Waldo Colas, forecaster,National meteorological center
Email : [email protected]
RA-IV WIGOS Implementation Workshop (English),
1 - 3 December, Willemstad Curaçao
(Haïti)
Outline of the presentation
1. Mission of the CNM and SNRE
2. National Observing Issues or Needs
3. Plans for the observing networks
4. Major needs and gaps in observing capabilities and access
5. WIGOS Implementation Status
6. Summary
Mission of the CNM and SNRE Mission of the CNM and SNRE
Hydro meteorological services in Haiti are provided by two actors1. CNM 2. SNREBoth depend on the Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Rural Development (MARNDR). they working separately.
Mission of the CNM and Mission of the CNM and SNRE SNRE
the have mission to :Insure and coordinate the meteorological, climatological and hydrological activities on the national territory.
But for lack of assistance, this mission is very difficult.
Mission of the CNM and SNRE Mission of the CNM and SNRE
1. is often coming during the Hurricane season from(June to November):
The weather during this period is characterized by the passage of tropical waves, tropical storm or hurricanes near or over the country.
In This period we register the strongest accumulations of rains and strong gust winds. Losses of human life and materials are always catastrophic.
Major historical meteorological disaster events
Mission of the CNM and Mission of the CNM and SNRE SNRE
THIS BOARD GIVES SOME IDEAS ABOUT THE MAJOR WEATHER PHENOMENA ON HAÏTI
Mames
Phenomenon
Affected areas Dead
1963 Flora Hurricane Cayes , Jéremie,Nippe,l’Ouest . 5000
1964 Cleo Hurricane Jérémie, Cayes. 192
1966 Inez Hurricane Cayes , Jérémie,Nippes, L’Ouest. 700
1980 Allen Hurricane Cayes, Jérémie 200
1994 Gordon Hurricane Jéremie, Port-de-paix sud-est , Cayes . 2000
1998 George Hurricane Jacmel, Port de paix. 147
2008 Hanna tropical storm Gonaïves , Fonds- Verrettes. 3000
2010 ThomasHurricane
Jérémie , Cayes, Port de paix. 30
Hurricane flora was responsible for 5 Thousands deaths and approximately $ 10 million in damages.
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Mission of the CNM and SNRE Mission of the CNM and SNRE
Hurricane Flora (1963) and Inez (1966)
This some trajectories
Mission of the NMHSMission of the NMHS
Hurricane Gordon (1994) and Hanna (2008)
2.Frontology periodFrontology period (December to April).
can occur some severe flooding in the north area of the country.
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Mission of the NMHSMission of the NMHS
the Technical staff in cnm is consisting by: Geologist, Civil Engineer, Meteorologist, and eletronician.
It is a very small staff Around 23 people are working there
Mission of the NMHSMission of the NMHS
The Technical staff in SNRE is consisting by: Geologist, Civil Engineer, hydrogeologist, Hydrologist :
It is a very very small too with Around 23 people
Mission of the CNM and SNRE Mission of the CNM and SNRE
NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NEEDSNEEDS
INVENTORY OF all STATIONS
*Network CNM-2 Operational Synoptic stations approved by WMO- 4 more stations will be add this month
*The network of National Early Warning Program of MARDR-17 rainfall stations-4 Hydro and rainfall-35 Hydro
* Networks of CNIGS (the National Centre for Geo Spatial Information)10 Automatic Stations 14 manual rainfall stations
Networks of CNSA (National Coordination for Food Security) has some rains stations
NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NEEDSNEEDS
This map gives the localisation of those station This map gives the localisation of those station
unfortunately
Several of these stations are silent for different reasons:
1.Technical,
2.Economical.
NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NEEDSNEEDS
NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NATIONAL OBSERVING ISSUES OR NEEDSNEEDS
- The is not a national database in Haiti,
every institution works and stocks their own data.
it is serious problem.
-The data and metadata could be dificult to share .
In this case with the hydromet project we plan to do the data rescue.
Don’t have access to the observation stays a real problem for us for , sometimes we call a volunteer observer to have some information on the real time.
When
we are doing our forecast
and checking a forecast.
MAJOR NEED AND GAPS IN OBSERVING MAJOR NEED AND GAPS IN OBSERVING CAPABILITES AND ACCESSCAPABILITES AND ACCESS
MAJOR NEED AND GAPS IN OBSERVING MAJOR NEED AND GAPS IN OBSERVING CAPABILITES AND ACCESSCAPABILITES AND ACCESS
Major needs 1. A National network 2. Access to a regional observation network . 3. Data management and dissemination.
Some gaps
1. Maintenance regular of the operational stations.
2. Replace silent stations
MAJOR NEED AND GAPS IN OBSERVING MAJOR NEED AND GAPS IN OBSERVING CAPABILITES AND ACCESSCAPABILITES AND ACCESS
We think that WMO and RA-IV should continue to develop good relationship and assist the government of Haiti to implement the HYDROMET project.
Plans for the National Observing Networks
Hydromet Project
In the Hydromet Project CNM and SNRE will work together to insure: observation, monitoring, forecasting, database management and service assistance to users. this time there will have a lot of economical and technical assistance
This project is supported by WMO via the Canadian government that gives the opportunity to have a building and equipmentsAnd the World Bank that gives the possibility to finance training and equipments
WIGOS Implementation Status
With the Hydromet project Haiti will be able to contribute effectively in theWIGOS program .
WIGOS Implementation StatusNational Meteorological Center needs
Training in
-Technician and engineer weather (marine, aviation, agriculture etc)
-Installer and maintenance technicians of weather equipment
-Computer (computer graphics, webmaster, programmer)
-Technician and engineer Telecommunication
-climatologist
WIGOS Implementation Status
National Service and Water Resources needs training in
- water chemistry-Improvement and Protection of Catchment sources-Integrated Management of Water Resources-Maintenance and calibration Climatological and Hydrological instruments -Development of hydrological models
WIGOS Implementation Status
Normally, the CNM deals with three essential partners in a formal way.
1. THE OFNAC for the Aeronautical assistance
2. The SEMANAH for the assistance to the Sea navigation
3. The DPC Direction of the Civil protection for warning messages to the population.The media and the Private sector are handled in the informal.
All these partners receive our data via the internet by an e-mail address or directly on our site except OFNAC which receives a part of the data by
telephone. (The METAR)
SummarySummary
The problem of the hydro-meteorological sector, leads to the development of various independent managers. This development uncoordinated given.1. various network managers3. no regular maintenance.4. Life stations are often limited.5. No data quality control.6. No national network
The ministry of agriculture with the support of WMO and others partners come with
the Hydromet project to improve the capacity to monitor and control the hydro-meteorological parameters
With the HYDROMET project , we hope many problems will be resolve and Haiti will be able to contribute like other countries in the implementation of WIGOS.
SummarySummary