04/20/23Didace MUSONI -Rwanda

Meteorological Service1

By TWAHIRWA F. KABANGUKA

November 19th 2012

WELL COME TO RWANDA

Rwanda is known for: The rare mountain gorilla (Silver Back) in the Virunga Mountains

Introduction

Rwanda is known for Genocide of 1994

Introduction Rwanda is known as: a land of thousand hills

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Position and map of Rwanda

AFRICA CONTINENT

Location

• Rwanda is located in East Africa bordering with Uganda in the north, west with Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , south west with Burundi and Tanzania in East respectively. Therefore

• Latitude of 01º58 and Longitude of 030 º 08, also with Altitude of 1,490 meters.

Human Resources The personnel in this Subsector are composed of 47 professionals3 Class I (have degrees)16 Class II ( 7 are at airports)2 Class III26 Class IV (4 at airports)This level of professional staff is inadequate for effectively fulfilling the present Mission and functions of RMS at all levels. There is also lack of personnel for customer relations (awareness, identification of their needs) and marketing. However, while we stress the great need for more staff and training, the great contribution being made by the present staff under these conditions is highly commendable

Meteorological station 71 Rainfall stations 10 Automatic stations 13 Agro-synoptic stations 72 Climatological stations PUMA station (Satellite Image Reciever)

CURRENT INFRASTRACTURE

We are Rwanda’s national weather and climate service.

Vision

To provide accurate, timely

weather and climate information and

products for the general welfare of the

people

Mission

To be a highly efficient and effective Meteorological Service , which is customer

and employee focused

Operations/ capacity

1. Observing the weather

2. Climatological analysis

3. Meteorological data archiving

4. Forecasting

5. Advisories

Hazards, Floods in Musanze

Floods in Rubavu district, MAM 2010

Soil erosion and land slides

Strong winds

Drought in Bugesera district

Other hazards

HAILSTONE, THUNDERSTORM ,FROST AND FOG

TOOLS USE IN SEVERE WEATHER FORECASTING

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Stevenson Screen

Models

• Nomad• Uk met office• NCEP• NOAA Global Forecasting System• EUMESAT satellite • ECMWF

METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS FROM DIFFERENT MODELS

NCEP Medium Range Weather forecasting

NOAA Global Forecasting System (GFS) and Ensemble Prediction System( EPS

PROBABILITY OF 24hr PRECIPITATION EXCEEDING 5mm

UK Met Office Limited area Model

. EUMESAT satellite imagery

ECMWF EPS

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THANK YOU

MURAKOZE.