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CAP in the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project
(SWFDP) – An Introduction
Samuel Muchemi
Public Weather Services (PWS) programme, WMO
WMO; Weather and Disaster Risk Reduction Services Department (WDS)
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Presentation outline
Introduction to SWFDP The Public Weather Services (PWS)
component of SWFDP CAP in SWFDP
Introduction to SWFDP World Meteorological Congress, Cg-XV (2007) had
requested for: o improvement of severe weather forecasting; and o warning services in developing countries.
SWFDP Vision: “NMHSs in developing countries are able to implement and maintain reliable and effective routine forecasting and severe weather warning programmes through enhanced use of NWP products and delivery of timely and authoritative forecasts and early warnings, thereby contributing to reducing the risk of disasters from natural hazards.”
Status of implementation of SWFDP
SWFDP Regional Subprojects Southern Africa (16 countries; RSMC Pretoria, RSMC-TC
La Réunion) South Pacific Islands (9 Island States; RSMC Wellington,
RSMC-TC Nadi) Eastern Africa (7 countries, RSMC Nairobi, RFSC Dar Es
Salaam) Southeast Asia (5 countries, RFSC, Hanoi) Bay of Bengal (6 countries, RSMC, New Delhi)
SWFDP Cascading Forecasting Process
Global NWP centres provide NWP and EPS products; Regional centres:
o interpret global NWP information; o run limited-area model to refine products; o prepare daily guidance products (for up to day-5) for NMCs; o maintain RSMC Web site; and o liaise with the participating NMCs.
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Global Centers Disaster Management
Centres
NMCsRSMC Pretoria
Operational Website of SWFDP - Eastern Africa Region
Website provides severe weather guidance products prepared in the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) Nairobi, for use by forecasters in seven (7) Meteorological Services in Eastern Africa
SWFDP Cascading Forecasting Process
National Meteorological Centres: o maintain responsibility/authority over national warning
services, o issue alerts, advisories, severe weather warnings; o liaise with Disaster Management and media; ando contribute feedback and evaluation of the project
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Operational Website of SWFDP - Eastern Africa Region
Example of severe weather forecast product
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) main components
Reg
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al C
entr
e
Glo
bal
Cen
tres
RS
MC
s-T
C
Global NWP/EPS andSat-based products
TC
GuidanceProducts
(risk/probability)
GDPFS
Nat
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al M
et C
entr
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ore
ca
st
D /
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5;
Bu
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tin
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Mobile; SMS; Weather RadioSystems; Public Web; Social Media; CAP etc.
Gen
eral
Pu
bli
c
PWS
Dis
ast
er
Man
ag
emen
t an
d
Civ
il P
rote
cti
on
Other specific Communication Systems; CAP
Med
iaE-mail; Telephone;
Press releases; CAP etc.
Radio; TV
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Presentation outline
Introduction to SWFDP The Public Weather Services (PWS)
component of SWFDP CAP in SWFDP
The Public Weather Services (PWS) component of the SWFDP Training staff of NMHSs on essential skills
such as: Coordination with the media; Coordination with Disaster Management and Civil
Protection Authorities (DMCPAs); Preparation of weather alerts and warnings; Public education and outreach; Communication skills; Conducting surveys; Service evaluation; and TV and radio weather presentation.
The Public Weather Services (PWS) component of the SWFDP
Training staff of NMHSs on how to implement multiple communication channels such as: TV weather presentation studios; Press releases; Mobile technology applications; Social media; Websites; Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
CAP activities in PWS CAP Activities in the PWS programme go
beyond the SWFDP and include: Maintaining CAP WebPages on the PWS Website
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/amp/pwsp/CommonAlertingProtocol_en.html
The CAP Jump-Start initiative: o The CAP experts provide direct support at the strategic,
operational, or technical levels to NMHSs staff, and offer hands-on support
Publication of CAP-related material; and Organizing workshops.
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Presentation outline
Introduction to SWFDP The Public Weather Services (PWS)
component of SWFDP CAP in SWFDP
CAP in SWFDP
CAP training introduced in the SWFDP workshops in 2012 About 50 individuals trained from:
o 16 countries in Southern Africa; and o 7 Countries in Eastern Africa.
CAP in SWFDP CAP Jump-Start
Workshops:
2-day CAP Jump-Start workshops (conducted by PWS CAP advisor) held in the Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) and in the Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD);
Trained technical and managerial staff of the TMA and KMD;
Provided free CAP open-source software to Met Services and installed on computers to start them off.
