Centro Virtual

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for Monitoring, Forecast and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Events in the Region of Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay

Expert Meeting on NMSs’ Participation on DRR Coordination Mechanisms and Early Warnig Systems
Geneva, November 26-28, 2007 Dr. A. D. Moura & Dr. Lauro Fortes INMET / Brazil

Area of Interest

Flash Floods: SP-2000

Catarina

Cascading process to distribute the meteorological information
Information from global models ~ 7 days Regional Models ~ 2 days, satellite imagery, derived products

Alerts from the global centers to regional centers

Local models, radars ~ 3 hours to 1 day

Alerts from the regional centers to national centers

National centers distribute the information to local institutions

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for Monitoring, Forecast and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Events in the Region of Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay and Uruguay

BACKGROUND The IV Meeting of the Conference of Directors of Iberia-American NMHs held in Buenos Aires (Argentina) from 15 to 17 of November, 2006, in its recommendation number 10, stated its support to the actions towards the creation of a Virtual Centre for Monitoring, Forecasting and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Events to be established among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, having been agreed upon to promote the training of a group of experts of the participant countries.

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Goals
• Maintain a virtual cooperation network among the member countries. • Exchange information in order to allow for the optimization of the operational work of forecasting and monitoring of any prospective adverse event. • Create a data basis of adverse phenomena over the region. • Promote the capacity building of personnel from the participant institutions. • Exchange numerical models’ data in order to produce derived products. • Promote joint research activities.

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Objectives
• To support the forecast and monitoring of adverse meteorological phenomena over the South American Southeastern Region in order to contribute for the minimization of its social, economical and environmental impacts. To increase to support to the participant countries’ Civil Defense Organizations To improve the monitoring of phenomena by means of:  Automatic meteorological stations  Satellite data;  Radio sounders  Radars;  Ocean Buoys;  Real time efficient communication.

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The Region in Focus

Data Collection

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Weather Forecast
Centers from each participant institution produce their forecasts. In the case a severe event is perceived, there is a teleconference among all of them and a consensus is reached.

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Initial Concept
Virtual Centre = the joint
coordination of National Centers connected by an Intranet network that allows the participation of the forecasters working from their desks at their centers, in their hoe countries.

INMET - Brasilia
INPE/CPTEC - C. Paulista CHM - Rio de Janeiro SIMEPAR - Curitiba EPAGRI-Ciram - Florianopolis Paraguay - Asuncion Uruguay - Montevideo

Argentina - Buenos Aires

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Present Stage

Regular and coordinated discussion among the centers making use of VisitView and Yahoo Messenger

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Present Stage
Exchange of Warnings and Alerts by means of Institutional e-mails agentii@cptec.inpe.br centrovirtual@smm.mil.br dtornalmet@adinet.com.uy jcmn@smn.gov.ar met2@climerh.rct-sc.br opera@simepar.br pronostico_dmh@dinac.gov.py sepre.df@inmet.gov.br

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Present Stage
Exchange of Alerts and Warnings through Institutional e-mails

sepre.df AVISO Nº 232 - INMET DPT CNAP Advertencia Uruguay Meteop –Epagri-Ciram – Previsão Climática Previsor CHM - avisos de mau tempo nrs 675 ao 680 CPTEC Avisos Meteorológicos CPTEC/INPE pronos@smn.gov.ar ALERTAS ARGENTINAS pronosticos@meteorologia.gov.py Alertas Paraguay

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Example of Meteorological Alert issued by INMET

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Alert issued by SMN - Argentina
ALERTA METEOROLOGICO N° 3 (05:00 HOA) CENTRO Y NORTE DE BUENOS AIRES. SUR Y CENTRO DE CÓRDOBA. SUR DE ENTRE RÍOS. NORTE DE LA PAMPA. CENTRO Y SUR DE SANTA FE. RÍO DE LA PLATA, CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE BUENOS AIRES. PROBABILIDAD DE TORMENTAS FUERTES SOBRE EL CENTRO Y NORTE DE BUENOS AIRES Y SUR DE CORDOBA HAN COMENZADO A DESARROLLARSE ALGUNAS LLUVIAS Y TORMENTAS, LAS CUALES SE IRAN DESPLAZANDO HACIA EL RESTO DEL ÁREA DE COBERTURA, ALGUNAS TENDERAN A INTENSIFICARSE DURANTE LA MAÑANA, PUDIENDO ESTAR ACOMPAÑADAS DE ABUNDANTE CAÍDA DE AGUA, RÁFAGAS DE VIENTO Y PROBABLE GRANIZO. LA INTENSIDAD DE LOS FENÓMENOS COMENZARA A DISMINUIR DURANTE LA TARDE.

