WMO Global Meteo Alarm System GMAS First Advisory

WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) First Advisory Group and Technical Team meeting Item 3. 4 Tropical Cyclone Programme C/TCP: Taoyong Peng tpeng@wmo. int SO/TCP: Anne-Claire Fontan acfontan@wmo. int 13 -15 March 2017 GENEVA WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

Tropical Cyclone Programme Mission To assist and support its Members to: • Provide reliable and improved forecasts of – tropical cyclone tracks and intensities, and – related forecasts of strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges, – along with timely warnings, in multi-hazard approaches, – covering all tropical cyclone-prone areas; • Establish and upgrade early warning systems with multihazard configuration; WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

TCP Implementation Strategies • TCP effected on both national and regional levels through cooperative action. • TCP covers activities of Members, WMO regional associations, other international and regional bodies and the WMO Secretariat. • TCP activities implemented mainly through two components, i. e. the General Component and the Regional Component. WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

RSMCs/TCWCs & TC Regional Bodies • TCP benefits ~ 80 WMO Members 1972 (9) (15) 1973 (14) 1968 (27) 1977 (19) 1985 (Nb of Members) Committees established in 19 xx WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

Warning system -1/2 • The RSMC Tropical Cyclone Centre / TCWC will be responsible for providing TC watch over its area of responsibility – with the most skillful advisory diagnosis available regarding the technical parameters • position, intensity, dimensions, forecast of intensity and track, associated hazards. • For international users - international marine and aviation (TCACs) requirements WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

Warning system -2/2 • NMSs should utilize the advisory statements issued by the RSMC Tropical Cyclone Centre/TCWC as the basis for its national cyclone warning strategies. • Each Member is responsible for issue of warnings for its area of responsibility. WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

RA IV - NHC Coordination of International Watches & Warnings • NHC will recommend the placement of watches/warnings – Coordinated via phone with Met. Offices throughout the region • Each country is responsible for issuing watches/warning for their respective country or jurisdiction WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

Severe Weather Information Centre -SWIC • Based on advisories issued by Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres (RSMCs) and Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres (TCWCs), and official warnings issued by National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) for their respective countries or regions. • http: //severe. worldweather. wmo. int/ WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

TCP Contribution to GMAS – 1/2 • Under the framework of TCP, tropical cyclone warning systems are already established at national level with support of regional coordination through TC regional bodies. • In case of active tropical cyclones, forecasting and warning information on tropical cyclone tracks and intensities, and related forecasts of strong winds, heavy rainfall, and storm surges, to be available from concerned Members. • The TC forecasting and warning information be included as an important part of the GMAS WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

TCP Contribution to GMAS – 2/2 • TC forecasting and warning information following the existing systems as stipulated in TC operational plans/manual of the five TC regional bodies, respectively. • The ways to feed the existing TC forecasting and warning information into GMAS need to be developed, in particular in compliance with CAP format WMO Global Meteo Alarm System (GMAS) – 1 st Meeting

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