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Severe Weather Modeling
Workshop in Cuba |
Wednesday Aug. 22, 2007 |
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SVGMETS was
represented at the recently concluded workshop on Severe
Weather Modeling that took place in Havana, Cuba. The
workshop which ran from August 13-16 saw Meteorologists
from several Caribbean countries including Barbados,
Cuba, Dominica, Grenada, St. Lucia, St Kitts Nevis and
St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Regional Institution
represented included the Caricom Climate Change Centre,
Caribbean Risk Management Initiative, and UNDP regional
Office, Cuba and the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology
and Hydrology. The workshop considered the use of the
MM5 Weather Modeling software as a tool for modeling
severe weather. Participants received hands-on training
dealing with generating output graphics and coding
scripts that generated these outputs. The participants
together with the cosponsors considered the future
development of Severe Weather Modeling in the Caribbean
and determined a way forward. Modeling Centered were to
be located in Barbados (CIMH), Jamaica (UWI), Belize (CCCC)
and Cuba (INSMET). The Workshop was sponsored by the
government of Norway and executed under the auspices of
United nation Development Program and CRMI.
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Regional
Interest in New TV Weather Presentation |
Sunday April 1, 2007 |
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A prototype of
SVGMETS new TV Weather Presentation was presented at the
Antigua Meeting of the Regional Meteorology body CMC46
in December 2006. The presentation generated appreciable
discussion and has thus far led to several inquiries,
especially by smaller meteorological services, into
obtaining copies of the same.
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SVGMETS
Provides Cricket Weather For CWC 2007 |
Sunday April 1, 2007 |
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Friday April 1, 2007
- SVGMETS provided daily detailed forecasts for the
recently held CWC 2007 Warm-up matches held her at the
Arnos Vale Sports Complex, March 5 - 9, 2007. The daily
detailed forecast featured 3-hour outlook of the
expected conditions. The product which was a first of
its kind for the Service providing for such a
world-class event was part of a regional commitment to
provide weather for the CWC 2007. Similar services were
provided by the Met. Services in Jamaica, Antigua, St.
Kitts and Nevis, and
by the CIMH (regional Meteorological Institute). SVGMETS
forecast was verified to be about 75 - 80 percent
successful.
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SVGMETS
at Governor's Hurricane Conference |
Tuesday May 21, 2007 |
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St. Vincent and the
Grenadines was represented that the recent Florida
Governor's Hurricane Conference held from May
14-18, 2007. SVGMETS, Meteorological Officer, Antonio
Joyette, attend the week of training and
conferences. The Conference took place in Fort
Lauderdale, Florida and received participants
from several Caribbean, Latin America and US Gulf and
East Coast states. Training sessions were conducted in several
disciplines including Emergency Management, Meteorology,
Communications, Safety and Security.
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