14th Meeting of the RA I Dissemination Expert Group (RAIDEG-14)

Time in UTC

(Dakar: UTC+0h; Brazzaville/Casablanca/Niamey: UTC+1h;
Darmstadt/Geneva: UTC+2h; Pretoria UTC +2h, Addis Ababa/Nairobi UTC+3h; Port Louis: UTC +4h)

Final Report

Day 1: Wednesday 03^rd May

08:00          Introduction

• Welcome (Chairwoman – EUMETSAT – WMO)
• Update on the MTG-AMSAF - update (early warning) - 20’

08:30          Session #1 - Nowcasting

• Dissemination baseline for Nowcasting products (SAF and relevant RGB)
• Update on the NWC-SAF software (incl. Cloud based) - 20’
• WISER-Southern Africa - SAWS - 20’
• Return of experience with NWC-SAF from RAIDEG member and future plan

10:00          Break

12:00          Session #2 - NWP products

• NWP (status and access to model outputs, inc. cloud) - 20’ each
  • Met Office
  • ECMWF
  • Meteo-France
  • ACMAD
• ACMAD experience  and update on RARS Africa network
• Open discussion

14:00          End of session

Day 2: Thursday 04^th May

08:00          Session #3: Update on MTG and PUMA stations

• OPS planning for MSG to MTG (update) +IODC - 20’
• Update on MSG to MTG transition (PUMA and operation planning) - AUC 10’
• Outcome  of North Africa

10:00          Break

12:00          Session #4: AOB

• Outcome of Air Pollution Webinar - 20’
• Status of actions (old and new)
• Next meeting (physical meeting in September)

14:00          End of meeting