Regional Specialized Meteorological Center

Organization that monitors the area on behalf of WMO
Tropical Cyclone Programs
pool	Responsible RSMCs * and TCWCs **
North Atlantic	National Hurricane Center * (USA)
Eastern North Pacific	National Hurricane Center * (USA)
Central North Pacific	Central Pacific Hurricane Center * (USA)
Western North Pacific	Japan Meteorological Agency *
South and Southwest Pacific	Fiji Meteorological Service * Meteorological Service of New Zealand ** Papua New Guinea National Weather Service ** Bureau of Meteorology ** (Australia)
Northern Ind	India Meteorological Department *
Southwest Indic	Météo-France La Réunion *
Southeast Indic	Bureau of Meteorology ** (Australia) Meteorology and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia **

A Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (abbreviated RSMC , French Center météorologique régional spécialisé CMRS ) is the meteorological department of a weather service which, according to the agreement of the member states concerned of the World Meteorological Organization , is responsible for issuing warnings and notices regarding the respective program within the framework of global weather observations .

Tropical Cyclone Programs

Areas of responsibility and location of the individual RSMCs in the Tropical Cyclone Program with the main distribution areas of tropical cyclones.

There are six such regional centers and five Tropical Cyclone Warning Centers , which deal with the observation of and the creation of warnings of tropical cyclones :

• Southwest Pacific : RSMC Nadi - Fiji Meteorological Service in Nadi , Fiji
• Southwestern indicator : RSMC La Reunion - Météo-France on La Réunion , French overseas department
• Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea : RSMC New Delhi - India Meteorological Department in New Delhi , India
• Western North Pacific with the South China Sea : RSMC Tokyo - Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo , Japan
• Central North Pacific: RSMC Honolulu - Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Honolulu , Hawaii , United States
• Northeast Pacific, Gulf of Mexico , Caribbean, and North Atlantic : RSMC Miami - National Hurricane Center

Due to the historical development of weather observations, the formation of tropical cyclones is divided into seven areas of origin. These basins are the North Atlantic, East Pacific, West Pacific, South West Pacific, South West Indic, South East Indic, and North Indic. Historically, tropical cyclones have arisen in other places, such as Cyclone Catarina , but due to their rarity, these events do not form basins . Every year, an average of 86 tropical cyclone systems form, of which 47 wind speeds of a hurricane and 20 reach category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale .

Environmental Emergency Response Program

There are eight meteorological centers for forecasting the distribution, precipitation and pollutant composition in the event of environmental disasters that cross national borders:

• Exeter , United Kingdom : RSMC for Europe and Africa
• Toulouse , France : RSMC for Europe and Africa
• Montréal , Canada : RSMC for the Americas and as a backup facility for the Southwest Pacific
• Washington, DC , United States : RSMC for the Americas and as a backup facility for the Southwest Pacific
• Beijing , People's Republic of China : RSMC for Asia
• Obninsk , Russia : RSMC for Asia
• Tokyo , Japan : RSMC for Asia
• Melbourne , Australia : RSMC for the Southwest Pacific

Web links

• US National Hurricane Center - North Atlantic, Eastern Pacific
• Central Pacific Hurricane Center - Central Pacific
• Japan Meteorological Agency - north Pacific west of the date line
• India Meteorological Department - Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea
• Météo-France - La Reunion - southern Indian Ocean west of 90 ° E
• Fiji Meteorological Service - South Pacific Ocean east of 160 ° E, north of 25 ° S

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , Hurricane Research Division: Frequently Asked Questions: What regions around the globe have tropical cyclones and who is responsible for forecasting there? . NOAA . Retrieved May 31, 2008.
2. ↑ ; and Regional Specialized Meteorological cents he and Regional Speciali s ed Meteorological Center posted
3. ^ World Meteorological Organization. Severe Weather Information Center. Accessed May 31, 2008. (English)
4. ↑ Chris Landsea : Climate Variability table - Tropical Cyclones ( English ) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Retrieved May 29, 2008.
5. ↑ Roland Draxler: Capabilities of the NOAA Washington Regional Specialized Meteorological Center for Atmospheric Transport Model Products for Environmental Emergency Response ( Memento of the original dated September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . meteozone.com, accessed June 4, 2008.
6. ^ World Meteorological Organization. WMO Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers' Operational Practices / Procedures and Role of National Meteorological and Hydrological Services for Nuclear Emergency Response Activities.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved June 4, 2008.