SWFP-South Asia
Beneficiary Countries: |
9 countries in South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Thailand |
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Main focus: |
Heavy rain, Strong winds, High waves, Storm surge |
Inception year: | 2012 |
Present Status: |
Phase-IV (sustain operations and continue further development) |
Download: |
Regional Subprogramme Implementation Plan (RSIP) (Draft version November 2020) |
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SWFP implementation in South Asia The SWFP-South Asia was initiated as 'demonstration project'. The development process for implementing a severe weather forecasting demonstration project (SWFDP) in the Bay of Bengal sub-region (South Asia) was started with a technical planning workshop held in New Delhi, India in January 2012. Later, a regional subproject implementation plan (RSIP) was developed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and it was also reviewed by other contributing global centres. In 2016, the subproject was expanded to include 3 more countries namely Bhutan, Nepal and Pakistan in South Asia. The first meeting of the Regional Subproject Management Team (RSMT) and a Regional Training Workshop were organized back-to-back in Colombo, Sri Lanka during 28 November - 8 December 2018. The RSMT which mainly comprises the designated representatives from participating NMHSs and contributing global and regional centres, reviewed the subproject progress, updated the regional subproject implementation plan (RSIP), and agreed on timeline of the demonstration phase of the subproject with pilot demonstration phase from 1 June 2019. RSMT also decided to rename the subproject as SWFDP Regional Subproject for South Asia (SWFDP-South Asia) considering its expansion involving 9 countries in South Asia. |
The Eighteenth World Meteorological Congress (Cg-18, June 2019) through its Resolution 15 (Cg-18) decided, among others, to remove the 'demonstration' designation of SWFDP to refer it as Severe Weather Forecasting programme (SWFP). Later, SWFDP-South Asia also become SWFP Regional Subprogramme for South Asia (SWFP-South Asia). The IMD has an exceptional role in SWFP-South Asia for being a contributing global NWP centre, and as a lead regional centre for both severe weather forecast and tropical cyclone forecast support in the sub-region. As a global centre, IMD is supported by the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS). |
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SWFP-South Asia: Activities & Key Milestones since 2011 |
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