Virtual Centre for Monitoring Forecast and Early Warning

Virtual Centre for Monitoring, Forecast and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Events in the Region of Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay Expert Meeting on NMSs’ Participation on DRR Coordination Mechanisms and Early Warnig Systems Geneva, November 26 -28, 2007 Dr. A. D. Moura & Dr. Lauro Fortes INMET / Brazil

Area of Interest Catarina Flash Floods: SP-2000

Cascading process to distribute the meteorological information Information from global models ~ 7 days Regional Models ~ 2 days, satellite imagery, derived products Local models, radars ~ 3 hours to 1 day Alerts from the regional centers to national centers Fe ed ba ck at ea ch sta g e Alerts from the global centers to regional centers National centers distribute the information to local institutions

Virtual Centre for Monitoring, Forecast and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Events in the Region of Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay BACKGROUND The IV Meeting of the Conference of Directors of Iberia-American NMHs held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) from 15 to 17 of November, 2006, in its recommendation number 10, stated its support to the actions towards the creation of a Virtual Centre for Monitoring, Forecasting and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Events to be established among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, having been agreed upon to promote the training of a group of experts of the participant countries.

Virtual Centre Goals • Maintain a virtual cooperation network among the member countries. • Exchange information in order to allow for the optimization of the operational work of forecasting and monitoring of any prospective adverse event. • Create a data basis of adverse phenomena over the region. • Promote the capacity building of personnel from the participant institutions. • Exchange numerical models’ data in order to produce derived products. • Promote joint research activities.

Virtual Centre Objectives • • • To support the forecast and monitoring of adverse meteorological phenomena over the South American Southeastern Region in order to contribute for the minimization of its social, economical and environmental impacts. To increase to support to the participant countries’ Civil Defense Organizations To improve the monitoring of phenomena by means of: ü Automatic meteorological stations ü Satellite data; ü Radio sounders ü Radars; ü Ocean Buoys; ü Real time efficient communication.

Virtual Centre The Region in Focus Data Collection

Virtual Centre Weather Forecast Centers from each participant institution produce their forecasts. In the case a severe event is perceived, there is a teleconference among all of them and a consensus is reached.

Virtual Centre Initial Concept Virtual Centre = the joint coordination of National Centers connected by an Intranet network that allows the participation of the forecasters working from their desks at their centers, in their hoe countries. INMET - Brasilia INPE/CPTEC - C. Paulista CHM - Rio de Janeiro EPAGRI-Ciram - Florianopolis

Virtual Centre Present Stage Regular and coordinated discussion among the centers making use of Visit. View and Yahoo Messenger

Virtual Centre Present Stage Exchange of Warnings and Alerts by means of Institutional e-mails agentii@cptec. inpe. br centrovirtual@smm. mil. br dtornalmet@adinet. com. uy jcmn@smn. gov. ar met 2@climerh. rct-sc. br opera@simepar. br pronostico_dmh@dinac. gov. py sepre. df@inmet. gov. br

Virtual Centre Present Stage Exchange of Alerts and Warnings through Institutional e-mails sepre. df AVISO Nº 232 - INMET DPT CNAP Advertencia Uruguay Meteop –Epagri-Ciram – Previsão Climática Previsor CHM - avisos de mau tempo nrs 675 ao 680 CPTEC Avisos Meteorológicos CPTEC/INPE pronos@smn. gov. ar ALERTAS ARGENTINAS pronosticos@meteorologia. gov. py Alertas Paraguay

Virtual Centre Example of Meteorological Alert issued by INMET

Virtual Centre Alert issued by SMN - Argentina

Virtual Centre Alert issued by SIMEPAR- PR-Brazil

Virtual Centre Training Course Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia - Spain Training of Forecasters for the Virtual Center for the Forecast of Severe Phenomena over the Southeast Area of South-America Place: MADRID, Spain (under the auspices of the INM of Spain) Period: from May 21 to May 31, 2007

Virtual Centre Training Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia - Spain CD-ROM

Virtual Centre Participants of the Training Course at INM, Madrid 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Antonio Felipe Gil – Argentina Claudio Mattio – Argentina Marta Nora Castro –Argentina Luiz Cavalcanti – Brasil - INMET Márcia dos Santos Seabra – Brasil - INMET Emma Giada Matschinske – Brasil – CHM Marcelo Enrique Seluchi – Brasil –CPTEC Cesar Augustus Assis Beneti – Brasil – SIMEPAR Hugo José Braga – Brasil – EPAGRI-CIRAM Eduardo Mingo – Paraguay René Mariano Rodríguez Gómez - Uruguay

Virtual Centre Participants of the Training Course (photos at INM)

Virtual Centre Future Activities • • Meeting of Working Group for elaboration of the Project Final Report and to establish the responsibilities of each participant institution. Establishment of INTRANET network linking the Member Centers Other Issues • • • Identify new areas (for instance, area of severe phenomena common to Central America Produce maps showing in different colors the types and intensity of observed phenomena Integrate the network of RADARS available in the Region

Virtual Centre Aknowledments • • • INM of Spain WMO SMA - Argentina DINAC - Paraguay Directoria de Meteorologia - Uruguay INMET - Brazil CPTEC CHN – Brazilian Navy CIRAM SIMEPAR

Virtual Centre DECLARACIÓN DE ASUNCIÓN DE LA V REUNION DE LA CONFERENCIA DE DIRECTORES DE LOS SERVICIOS METEOROLOGICOS E HIDROLOGICOS IBEROAMERICANOS ASUNCION DECLARATION OF THE V MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE IBEROAMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL CENTERS Los Directores de los Servicios Meteorológicos e Hidrológicos Iberoamericanos (SMHI), reunidos en Asunción (Paraguay), entre el 6 y el 8 The Directors of the Ibero-American Meteorological and Hydrological Services (IMHS), gathered in Asuncion between the 6 th and the 8 th of November, 2007, de noviembre de 2007. . . 8. … 8. Express their satisfaction for the Manifiestan su satisfacción por la marcha del proyecto para la creación progress being made in project for the creation among Argentina, Brazil, entre Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Paraguay and Uruguay of a “Virtual Centre Uruguay de un “Centro Virtual de for Monitoring, forecast and Early Warning Vigilancia, Pronósticos y Avisos de Fenómenos Meteorológicos Severos”, of Severe Meteorological Phenomena”, support the continuation of the project, apoyan la continuidad del mismo, la the inclusion of other countries and/or the ampliación a otros países y/o la creación de centros similares en otras creation of similar centers in other areas of the region. áreas de la región.

Virtual Centre Thank you for your attention Antonio Divino Moura diretor. inmet@inmet. gov. br Lauro Tadeu Guimarães Fortes lauro. fortes@inmet. gov. br