SWFP-Central America

SWFP Regional Subprogramme in Central America (SWFP-Central America)

Beneficiary Countries:	8 countries in Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama
Regional Centres:	Regional Forecast Support Centre (RFSC) San José, Costa Rica (main regional centre) Environmental Observatory of El Salvador (back-up regional centre) Tropical cyclone forecast support RSMC Miami (for hurricane forecast support) Nowcasting products SCOPE - Nowcasting products for precipitation (by CPTEC INPE Brazil) NWP high-resolution products Instituto Meteorologico Nacional (NCM) de Costa Rica (for NWP high-resolution)
World Meteorological Centres (WMCs):	WMC Montreal: Deterministic data & products; Ensemble data & products WMC Washington: Central America domain WMC ECMWF; ENS Meteograms; and Forecaster User Guide DWD (WMC Offenbach); Link for ICON Model data
Main Focus (Severe weather types):	Heavy rain, strong winds, high waves (Sea swell) and extreme temperatures (heat/cold wave conditions)
Inception year:	2024
Present Status:	In development (Phase-I)
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