World meteorological organization ra IV hurricane committee thirty-third session
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VCP projects8.6 During 2010 the WMO VCP programme received in total six requests from the region from five different countries. The requesting countries were Bahamas, Dominica, El Salvador, Guyana and Suriname. The VCP Programme has been able to support or find a suitable donor for three of these requests and has provided expert services in telecommunications for Suriname and Guyana to link the NMSs with the rest of the RAIII countries and expert services for Suriname to repair or upgrade the existing weather radar. National Weather Service/International Activities Office 8.7 NOAA/NWS has been engaged in capacity-building efforts within the region. NWS IAO supports capacity-building, education and outreach activities in RA-IV through the WMO's Voluntary Contribution Program (VCP). Many of the projects are in support of the monitoring and warning of hurricanes operations of RSMC Miami, but the activities also support the routine forecasting and operations of NMHSs in the region.
8.8 NOAA Tropical Training Desk: NOAA trains six fellows from Central America and the Caribbean each year at the Tropical Desk at the NCEP HPC. Fellows are trained on operational skills, including numerical weather prediction techniques 8.9 Contribution to the WMO Tropical Cyclone Program in support of the 33rd WMO Region IV Hurricane Committee Conference.
8.10 WMO Participants attending the Hurricane Attachment Program: Located at NOAA’s National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center, this program brings weather service personnel from vulnerable Members States to train on forecasting, preparedness, and public outreach during hurricane season. Three participants will be trained the hurricane season. 8.11 Support the organization of an RA III/RA IV Workshop on Implementing Competency Assessment for Aeronautical Meteorological Personnel as part of the activities of the RAIV Task Team on Aviation. The workshop is tentatively scheduled for 20- 24 June 2011, in Trinidad and Tobago. 8.12 WMO AMDAR Panel: Capacity-building activities to improve upper air observations and data collection using commercial airplanes with a pilot project in Mexico. AMDAR Workshop in Mexico City, Fall 2011. Travel funding for experts to provide technical support and coordination with air carrier management and WMO for the installation of observation platforms in aircrafts.
8.14 In view of the continued difficulties in meteorological services faced by Haiti, the Committee strongly recommended that three to five Haitian forecasters, recently trained at MeteoFrance, participate in the 2012 RA IV Workshop on Hurricane Forecasting and Warning and Public Weather Services, in Miami, Florida. The Committee also requested that the WMO and RSMC Miami look into the possibly of having a one week Workshop in lieu of their participation in the two week workshop. This specific and condensed workshop may also include training on FFGS. Both options would provide for French translation of course materials and on-site interpretation.
Tsunami Early Warning System for the Caribbean 9.1 The Committee noted that the next ICG meeting would be held from 26 to 29 in April 2011 in the Dominican Republic. It requested the WMO Secretariat to take an action to facilitate participation of the representative of the Committee in the meeting. 9.2 The Committee requested Members to ensure that their list of Tsunami Warning Focal Points and Tsunami National Contacts is up to date. A TWFP and TNC Nomination form is given in Appendix VIII. 9.3 In conjunction with ICG activities, a the first ever Caribbean Tsunami Exercise entitled CARIBE WAVE 11 / LANTEX 11 will be conducted to assist tsunami preparedness efforts in the region on 23 March 2011. The Members States have been notified of this exercise via communications from the WMO and from the IOC/ICG. Assistance to Haiti 9.4 A side meeting to review the recent activities carried out to support the NMS of Haiti was held during the session with the participation of Members who have provided continuous support to Haiti and international organizations who have also been involved in the process. During the meeting, a summary of the urgent assistance and support provided to the NMS of Haiti in 2010 and the status of present and ongoing activities were reviewed. The meeting also considered the plans for 2011 (in each of the key areas: monitoring, telecomm, forecasting, forecast and warning services) and the challenges and opportunities for capacity building and sustainability of the NMS (institutional and operational issues). Finally, funding and cooperation opportunities for capacity development of the NMS in Haiti were discussed and analyzed. A complete report will be submitted to all participants. 9.5 The Committee notes the recent successes evident from the solicitation of private sponsorship and contributions to the hosting of the Meetings in the last few years. Given the recent pressure on budgets for hosting such activities in recent years, the Committee requests the Management such Meetings.
Hurricane Preparedness & Business Continuity Seminar was held under this agenda item. This seminar was supported by scientific lectures from meteorologist, Emergency Management, the Insurance Sector, aimed at delivering best quality and timely warning information to the business sector for proper planning towards greater resiliency & quick return to normalcy. The following presentations were proffered. 1) National Hurricane Center Operation
- Dr. Dan Brown, NHC/NOAA
- Dr. Lixion Avila, NHC/NOAA
- Mr. Bill Read, NHC/NOAA 2) Canadian Hurricane Centre Operation
- Dr. David Grimes, Canada
3) Hurricane Hunter Operations
- Lt. Col. David Borsi, USAF 4) Cayman Islands national Operations
- CINWS
- McCleary Frederick, HMCI
- Prof. Russ Elsberry 11. DATE AND PLACE OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION (Agenda item 10) The Committee was informed that the United States would consider hosting the thirty-fourth session of the RA IV Hurricane Committee in Florida in 2012. 12. CLOSURE OF THE SESSION (Agenda item 11) The report of the thirty-third session of the Committee was adopted at its final meeting at 11:30 hours on 12 March 2011. _____________________ Directory: pages -> prog -> www -> tcp -> documents documents -> Review of the ra IV hurricane operational plan documents -> Cyclone programme documents -> World meteorological organization technical document documents -> World meteorological organization ra IV hurricane committee thirty-fourth session documents -> Review of the past hurricane season documents -> Ra IV hurricane committee thirty-fourth session ponte vedra beach, fl, usa documents -> World meteorological organization ra IV hurricane committee thirty-second session documents -> World meteorological organization ra IV hurricane committee thirty-fifth session documents -> English only review of the tropical cyclone operational plan for the south pacific and south-east indian ocean documents -> Global tropical cyclone season Download 0.97 Mb. Share with your friends:
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