Early Warning System in Thailand by Prawit JAMPANYA

Early Warning System in Thailand by Prawit JAMPANYA Weather Forecast Bureau Thai Meteorological Department Ministry of Information and Communication Technology

Natural Disasters in Thailand • • Earth Quake and Tsunami Tropical Cyclone or Tropical Storm Thunderstorms Flood Extreme Temperature Drought Forest Fire Land Slide

Concern Organization • • • Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) Royal Irrigation Department (RID) Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Severe Weather Forecast Bureau Analysis Data Input • Weather Charts • Satellite • Radar • NWP GTS Intranet Internet Data Analysis Thunderstorm, Heavy rain, Flood Tropical Cyclone, etc. • RSMCs Weather Warning (Text, graphics) Dissemination GTS Intranet Internet Government Agencies Mass Media • TV, Radio • Newspaper • Mobile Phone • etc

Automatic stations

Radar Network

Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP)

TMD Website (www. tmd. go. th)

Satellite Observation

Press Release Partnership Interview

Early Warning Dissemination Flow Warning Agencies Mass Media TMD TV NDWC Radio etc Newspaper Target Areas

TMD Warning Dissemination Meteorological Department Mass Media Regional Meteorological Center Central Government Agencies Local Government Agencies Risk Areas Added Channel Existing Channel

Planning for Warning Presentation • TMD is under testing color code for meteorological hazards presentation like these: Green No particular awareness Yellow The weather is potentially dangerous Orange The weather is dangerous Red The weather is very dangerous these color will fill on the boundary of each province of Thailand with symbol of phenomena. This will link to the details of what going on and how to do.

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