Freeland in Turks and Caicos as Regional Weather Council Opens Today
The two-day meeting in Grace Bay will focus on how Caribbean countries share severe weather warnings and provide forecasting support across the region.
Minister Michael Freeland is in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the 70th session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council, which opens today, Thursday, November 12, in Grace Bay.
The two-day meeting will examine how Caribbean countries share forecasts and severe weather warnings, including arrangements for countries with forecasting offices to provide services to those without them.
The discussions have direct relevance for Antigua and Barbuda, whose Meteorological Service provides aviation weather services to Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands and Montserrat. At a previous council session, Antigua and Barbuda reported on technical assistance from the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Caribbean Meteorological Organization, to support that work.
The council is also expected to receive updates on tropical cyclone monitoring and the United Nations’ Early Warnings for All initiative.
The provisional agenda includes a review of the regional radar network, which helps forecasters track severe weather, and an update on the second phase of the Caribbean Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems initiative.
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