Regional Association IV
Governance
- Regional Association IV Structure and Involvement in WMO Technical Commissions and Research Board
- Rules of Procedure for Regional Associations (WMO-No. 1241, 2019 Edition)
- Eighteenth Session of the Regional Association IV (RA IV-18), 8 to 11 February 2021, online (Full report available here)
- RA IV Working Structure
Resources
- RA IV Relevant Documents
- RA IV Session Reports
- RA IV News in MeteoWorld
- Results of the Survey on the Role and Functioning of Regional Associations (2021)
- Key Performance Indicators on the implementation of the WMO Strategic Plan 2020-2023 (searchable by Region)
- Regional Analysis of WMO Members (filterable by Region)
Upcoming Events & Meetings
- RA IV Regional Conference and Parallel Events, 06-09 February 2023, Hybrid: Kingston (Jamaica) / Online
Past Events & Meetings
- Twelfth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 25 January2023, Online
- Thirty-Second Session of the RA IV Management Group, 10 January 2023, Hybrid: Denver (USA) / Online
- Hybrid Workshop for Regional WIGOS Centres in RA IV, 13-15 December 2022, Hybrid: San Jose (Costa Rica) / Online
- Aviation Forecasting and Monitoring: Operational Best Practices in the Americas - Second Webinar of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 06 December 2022, Online
- Eleventh Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 30 November 2022, Online
- Sixth RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum, 02 December 2022, Online
- Third Meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 18 November 2022, Online
- Webinar: Implementation of the MCH Information System in Dominican Republic, 15 November 2022, Online
- Assessment of MHEWS Capabilities in RA IV, 03 November 2022, Online
- Tenth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 26 October 2022, Online
- Good Practices in the Provision of Hydrological Services, 07 October 2022, Online
- Ninth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 28 September 2022, Online
- Eight Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 31 August 2022, Online
- Good Practices in the Provision of Hydrometeorological Information Services for Early Warning: The Experience of Costa Rica, 31 August 2022, Online
- High-level Launch of the Report on the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2021, 22 July 2022, Hybrid (More information here, Full report available here)
- Strategic Panel with Partners: Strengthening Multi-Hazard Early WarningSystems (MHEWS) in Latin America and the Caribbean to support theSustainable Development Agenda 2030, 22 July 2022, Hybrid
- Technical Webinar on Good Practices in Climate Services in RA IV, 13 July 2022, Online
- Fifth RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum, 08 July 2022, Online
- First Webinar of the RA IV ET on Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services, 06-08 July 2022, Online
- First Webinar of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 06 July 2022, Online
- Thirty-First Session of the RA IV Management Group, 22 June 2022, Hybrid: Geneva (Switzerland) / Online
- Second Meeting of the RA IV ET on Climate Services, 09 June 2022, Online
- Seventh Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 25 May 2022, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV Policy Advisory Expert Team, 19 May 2022, Online
- Second Meeting of the RA IV Infrastructure Committee, 18 May 2022, Online
- Forty-Fourth Session of the RA VI Hurricane Committee, 25-28 April 2022, Online
- Sixth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 27 April 2022, Online
- Second Meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 05 April 2022, Online
- Fifth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 30 March 2022, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV Hydrological and Water Coordination Panel, 11 March 2022, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV ET on Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Services, 04 March 2022, Online
- First Webinar of the RA IV Infrastructure Committee, 03 March 2022, Online
- Fourth Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 23 February 2022, Online
- Technical webinar: Progress on Impact-based Forecast Implementation - The Experience of El Salvador, 02 February 2022, Online
- Third Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 26 January 2022, Online
- Thirtieth Session of the RA IV Management Group, 25 January 2022, Online
- Technical webinar: Using the WMO Community Platform for RAs III and IV, 13 December 2021, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV ET on Climate Services, 06 December 2021, Online
- Technical Webinar on CLIMAT Automation for ARs III and IV, 30 November 2021, Online
- Second Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 24 November 2021, Online
- Technical Webinar on Ocean Observations for Forecasting and Services across the Caribbean, 11 November 2021, Online
- RP21 Learning Lab: Lightning and Wildfires, co-hosted with the Government of Jamaica and UNDRR, 04 November 2021, Online
- Technical Webinar on Mapping Operational Climate Services in RA IV, 03 November 2021, Online
- Technical Webinar on Satellite Data Processing and Unidata, 27 October 2021, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV ET on Services for Aviation, 27 October 2021, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV Services Committee, 24 September 2021, Online
- First Meeting of the RA IV Infrastructure Committee, 23 September 2021, Online
- High-level Launch of the Report on the State of the Climate in Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, 17 August 2021, Online (More information here, Full report available here)
- Fourth RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum, 12 August 2021, Online
- Twenty-Ninth Session of the RA IV Management Group, 15 July 2021, Online
- Symposium Lightning & Lightning Safety Awareness, co-hosted with CMO, 19-20 May 2021, Online
- RA IV Online Workshop on ABO and WICAP, 18 May 2021, Online
- Third RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum, 26 April 2021, Online
- Twenty-Eight Session of the RA IV Management Group, 14 April 2021, Online
- La experiencia cubana: Sistemas de alerta temprana climática para predecir enfermedades, 10 March 2021, Online
- Twenty-Seventh Session of the RA IV Management Group, 14 December 2020, Online
- Second RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum, 5 October 2020, Online
- High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) - Caribbean Weather Model Training for WMO RA IV, co-hosted with NOAA and CMO, 26 August 2020, Online
- First RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum, 20 July 2020, Online
- Twenty-Sixth Session of the RA IV Management Group, 25-26 June 2020, Online
- Twenty-Fifth Session of the RA IV Management Group, 14 January 2020, Boston (United States of America)
About us
Regional factsheet:
- 27 Member States and Territories in RA IV (22 of them having RA IV as the main region)
- 22 Global Data-processing and Forecasting System Centres (GDPFS Portal here):
- 2 World Meteorological Centres
- 2 Global Producing Centres for Long-range Prediction
- 1 Global Producing Centre for Annual to Decadal Climate Prediction
- 1 Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC) with geographical specialization
- 1 RSMC for Tropical cyclone forecasting, including marine-related hazards
- 3 RSMCs for Atmospheric transport and dispersion modelling (for environmental emergency response and/or backtracking): 2 Nuclear and 1 Non-nuclear
- 5 RSMCs for Marine meteorological services
- 1 RSMC for Numerical ocean wave prediction
- 2 ICAO-designated Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres
- 2 Regional Climate Prediction and Monitoring Centres
- 2 RSMCs for Non-real-time coordination activities (Lead Centres for coordination of LRF verification and LRFMME)
- 2 Climate Outlook Forums (CACOF and CARICOF)
- 1 Hydrological Outlook Forum (CAHOF)
- 1 RA IV Hydrological Advisers Forum
- 1 RA IV Management Group
- 3 RA IV Committees (Hurricanes, Infrastructure and Services)
- 1 RA IV Coordination Panel (Hydrology and Water)
- 8 RA IV Expert Teams (Technical and Policy Advisory issues)
- 6 RA IV Focal Points