, Acting Assistant Director of TTMS, Shakeer Baig emphasised the heightened importance of the early warning platforms to provide useful, actionable and easily understood national early warnings in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Senior meteorologist, Saide Shakeer elaborated on the TTMS?s risk-based early warning system, which complies with the World Meteorological Organization?s international standard for effective early warnings. She highlighted the features of the system, including the risk assessment matrix, which combines the probability of hazard occurring and the severity of impacts to determine the colour-coded risk level. She also explained what the colours mean, the likely impacts and how stakeholders should respond when public warnings messages are issued at each risk level.
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World Oceans Day highlights innovation
8.6.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) joins the global community in marking World Oceans Day on 8 June, with the theme:? Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean. This is more necessary than ever before, as human activities place unprecedented stress on the ocean, which covers more than 70% of the Earth surface, regulates the global climate and provides food and livelihoods for billions of people.
Record CO2 levels and temperatures highlight need for action on World Environment Day
5.6.2020|Vreme
As the global community comes together to celebrate World Environment Day, important new data shows that the causes and indicators of climate change have reached new heights. May 2020 was the warmest May on record, according to one internationally recognized dataset. Carbon dioxide levels at a benchmark observing station also set a new record.
Record CO2 levels and temperatures highlight need for action on World Environment Day
5.6.2020|Vreme
As the global community comes together to celebrate World Environment Day, important new data shows that the causes and indicators of climate change have reached new heights. May 2020 was the warmest May on record, according to one internationally recognized dataset. Carbon dioxide levels at a benchmark observing station also set a new record.
