Day 2: Wednesday, 21 November 2018 SWFDP-Eastern Africa Practices & Experience – David Koros Guidance product development process and interpretation of 09:00-09:45 (45 min) guidance product Case studies lessons learned, success stories and failures – SWFDP-Eastern Africa Verification Experience David Koros – 09:45-10:30 Forecast verification process at RSMC Nairobi (45 min) SWFDP Evaluation form 10:30-11:00 Coffee/ Tea Break Global NWP products for SWFDP-West Africa NOAA/NCEP products through African Desk: an overview (access TBD NOAA/NCEP – 11:00-12:30 demo), interpretation and usage in forecasting (45 min) ECC Canada availability of data and products: an overview Andre Giguere – (access demo), interpretation and in forecasting (45 min) 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-13:45 Current weather discussion DGMN-Togo (15 min) Marjorie Bougeon MeteoFrance availability of data and products: overview 13:45-14:30 – (access demo), interpretation and usage in forecasting (45 min) Douglas Parker Forecaster’s Handbook Elements 14:30-15:30 Deep convection (60 min) 15:30-16:00 Coffee/ Tea Break Regional NWP/Limited Area Model (LAM) Products and Services – Products and services available from regional centres including interpretation and usage (e.g. case studies) Abdou Aziz Diop RSMC Dakar 16:00-17:30 (30 min) ACMAD Elijah Adefisan (30 min) AGRHYMET Regional Centre TBD-AGRHYMET (30 min) Day 3: Thursday, 22 November 2018 Douglas Parker Forecaster’s Handbook Elements 09:00-1030 weather (90 min) 10:30-11:00 Coffee/ Tea break
Day 2: Wednesday, 21 November 2018 09:00-09:45 SWFDP-Eastern Africa – Practices & Experience Guidance product development process and interpretation of guidance product Case studies – lessons learned, success stories and failures David Koros (45 min) 09:45-10:30 SWFDP-Eastern Africa – Verification Experience Forecast verification process at RSMC Nairobi SWFDP Evaluation form David Koros (45 min) 10:30-11:00 Coffee/ Tea Break 11:00-12:30 Global NWP products for SWFDP-West Africa NOAA/NCEP products through African Desk: an overview (access demo), interpretation and usage in forecasting ECC Canada – availability of data and products: an overview (access demo), interpretation and in forecasting TBD – NOAA/NCEP (45 min) Andre Giguere (45 min) 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-13:45 Current weather discussion DGMN-Togo (15 min) 13:45-14:30 MeteoFrance – availability of data and products: overview (access demo), interpretation and usage in forecasting Marjorie Bougeon (45 min) 14:30-15:30 Forecaster’s Handbook Elements Deep convection Douglas Parker (60 min) 15:30-16:00 Coffee/ Tea Break 16:00-17:30 Regional NWP/Limited Area Model (LAM) – Products and Services Products and services available from regional centres including interpretation and usage (e.g. case studies) RSMC Dakar ACMAD AGRHYMET Regional Centre Abdou Aziz Diop (30 min) Elijah Adefisan (30 min) TBD-AGRHYMET (30 min) Day 3: Thursday, 22 November 2018 09:00-1030 Forecaster’s Handbook Elements weather Douglas Parker (90 min) 10:30-11:00 Coffee/ Tea break
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