Progress Plans 2016 2017 Israel Nir Stav Israel

Progress & Plans 2016 -2017 Israel Nir Stav, Israel Meteorological Service stavn@ims. gov. il ICSEED-15, Zagreb, Croatia, 6 -7 October 2016

Work in Progress: Education & Training הרחבת המידע המסופק לציבור Ø Bringing existing staff to WMO Meteorologist requirements by collaboration with Bar-Ilan university (New joint program of M. Sc in Earth Science)

אתר ליזמים – פוטנציאל אנרגיית רוח Work in Progress: Design of Wind Energy GIS Web Site Ø To be launced to the public at the beginning of 2017

Work in Progress: Expending Accessibility to Meteorological Data הרחבת המידע המסופק לציבור Ø New Weather dial-a-number service in Hebrew, Arabic & English (Winter 2016 -2017) Ø API for Meteorological data in data. gov. il allowing use of data by web/cellular applications (Winter 2016 -2017), Hackathon planned for 2017 Ø Design of a modern web site (2017 -2018)

Work in Progress: Adoption of New Technologies Ø AWOS on a Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) (2017) Ø Automated Road Monitoring – detection of snow, ice (Winter 2017 -2018) Ø Evaluation of New Wind-Lidar Technology providing wind profile up to 200 m above ground (2016 -2017)

Work in Progress: ידי Forward Trajectories חיזוי אובך על מסלולי אוויר based on IFS to help Dust forecasting Ø Development - 2016 Ø Evaluation -– 2017

Work in Progress: New International Collaborations Ø Joined EUMETNET EMMA Program launching Israeli weather warnings on Meteo. Alarm by 2017 Ø Joined EUMETNET EUMETCAL Program (2016) Ø Joining COSMO consortium as a full member (2016) Ø Joined UNDP project of Hydro-Meteorological high resolution climate modeling for Jordan, Palestine & Israel

Work in Progress: New International Collaborations

Work in Progress: New International Collaborations Ø Interested in Joining Black Sea & Middle East Flash Flood Guidance System 2017? ? ?

Work in Progress: Joining COSMO as a full member

Cosmo Model Runs @ IMS

Previous Domains (IFS)

New Domain (IFS)

ICON Domains

Radar Assimilation Actual With Radar DA Without Radar

Actual Improved Precipitation Forecasts ECMWF New Version Previous Version

Improved Precipitation Forecasts Improved Flood Forecasts

Improved Precipitation Forecasts Improved Flood Forecasts

Severe Weather Forecasting October 2015

Severe Thunderstorms • 25 October 2015. Morning hours were supposed to be with no significant weather, under the influence of SE flow. What we got was 40 -60 kt NW winds, torrential rain, big hail and intensive lightning activity…

Severe Thunderstorms

ECMWF/GFS CAPE

Progress & Plans 2016 -2017 Israel Nir Stav, Israel Meteorological Service stavn@ims. gov. il ICSEED-15, Zagreb, Croatia, 6 -7 October 2016