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MECHANISMS FOR PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER WARNING IN TANZANIA

MECHANISMS FOR PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER WARNING IN TANZANIA. By Hellen Msemo hmsemo@meteo.go.tz. OUTLINE. Introduction TMA as EWC Procedures SOPs Dissemination Mechanisms Ｗ ho we serve Feedback Mechanisms. WARNING CENTRE (TMA).

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MECHANISMS FOR PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER WARNING IN TANZANIA

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  1. MECHANISMS FOR PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION OF WEATHER WARNING IN TANZANIA By Hellen Msemo hmsemo@meteo.go.tz

  2. OUTLINE • Introduction • TMA as EWC • Procedures • SOPs • Dissemination Mechanisms • Ｗho we serve • Feedback Mechanisms

  3. WARNING CENTRE (TMA) Tanzania Meteorological Agency is a focal point in the country for issuing advisory and warnings on the following: • Weather and Climate related hazards • Drought/dry spell • Heavy rains/Floods • Strong Winds • Large waves • Tropical cyclone (TMA is in the process of formulating SOP. Currently it uses the information from La Reunion) • Tsunami along the coast • Volcanic ash

  4. COMPONENTS OF EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS (EWS) IN TANZANIA WARNING CENTRE (TMA) MEDIA COMMUNITY AT RISK EWS DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND CIVIL PROTECTION AUTHORITY (Prime minister’s office) Each component above has Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in the event of severe weather

  5. THINGS TO CONSIDER BEFORE WARNING • Is there any potential for severe weather event • What type of severe weather event and criteria for issuing warning • Heavy precipitation (exceeding 50mm in 24hrs) • Strong surface wind (prevailing wind exceeding 20KT • Large waves (2m and above) • Potential Impact • Before disaster:- When and where will it occur? Intensity? Duration? End? • During disaster:- Weather in relation to operational activities (rescue) • After disaster:- Is the area prone to such disaster Does the recovery process need any meteorological information

  6. SOPs for weather and climate related warnings • Monitoring of possibility of occurrence of any severe weather event based on analysis from all the available products including those from SWFPD web portal with respect to agreed threshold values is done by analyst on duty and the severe weather desk. • The PWS section is responsible for writing and dissemination of weather forecasts including warning.

  7. SOPs for Tsunami warnings in the country Tsunami service providers (Indonecia, India, Australia Tsunami Warning Centre (TMA) Target Marine Earthquake information Information/ Record Tsunami information from the wave gauges near the epicentre PMO Disaster management centre, SUMATRA Information/ Record PMO Disaster management centre, SUMATRA Tsunami arriving forecasts along the Tanzanian coast Media (i.e. TVs, Radio, Newspaper, Blogs etc) Downscaling Public (i.e. individuals, local gov, mosques, churches, social networks etc)

  8. WARNING DISSEMINATION MECHANISM • Television stations; • Radio stations; • Newspapers • Website:(www.meteo.go.tz) • Mobile phone companies (TiGO and Vodacom Tanzania)

  9. Advertisements, special TV and Radio programs and Live talk shows • Press release and briefing • Workshop, seminars and conferences like conducting stakeholders consultation meeting and Pre_COF meeting • Social media such as: • facebook : (www.facebook.com/tmaservices) , • twiter : (www.twitter.com/tma_services) • youtube

  10. Standardized warning template OLD TEMPLATE REVIEWED/CURRENT TEMPLATE

  11. REGIONAL FORECASTING SUPPORT CENTER FOR LAKE VICTORIA BASIN (SWFDP-EA) • Password protected Website resource: www.meteo.go.tz/severe • Login details are for forecasters at NMCs

  12. TMA CUSTOMERS Central Government Ministries Ministerial Advisory Board Tanzania People’s Defence Forces Extra-Ministerial Departments and Autonomous Authorities Local Government Ministry of Infrastructure Development Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA) Tanzania Airports Authority (TAA) Airline Organizations and Airline Agencies Agricultural, Veterinary and Fisheries Officers including Farmers Mass Media and Communication Bodies Surface and Marine Transport Regulatory Authority (SUMATRA)

  13. TMA CUSTOMERS (contn:) Engineers and Builders Water and Energy Authorities (TANESCO, etc. Tourism, Entertainment and Sports Institutions Institutions dealing with environment Schools and higher learning institutions Insurance, business and other companies Society in general World Meteorological Organization

  14. TMA CUSTOMER FEEDBACK MECHANISM • Telephones • Fax • Suggestion boxes • Emails/Website • Mails • TMA’s offices • Face to face • Client Service charter • Social networks

  15. RAINFALL IMPACT BAHI-DODOMA 01 NOV 2012

  16. BAHI-AFTER STORM

  17. CHALLENGES • Human resource • Media • Meteorological knowledge • Taking weather from unreliable sources e.g. weather underground • Administrative structure • Meteorological Knowledge to Policy makers

  18. Way Forward • TMA human resource enhancement (Training) • Extend infrastructures for weather service delivery • Capacity building to zonal representative • Taking Meteorological Knowledge (programs) • Policy makers • Media

  19. THANKS

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