World Meteorological Organization Working together in weather, climate and water

1. WMO World Meteorological OrganizationWorking together in weather, climate and water Assistance for Haïti Side meeting 9 March 2010 RA IV Hurricane Committee 32nd Session Bermuda

2. Assistance for Haïti Proposed Agenda WMO 1. Current situation at Haïtian Meteorological Service 2. Urgent needs and medium-term goals 3. Coordination of assistance 4. A concept for re-establishing weather forecasting in Haïti 5. In-country Assessment 6. Establish urgent requirements, and offers of assistance

3. Assistance for Haïti The Hazards, and Disaster Risks WMO • Heavy Rainfalls • Hurricanes • Impacts: • Flooding • Landslides • Context: • Communities in soft-shelters; • Fragile, vulnerable, traumatized

4. Current situation at Haitian Meteorological Service WMO • Monitoring – observational network • real-time: only at 2 airports • Data-collection, processing, and exchange • extremely limited • Production of forecasts and warnings • Internet-access, little training opportunity • Service Delivery: disseminating, communcating • forecasts and warnings • Collapsed broadcast infrastructure • Limited protective actions Fragile, vulnerable, traumatized communities to natural disasters

5. Urgent needs and medium-term goal WMO • Urgent needs • Deploy mobile weather stations at secure locations • Install telecommunication network for collecting • data and disseminating forecasts and warnings • Re-establish forecasting and warning system for Haïti, • including reaching the public and Emergency Management • Medium-term goal, and beyond • Rebuilding the Meteorological and Hydrological Services • in Haïti for the prevention of natural disasters • Sustaining the Services

6. Coordination of assistance Offers WMO • Automatic Weather Stations • Mobile GSM-enabled weather stations • Secondement of French speaking forecasters • EMWIN systems deployment and support • Laptop PCs and weather stations • Various forecasting (guidance) products • Dedicated Web pages and portal • Rehabilitation of existing equipment • Undefined assistance • Verbal offers of assistance • UN Revised Flash Appeal (RFA) • Post Disaster Needs Assessment Mission

7. Coordination of assistance for Haïti WMO • Within the WMO Family • WMO Task Team (Secretariat: DRA and • Technical Departments) • Within the UN Family and beyond • WMO DRR Division, and DRA • Strategic issues: • Regional leadership • Languages • Long-term sustainable results

8. A concept for re-establishing weather forecasting in Haïti WMO • CMN Haïti (2 forecasters, +1) • French speaking forecasters, on rotation: CMN Haïti, • HGD, home • Haïti Guidance Desk (HGD, off-site, at another NMC) • Extra-net guidance portal (basic products, consensus, • single-window) • Hotline support (off-site, in French) • « OJT » training; short training sessions by other • specialists (e.g. on EPS, HGD products, PWS) • Basic level start-up; managed enhancements over time

9. In-Country Assessment WMO Development and Regional Activities Department WMO Assessment for: « Development of Meteorological and Hydrological Services in Haïti for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Disasters » Objective: « To prepare a project proposal for development of meteorological and hydrological services in Haïti, in particular advisory and warning services related to hydro-meteorological hazards that are required by national organizations and the public, for the prevention and mitigation of natural disasters. » - ToR drafted Tentatively: April 2010, with the agreement of R. Semelfort

10. Assistance for Haïti WMO • Establish requirements for • urgent assistance • e.g. define NWP window, products • Clarify and establish offers • of assistance (Members)