These centres are responsible for the distribution of information, advisories, and warnings regarding the specific program they have a part of, agreed by consensus at the World Meteorological Organization as part of the World Weather Watch. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ...

Tropical Cyclone Programme

There are six such meteorological centres and five regional Tropical Cyclone Warning Centres utilized for naming of tropical cyclones and the distribution of tropical cyclone advisories and warnings: Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ...

• Southwest Pacific Ocean: RSMC Nadi-Tropical Cyclone Centre - Fiji Meteorological Service
• Southwest Indian Ocean: RSMC La Reunion-Tropical Cyclone Centre / Metéo France
• Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea: RSMC - Tropical Cyclones New Delhi / India Meteorological Department
• Western North Pacific Ocean and South China Sea - RSMC Tokyo / Japan Meteorological Agency
• Central North Pacific Ocean - RSMC Honolulu Hurricane Center
• Northeast Pacific Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and north Atlantic Ocean - RSMC Miami / National Hurricane Center^[1]

Location of Fiji in the Pacific Ocean The Fiji Meteorological Service is a Department of the government of Fiji responsible for providing weather forecasting and is based in Nadi. ... A map showing the location of the Bay of Bengal. ... Map of the Arabian Sea. ... The South China Sea, showing surrounding countries and neighbouring seas and oceans The South China Sea is a marginal sea south of China. ... Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁) is a government agency, which is a central place responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Japan. ...

Environmental Emergency Response Programme

There are eight meteorological centres for distribution of transport, deposition, and dispersion modeling, in the event of an environmental catastrophe that crosses international borders:^[2]

• Exeter, England RMSC - For Europe and Africa
• Toulouse, France RSMC - For Europe and Africa
• Montréal, Canada RSMC - For the Americas, with backup responsibility for the Southwest Pacific
• Washington, United States RSMC - For the Americas, with backup responsibility for the Southwest Pacific
• Beijing, China RSMC - For Asia
• Obninsk, Russia RSMC - For Asia
• Tokyo, Japan RSMC - For Asia
• Melbourne, Australia RSMC - For the Southwest Pacific^[3]

A number of other places have taken their names from Exeter The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England, UK. It is located at 50° 43 25 N, 3° 31 39 W. In the 2001 census its population was recorded at 111,066. ... Occitan cross, symbol of Toulouse and of Occitan culture Toulouse (Tolosa in Occitan) is a city in southwest France on the banks of the Garonne River, half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. ... City motto: Concordia Salus (Latin: Well-being through harmony) Province Quebec Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area  - % water 366. ... Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,824 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... Beijing (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: Běijīng; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking), is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China. ... Obninsk (Russian: ) is a city in Kaluga Oblast, Russia, located 100 km south-west of Moscow, on the main rail line between Moscow and Kiev. ... Tokyo (東京; Tōkyō, lit. ... The City of Melbournes coat of arms The central business district of Melbourne, viewed from the north Alternate meanings: Melbourne (disambiguation) Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 52,117 in the Central...

See Also

• Tropical cyclone
• Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
• World Meteorological Organization

Cyclone Catarina, a rare South Atlantic tropical cyclone viewed from the International Space Station on March 26, 2004 Hurricane and Typhoon redirect here. ... The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an intergovernmental organization with a membership of 187 Member States and Territories. ...

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