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

 

RA V Working Structure

 

 


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