Novice/Vreme
Presencia de polvo del Sahara en algunos paÃses de América Central durante la semana - CRRH
25.6.2020|Vreme
En relaci?n al ingreso al Caribe y Centro Am?rica del polvo del Sahara, los Servicio?Hidrometeorol?gicos han estado informado que ya han registrado presencia del polvo del Sahara desde el martes 23 de junio, iniciando concentraciones ligeras, observ?ndose el cielo con bruma, cielos opacos como se dice popularmente, causado por el ingreso lento del polvo desde El Caribe, cruzando haca el oeste.?La aparici?n del polvo desde ?frica se repite cada a?o, en ocasiones el viento alisio no logra llevarlo tan lejos de su origen, sin embargo, el presente a?o se registra flujo del viento desde ?frica acelerado, lo cual transporta la masa de polvo hasta la regi?n, observ?ndose que las concentraciones son muy altas, por lo que en su camino por el oc?ano provoca que las ondas tropicales se muevan r?pidamente, provocando tormentas intensas pero de corta duraci?n y r?pido desplazamiento, formando tormentas con vientos los cuales donde ocurran pueden limpiar la atmosfera de las concentraciones de polvo, el d?a mi?rcoles se espera que cruce nueva onda tropical la regi?n, luego la siguiente onda tardar? 3 a 4 d?as en cruzar, justo ser?n esos d?as los de mayor concentraci?n de polvo.
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WMO launches E-learning platform for hazard alerts
24.6.2020|Vreme
WMO has developed a set of E-learning resources and courses for the Common Alerting Protocol, which is an internationally-recognized standard for dissemination of warnings of extreme weather hazards to the public and to disaster management authorities.
60th issue of the TCC News - Japan Meteorological Agency
24.6.2020|Vreme
The Tokyo Climate Center (TCC) of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has released the 60th issue of the TCC News on the TCC website.?This issue covers:?- Upgrade of the Global Ensemble Prediction System for One-month Prediction?- Release of Global Gridded Datasets for 6-month Forecasts?- El Niño Outlook (June - December 2020)?- JMA's Seasonal Numerical Ensemble Prediction for Boreal Summer 2020?- Summary of the 2019/2020 Asian Winter Monsoon?- Climate Characteristics of Japan's Warmest-ever Winter?- TCC contributions to Regional Climate Outlook Forums in Asia
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Reported new record temperature of 38°C north of Arctic Circle
23.6.2020|Vreme
The World Meteorological Organization is seeking to verify a reported new record temperature north of the Arctic Circle of 38? Celsius. This was on 20 June in the Russian town of Verkhoyansk amid a prolonged Siberian heatwave and increase in wildfire activity.
May Temperature Records Broken at 117 Points Across Turkey - Turkish Meteorological Service
22.6.2020|Vreme
Turkey faced an unprecedented heatwave between 16 and 22 May according to the analysis of the Turkish State Meteorological Service. At 117 observation stations spread over 35 cities, the highest temperatures for May were recorded. TSMS issued a warning on 13th May forecasting that temperatures would increase in western parts of the country including Marmara, Aegean, western Mediterranean and central Anatolia and reach 9 to 13?C above normal.
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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.
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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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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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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