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Training for weather forecasters and staff of the National Emergency Office (NEMO) to improve lead-time in issuing accurate severe weather warnings to the public, is being held in Nuku’alofa this week.

The one-week training by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on severe weather is also focused on looking at ways to improve the current severe weather services.

Professional surfers often know more about the big waves that threaten our coasts than our own Pacific Meteorological Services and communities.

This was a concern raised by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) at the Third Meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council in Nuku’alofa last week.

Tonga is one of 14 Pacific Island countries that is expected to benefit from a new project aimed to provide nationally tailored information on seasonal climate prediction and improve climate services.
The three-year project funded by the Government of the Republic of Korea was launched during a Pacific Climate Scientists regional training and inception workshop held from July 15-17.

What happens if the climate forecast and agro-advisory information produced at the beginning of the season do not reach farmers and pastoralists? Or what if they do but farmers and pastoralists fail to understand the forecast or what decisions they need to make?

Geneva 1 July 2015 (WMO) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have issued new joint guidance on Heat–Health Warning Systems to address the health risks posed by heatwaves, which are becoming more frequent and more intense as a result of climate change.

29th June to 3rd July 2015, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have conducted the training workshop on Climate Modelling in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from 29^th June to 03^rd July 2015.

Tanzania will soon have the capacity to conduct weather forecasts for longer periods of between 30 and 150 years, thanks to a new technology and training of local experts from the United Kingdom.

A Norwegian NGO and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) are partnering to increase the capacity of governments in Africa to address climate change, extreme weather events and variable rainfall.