The WMO Public Weather Services Programme (PWSP)

The purpose of the WMO Public Weather Services Programme (PWSP) is to strengthen the capabilities of WMO Members to meet the needs of society through provision of comprehensive weather services, with a particular emphasis on public safety and welfare, and to foster a better understanding by the public of the capabilities of their respective National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), and how best to use the services that NMHSs deliver.

About PWSP

WMO established its Public Weather Services Programme (PWSP) in 1994 to assist the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs) of WMO Member countries and territories to: - more

PWSP Strategic Objectives

The strategic objectives which guide the implementation of the Public weather Services Programme are as follows:- more

PWS Applications

Weather elements pose a threat to life, property and the environment when they are severely intense or persist for abnormal periods of time. - More

World Weather

• The WMO WWIS Website won the Stockholm Challenge Award 2008 - More
• The World Weather Information Service (WWIS) - View
• The Severe Weather Information Centre (SWIC) - View

Socio-Economic Benefits

What is this site?

This site serves as a resource for emergency managers, governments, weather and climate agencies and interested parties to browse socio-economic decision support tools and case studies - more

PWS Publications

• PWS Symposium Proceedings - view
• Guidelines on Communication Forecast Uncertainty - WMO/TD No. 1422 (PWS-18) - view
• Other PWS Publications - view

Upcoming Events

2nd National Training Workshop "Learning Through Doing Project: Cross-Training Workshop for the NMHS and MoH Staff in the Use of Meteorological, Climate and Health Data

Venue: Antananarivo, Madagascar

Dates: TBD

Full list

Past Events

The Public weather Services (PWS) Symposium, Dec 2007 (view web pages; view proceedings)

• Training Workshop on the Assessment of Socio-economic Benefits of Meteorological and Hydrological Services (Nanjing, China 21-28 September 2009) -Details

• Other meetings - view

Road Weather Services

• Road transport services - view examples
• Road transport services - Background information
• The Standing International Road Weather Commission (SIRWEC) (link)