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We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2nd International Verification Challenge for the Best New Verification Metric Making Use of Non-Traditional Observations. The winning team is Faith Mitheu, Elena Tarnavsky, Andrea Ficchi from the University of Reading in the UK with their entry “Semi

On 6 September 2021, we held a webinar on the WMO Hydrological Observing System (WHOS). The recording is now available to watch. Topics covered 00:11:52 WMO HydroHub 00:16:51 Importance of data interoperability (Presentation.pdf) 00:27:24 Introduction – WHOS as a hydrological contribution to WIS

South and Southeast Asia: https://public.wmo.int/en/media/news/strengthening-severe-weather-forecasting-south-and-southeast-asia West and Central Africa: https://public.wmo.int/en/resources/meteoworld/strengthening-of-severe-weather-forecasting-capabilities-west-and-central

The United Kingdom Met Office (UKMO) and Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS), in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), will convene Aviation Meteorology Training Seminars from 2 to 4 November 2021. Owing to the ongoing impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic, the seminars

A large proportion of the global population is influenced by monsoons, which can affect people in every aspect of their lives. Adequate and timely monsoon rains are crucial for providing drinking water, farming operations, water resources management, the generation of hydropower, and more. Monsoon

Summer School on Climate Services for Energy and Water 21, 23, 28, 30 September, and 5 and 7 October 2021. Timing: 11:30-15:30 UTC. Applications close: 18 August 2021 at midnight. For more information, please visit the event's webpage About the event The EU H2020 SECLI-FIRM Project (The Added Value

Recent presentations of WWRP's three Core Projects PPP HIWeather S2S

Improved sub-seasonal to seasonal (S2S) forecasts could enhance food security, the sustainable management of energy and water resources, and reduce disaster risk by providing earlier warnings for natural hazards. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is launching a competition to improve

The Value Chain project is a 4-year flagship study project of the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) High Impact Weather (HIWeather) project and the Societal and Economic Research Applications (SERA) Working Group. It will focus on warning chains for a selected set of hazards identified in the

The second Governing Board Meeting of the WMO-IATA Collaborative AMDAR Programme (WICAP) was held on 3rd June 2021 and the final report is now available. The WICAP Governing Board is monitoring and overseeing the achievement of WICAP aims and ensure that participation is authorized, balanced