World Meteorological Organization

Beneficiary Countries:

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste                 

Regional SWF Centre:

• Regional Forecast Support Centre (RFSC) Jakarta (main regional centre)

Other relevant Centres:

• RSMC Hong Kong for Nowcasting
• RSMC Tokyo for Nowcasting; JMA Met. Satellite Centre
• RSMC-TC Tokyo (for typhoon forecast support)
• CPTEC INPE Brazil (SCOPE - Nowcasting products)

World Meteorological Centres (WMCs):     

• WMC Melbourne
• WM Beijing; Global EFI;
• WMC Tokyo
• WMC Exeter
• WMC ECMWF; ENS Meteograms; and Forecaster User Guide
• WMC Offenbach (to access to global NWP/ICON data); WMC Offenbach graphical products
• WMC Washington (products for SE Asia Maritime & Australia regions); Link for MJO

Main Focus:

Heavy rain, strong winds, severe thunderstorm/Squall line, high waves (Sea swell) and extreme temperature (heat wave conditions)

Present Status:

In development (Phase I)

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Development partners/ Donors:

WISER (Weather and Climate Information Services) Asia Pacific programme (funded by the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office)