Table 1 Summary of Observing capabilities reported by countries, recorded in OSCAR and data exchanged Presentation OSCAR SYNOPS (OGIMET) CLIMAT Radiosonde (8th – 9th October) Fiji 32 AWS 50 Stations 16 stations (metadata) 5 Stations 2 per day (62 August) 10 TB3 Rainfall stations → 22 GOS Stations 8 stations (3 Hourly or providing Timeliness good (<60mins) 41 Rainfall stations (manual) → 22 WHOS Stations better) monthly reports Max Height 93% > 30hPa 34 Manual synoptic/climate → 4 GCOS/GSN Stations 5 stations (zero obs) (Jan – Aug 2017) 4 Lightning stations → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91680) No hourly reports TEMP and BUFR 1 Wind Profiler, 1 Tidal, 3 Weather Radar Hydrological Network 12 Stations for International Exchange Cook Islands 7 AWS 13 Stations 8 stations (metadata) GSN stations not Silent since Jan 2017 (Project to replace above with 10 → 13 GOS Stations 91831 (Hourly) reporting (No Consumables) new systems) → 4 GCOS/GSN Stations 91843 (3 Hourly) CLIMAT 1 Upper-Air (No consumables) → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91843) 91844 (2 Hourly) 5 stations (zero obs) Federated 3 Weather Service Offices 27 Stations 14 stations (metadata) 3 Stations 2 per day (62 August) States of 2 SAWRS → 27 GOS Stations 4 (6 Hourly) providing Timeliness good (<70mins) Micronesia 21 COOP Stations → 3 GCOS/GSN Stations 9 ( 1 to 3 obs) monthly reports Max Height 89% > 30hPa 3 Upper-Air Stations → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91334) 1 stations – zero obs (Jan – Aug 2017) No hourly/3hr’ly reports TEMP and BUFR Kiribati 9 Stations 16 Stations 8 stations (metadata) GSN stations not 1 per day (30 August) → 14 GOS Stations 2 stations (3 Hourly) reporting Timeliness good (<70mins) → 3 GCOS/GSN Stations 4 stations ( 1 – 3 obs) CLIMAT Max Height 84% > 30hPa → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91610) 2 stations (zero obs) (Jan – Aug 2017) No hourly reports TEMP No BUFR
Table 1 Summary of Observing capabilities reported by countries, recorded in OSCAR and data exchanged Presentation OSCAR SYNOPS (OGIMET) (8th – 9th October) CLIMAT Radiosonde Fiji 32 AWS 10 TB3 Rainfall stations 41 Rainfall stations (manual) 34 Manual synoptic/climate 4 Lightning stations 1 Wind Profiler, 1 Tidal, 3 Weather Radar Hydrological Network 12 Stations for International Exchange 50 Stations → 22 GOS Stations → 22 WHOS Stations → 4 GCOS/GSN Stations → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91680) 16 stations (metadata) 8 stations (3 Hourly or better) 5 stations (zero obs) No hourly reports 5 Stations providing monthly reports 2 per day (62 August) Timeliness good (<60mins) Max Height 93% > 30hPa (Jan – Aug 2017) TEMP and BUFR Cook Islands 7 AWS (Project to replace above with 10 new systems) 1 Upper-Air (No consumables) 13 Stations → 13 GOS Stations → 4 GCOS/GSN Stations → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91843) 8 stations (metadata) 91831 (Hourly) 91843 (3 Hourly) 91844 (2 Hourly) 5 stations (zero obs) GSN stations not reporting CLIMAT Silent since Jan 2017 (No Consumables) Federated States of Micronesia 3 Weather Service Offices 2 SAWRS 21 COOP Stations 3 Upper-Air Stations 27 Stations → 27 GOS Stations → 3 GCOS/GSN Stations → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91334) 14 stations (metadata) 4 (6 Hourly) 9 ( 1 to 3 obs) 1 stations – zero obs No hourly/3hr’ly reports 3 Stations providing monthly reports 2 per day (62 August) Timeliness good (<70mins) Max Height 89% > 30hPa (Jan – Aug 2017) TEMP and BUFR Kiribati 9 Stations 16 Stations → 14 GOS Stations → 3 GCOS/GSN Stations → 1 GCOS/GUAN Station (91610) 8 stations (metadata) 2 stations (3 Hourly) 4 stations ( 1 – 3 obs) 2 stations (zero obs) No hourly reports GSN stations not reporting CLIMAT 1 per day (30 August) Timeliness good (<70mins) Max Height 84% > 30hPa (Jan – Aug 2017) TEMP No BUFR