Regional Association V

ABOUT US

Regional Association V has 24 Members representing a wide diversity of territories and climatic zones. RA V presents opportunities and challenges in the areas of observation and monitoring of the weather, climate, water and environment. In order to respond to the needs of members in these areas, RA V has been structured into three Working Groups, eleven expert teams, two task teams and the Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean.

RA Membership- 24 Members

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👉 NOTICE BOARD

◽ [18 August 2023] State of the Climate in South-West Pacific 2022 released. For more information, please click on the links to access the Press Release, Full Report and Story Map.

◽[22 May 2023] The Thirteenth Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC-13) hosted by NMSC/KMA will be held from 3-10 November 2023 in Jincheon and Busan, Korea. AOMSUC-13 website here. Circular letter here.

◽[27 April 2023] APFM/IDMP webinar on 'Engaging and Empowering Youth in Early Warning Systems for Flood and Drought Resilience' - 3rd May 2023, 14:00 - 15:15 CEST. Sign up here.

◽ [4 April 2023] ECMWF, WMO Lead Centre for Deterministic Forecast Verification, has migrated their website to: https://wmolcdnv.ecmwf.int

◽ [25 Feb 2023] Slides and recording of the WMO workshops “Introduction of the WMO Preliminary Position on the WRC-23 Agenda” - held on 21 Feb 2023

◽ [24 Jan 2023] WMO Education and Training Opportunities (2023)

◽ [6 Dec 2022] RA V Expert Teams membership has been approved by the RA V MG and endorsed by PRA V. For more information, please refer to the following letter (link here) and the links under "OTHER RELATED BODIES".

◽ [18 Nov 2022] GLOBAL SURVEY ON SATELLITE DATA UTILIZATION - 2022, deadline extended to 30 Nov 2022 (WMO Circular)

◽ [27 July 2022] WMO Members are kindly requested to update/nominate National Focal Point on WIS matters by 31 August 2022, more information here.

◽ [13 June 2022] WMO Members are kindly requested to submit Survey for EWS Data Collection (Monitoring Data collection Campaign) (EN/ES/FR/RU/ZH)

GOVERNANCE

◽ Rules of Procedure for Regional Associations (WMO-No. 1241, 2019 Edition)

◽ RA V Operating Plan 2022-2023

◽ GDPFS Centres in RA V (11 Centres/Networks and 9 Activities) (Please use a filter for RA V)

◽ WMO Members Profile (Please select the Member you are interested in)

◽ WMO Experts Database

MEETING AND EVENTS

*Type*	*Description*	*Venue*	*Date*
Conference	Thirteenth Asia-Oceania Meteorological Satellite Users’ Conference (AOMSUC-13)	Jincheon and Busan, Korea	3-10 November
Workshop	Seventh Port Meteorological Officers (PMO-7) workshop. Circular letter here. Website here.	Nadi, Fiji	31 October to 2 November
Meeting	Second RA V ET-GDPFS Meeting	Online	2 August
Meeting	5th Session of the WMO Steering Group for the SWCEM in East Asia and Western Pacific	Online	27 - 28 July
Meeting	RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee - 21st Session (RA V TCC-21)	Nuku’Alofa, Tonga	25 - 28 July
Meeting	Third RA V ET-CLI Meeting	Online	20 July
Meeting	First RA V ET-GDPFS Meeting	Online	28 June
Meeting	Second RA V ET-CLI Meeting	Online	6 June
Meeting	First RA V ET-MMO Meeting	Online	1 June
Forum	Twentieth ASEAN Climate Outlook Forum (ASEANCOF-20). Concept note here.	Online	25, 26, 30 May
Briefing	Pre-Congress briefing for WMO RA V Members	Online	16 May
Meeting	Second RA V ET-WIS Meeting	Online	11 May

◽ RA V Meetings & Events Archive (since RA V-18, 2021)

NEWS AND RECENT RELEASES

Type	Description	Release Date
Press Release	Climate change impacts increase in South-West Pacific	18 August 2023
News	Solomon Islands Takes on Impact-Based Forecast and Warning Services	25 January

◽ Previous news and releases (archive)

RESOURCES

◽ Regional Association V (South-West Pacific) - Session Reports

◽ UNTERM (United Nations Multilingual Terminology Database)

◽ Training Calendars and Learning Resources

◽ WMO Global Campus Events Calendar

◽ RA V - Frequently Asked Questions