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By Ruben K. Barakiza Institut Geographique du Burundi( IGEBU) Meteorological Department

SWFDP Synergy with and C ontribution to the EAC’s Five-years Meteorological Development Plan and Investment Strategy (2013-2018). By Ruben K. Barakiza Institut Geographique du Burundi( IGEBU) Meteorological Department P.O.BOX 331 Bujumbura Email: barakiza_r@yahoo.co.uk Burundi.

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By Ruben K. Barakiza Institut Geographique du Burundi( IGEBU) Meteorological Department

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  1. SWFDP Synergy with and Contribution to the EAC’s Five-years Meteorological Development Plan and Investment Strategy (2013-2018) By Ruben K. Barakiza Institut Geographique du Burundi( IGEBU) Meteorological Department P.O.BOX 331 Bujumbura Email: barakiza_r@yahoo.co.uk Burundi

  2. Objectives

  3. Severe weather events • Currently the SWFDP focuses on the following severe weather events: • Heavy rain/flooding • Deficit of precipitation/dry spells; • Strong winds in relation to thunderstorms • Hazardous waves over Indian Ocean and major lakes in the region

  4. Extreme Weather Events and Associated Impacts

  5. The Cascading Forecasting Process • In the framework of the general organization of the Global Data-Processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS), the SWFDP implies a co-ordinated functioning among three types of GDPFS centres. • These are: • Global NWP Centres to provide available NWP products, including in the form of probabilities; • Regional Centres to interpret information received from the global NWP centres, • run limited-area models to refine products, • liaise with the participating NMCs; • The NMCs to issue alerts, advisories, severe weather warnings; • to liaise and collaborate with Media, and Disaster Management and CivilPprotection Authorities; and • to contribute to the evaluation of the project.

  6. Cascading FCST ( cont’d) The first phase of this project commenced October 2011 and focused on: • heavy rain, • strong winds, • sea/lake waves, and • prolonged dry spells. The participating Services and Centres in the SWFDP Eastern Africa include: • NMHSs: Kenya, Burundi, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda • Regional Centres: RSMC, KMD - Nairobi, RSMC, TMA - Dar es Salaam; and • Global Products Centres: • Exeter (Met Office UK), • Washington (NOAA/NCEP ), • European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast( ECMWF). and • DWD (Germany)  

  7. Strategies for disaster risk reduction

  8. Strategies ( cont’d)

  9. Concluding Remarks • Various economic sectors are highly dependant on and influenced by weather and climate • A clear knowledge of current and expected conditions of weather and climate provides the vital information for important decisions in long-range planning of these sectors • Each NMHSs contributes to the disaster management through its forecasts, advisories and warnings of severe weather, and the monitoring of climate. • WMO SWFDP Synergy with the EAC’s Five-years Meteorological Development Plan and Investment Strategy (2013-2018) would enhance early warning system for disaster risk reduction in the EAC region.

  10. The END • THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!!

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