Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) Regional Sub-project for West Africa Training Workshop on Severe Weather Forecasting (Week 1) and Delivery of Warning Services (Week 2) (Lomé, Togo, 20-30 November 2018) Provisional Programme for Week-1 (20-24 November 2018) Day 1: Tuesday, 20 November 2018 09:00-09:30 Registration All DGMN-Togo Opening Mr Abdoulaye Harou Welcome Remarks by local host 09:30-10:00 (WMO) Message by WMO All (30 min) Group Photo 10:00-10:30 Coffee/ Tea Mr Abdoulaye Strengthening capacity of NMHSs in improving forecasts and 10:30-10:45 warnings through SWFDP (15 min) Mr Abdoulaye & Africa Training programme and objectives Douglas Parkar 10:45-11:00 The role of SWIFT and joint aims of SWIFT and SWFDP in this (15 min) workshop Mr Sadobou Ba (to RSMC Website and portal for SWFDP-West Africa instruct) 11:00-11:30 (Interactive Demonstration) (30 min) hazards and forecasting capacity in West African countries All NMHs 15 will make short presentations (2-3 slides) on major hazards Abdoulaye & Sadibou & national forecasting/warning capacity & verification activities 11:30-12:30 (to facilitate) (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, (120 min) Sierra Leone and Togo) 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break What are the hazards and forecasting capacity in your country? 13:30-14:30 All NMHSs presentations …continue 14:30-14:45 Current weather discussion NMHS-Togo (15 min) Elijah Adefisan Forecaster’s Handbook Elements 14:45-15:30 Basic climatological framework (45 min) 15:30-16:00 Coffee/ Tea Break Douglas Parker (90 16:00-17:30 Synoptic dynamics and synoptic analysis based on NWP fields min)
Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) Regional Sub-project for West Africa Training Workshop on Severe Weather Forecasting (Week 1) and Delivery of Warning Services (Week 2) (Lomé, Togo, 20-30 November 2018) Provisional Programme for Week-1 (20-24 November 2018) Day 1: Tuesday, 20 November 2018 09:00-09:30 Registration All 09:30-10:00 Opening Welcome Remarks by local host Message by WMO Group Photo DGMN-Togo Mr Abdoulaye Harou (WMO) All (30 min) 10:00-10:30 Coffee/ Tea 10:30-10:45 Strengthening capacity of NMHSs in improving forecasts and warnings through SWFDP Mr Abdoulaye (15 min) 10:45-11:00 Africa Training programme and objectives The role of SWIFT and joint aims of SWIFT and SWFDP in this workshop Mr Abdoulaye & Douglas Parkar (15 min) 11:00-11:30 RSMC Website and portal for SWFDP-West Africa (Interactive Demonstration) Mr Sadobou Ba (to instruct) (30 min) 11:30-12:30 hazards and forecasting capacity in West African countries 15 will make short presentations (2-3 slides) on major hazards & national forecasting/warning capacity & verification activities (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) All NMHs Abdoulaye & Sadibou (to facilitate) (120 min) 12:30-13:30 Lunch Break 13:30-14:30 What are the hazards and forecasting capacity in your country? presentations …continue All NMHSs 14:30-14:45 Current weather discussion NMHS-Togo (15 min) 14:45-15:30 Forecaster’s Handbook Elements Basic climatological framework Elijah Adefisan (45 min) 15:30-16:00 Coffee/ Tea Break 16:00-17:30 Synoptic dynamics and synoptic analysis based on NWP fields Douglas Parker (90 min)
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