The international community celebrates, on March 23, 2023, World Meteorological Day (WMD) to commemorate the entry into force of the Convention of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in 1950.
Celebrated under the theme: “The future of weather, climate and water across generations”, WYD coincides this year with the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the World Meteorological Organization (formerly International Meteorological Organization). Over the past 150 years, national meteorological services have collected and standardized meteorological data to develop forecasts for increasingly extended timescales.
This day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of meteorology for our daily lives and to highlight the challenges that climate change poses to meteorological science. This year, the theme highlights the importance of the ocean in regulating climate and weather, as well as the risks associated with climate change for coastal communities.
Besides, meteorology plays a crucial role in our daily life, helping us to predict the weather tomorrow, next week or even longer term. Weather forecasts are also used by farmers to plan harvests, by insurance companies to assess the risk of natural disasters, and by emergency services to respond to extreme weather events such as hurricanes, storms or storms. floods.
“In celebrating World Meteorological Day, we honor meteorological professionals who work tirelessly to improve the quality of our weather forecasts and to help protect communities from the impacts of extreme weather events,” paid tribute to these agents, the information site lechodusud.com.
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