Buenos Aires, miércoles 31 de octubre de 2007

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Alert issued by SIMEPAR- PR-Brazil
SIMEPAR SEXTA-FEIRA dia 12/10/2007 (Texto elaborado pela equipe de OPERAÇÃO do SIMEPAR no dia de hoje, quinta-feira, pela manhã): "As áreas de instabilidade se intensificam entre o Paraguai e o norte da Argentina e se associam à frente fria cujo eixo oscila na altura do litoral norte do Rio Grande do Sul ao litoral sul do Paraná. Esta interação entre as áreas quentes e instáveis com a frente fria possibilitarão a formação de áreas de chuvas no Paraná. */Alerta-se para a manutenção das condições meteorológicas favoráveis para a formação de temporais no oeste, no sudoeste e na região central do Paraná/*."

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Training Course
Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia - Spain
Training of Forecasters for the Virtual Center for the Forecast of Severe Phenomena over the SouthSoutheast Area of South-America Place: MADRID, Spain INM of Spain) (under the auspices of the

Period: from May 21 to May 31, 2007

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Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia - Spain

CD-ROM

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Participants of the Training Course at INM, Madrid
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. Antonio Felipe Gil – Argentina Claudio Mattio – Argentina Marta Nora Castro –Argentina Luiz Cavalcanti – Brasil - INMET Márcia dos Santos Seabra – Brasil - INMET Emma Giada Matschinske – Brasil – CHM Marcelo Enrique Seluchi – Brasil –CPTEC Cesar Augustus Assis Beneti – Brasil – SIMEPAR Hugo José Braga – Brasil – EPAGRI-CIRAM Eduardo Mingo – Paraguay René Mariano Rodríguez Gómez - Uruguay

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Participants of the Training Course
(photos at INM)

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Future Activities
• Meeting of Working Group for elaboration of the Project Final Report and to establish the responsibilities of each participant institutionEstablishment of INTRANET network linking the Member Centers

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Other Issues
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Identify new areas (for instance, area of severe phenomena common to Central America Produce maps showing in different colors the types and intensity of observed phenomena Integrate the network of RADARS available in the Region

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Aknowledments
• • • • • • • • • • INM of Spain WMO SMA - Argentina DINAC - Paraguay Directoria de Meteorologia - Uruguay INMET - Brazil CPTEC CHN – Brazilian Navy CIRAM SIMEPAR

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DECLARACIÓN DE ASUNCIÓN DE LA V REUNION DE LA CONFERENCIA DE DIRECTORES DE LOS SERVICIOS METEOROLOGICOS E HIDROLOGICOS IBEROAMERICANOS Los Directores de los Servicios Meteorológicos e Hidrológicos Iberoamericanos (SMHI), reunidos en Asunción (Paraguay), entre el 6 y ASUNCION DECLARATION OF THE V MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE IBEROAMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL AND HYDROLOGICAL CENTERS The Directors of the Ibero-American Meteorological and Hydrological Services (IMHS), gathered in Asuncion between the 6th and the 8th of November, 2007, … 8. Express their satisfaction for the progress being made in project for the creation among Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay of a “Virtual Centre for Monitoring, forecast and Early Warning of Severe Meteorological Phenomena”, support the continuation of the project, the inclusion of other countries and/or the creation of similar centers in other areas of the region.

el 8 de noviembre de 2007
... 8. Manifiestan su satisfacción por la marcha del proyecto para la creación entre Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay de un “Centro Virtual de Vigilancia, Pronósticos y Avisos de Fenómenos Meteorológicos Severos”, apoyan la continuidad del mismo, la ampliación a otros países y/o la creación de centros similares en otras áreas de la región.

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Thank you for your attention
Antonio Divino Moura diretor.inmet@inmet.gov.br

Lauro Tadeu Guimarães Fortes lauro.fortes@inmet.gov.br