World Meteorological Organization

Regional Association V
Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean

Established in 1985

Members

Australia
Cook Islands - joined in 1995
Fiji  -   (RSMC Nadi - Tropical Cyclone Centre, designated in 1995 (EC-47))
French Polynesia
Indonesia
Kiribati
Micronesia
Nauru - joined in 2020
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niue - joined in 1995
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Timor Leste
Tonga -  joined in 1995
Tuvalu
United Kingdom
USA
Vanuatu

Non-members of WMO

   Marshall Islands
   Palau
   Tokelau
  

Chairperson

Mr Chris NOBLE

Manager, Specialist Weather Services

Meteorological Service of New Zealand

Working languages

English and French

Upcoming and Recent Activities

Activities after 2012 can be found @ https://community.wmo.int/tropical-cyclone-programme-tcp-events-and-activities

• The 14th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Apia, Samoa from 16 to 20 July 2012.

• The Nineth Southern Hemisphere Training Course on Tropical Cyclones for Members of the RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee  for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Melbourne from 5 to 23 September 2011

• The 13th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Bali, Indonesia from 26 to 29 April 2010.

• The Eighth Southern Hemisphere Training Course on Tropical Cyclones for Members of the RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee  for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean and the RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South-West Indian Ocean was held in Melbourne from 29 September to 16 October 2009

• The 12th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Alofi, Niue from 11 to 17 July 2008.

• The 11th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Adelaide, Australia from 4 to 8 May 2006.

• The Sixth Southern Hemisphere Training Course on Tropical Cyclones for Members of the RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee  for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean and the RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South-West Indian Ocean was held in Melbourne from 9 to 27 May 2005.

• The 10th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Brisbane, Australia from 10 to 15 July 2004.

• The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM, Australia) organized the Fifth Southern Hemisphere Training Course on Tropical Cyclones for Members of the RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee  for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean and the RA I Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South-West Indian Ocean which was held in Melbourne from 23 September to 4 October 2002.

• The 9th Session of RA V Tropical Cyclone Committee for the South Pacific and South-East Indian Ocean was held in Manila, Philippines from 16 to 20 May 2002.

• The EU South Pacific Tropical Cyclone Warning Upgrade Project ended in March 2000. The 52nd WMO Executive Council (May 2000) noted that the project had provided valuable contributions to improving facilities and capacity building among the many WMO Member countries in the South-West Pacific and expressed its appreciation to the EU for the assistance provided and looked forward to its continuing support to the Region.

Related Links

• Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

• South Pacific Regional Environment Programme

• Food and Agriculture Organization

• South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission

• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

• Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

• Economic and Social Development for Asia and the Pacific

• United Nations Development Program

• International Civil Aviation Organization

• Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

• International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (Secretariat)

SUB-REGIONAL OFFICE for the South-West Pacific  

Mr Henry K. TAIKI (Programme Officer)

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