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JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program for Reinforcement of Meteorological Services (21 December 2023) Visit by Prof. Dwikorita Karnawati (Head of BMKG) and BNPB delegation (2 November 2023) Weather Radar Workshop 2023 in Tokyo (11-13 October 2023)
The Regional Specialized Meteorological Center (RSMC) Tokyo - Typhoon Center provides information on tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific and the South China Sea,including present and forecast positions as well as the movement and intensity of tropical cyclones.
The Two-week Temperature Forecast is issued at 14:30 JST every day. This image shows categorized five-day average temperatures from eight days ahead, with red and blue indicating values expected to be very high and very low, respectively, at probabilities of 30% or more.
7 hours ago · The meteorological agency and environment ministry have issued heatstroke alerts for 40 of Japan's 47 prefectures, warning that high humidity would raise the risk of developing heatstroke.
Japan has four distinct seasons with a climate ranging from subarctic in the north to subtropical in the south. Conditions are different between the Pacific side and the Sea of Japan side. Northern Japan has warm summers and very cold winters with heavy snow on the Sea of Japan side and in mountainous areas.
Sep 27, 2022 · JMA routinely conducts long-range forecasting and issues monthly outlook, three-month outlook and warm/cold-season outlook. Please refer to calendar of these outlooks. Forecasts of individual elements are given in the three categories of below normal, near normal and above normal.
JMA, as a WMO World Meteorological Centre (WMC), operates the ensemble prediction system of an atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) for one-month prediction and atmosphere-ocean coupled general circulation model (CGCM) for one-month, three-month and warm/cold season prediction.
If hazardous weather conditions are expected, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issues a variety of messages including Emergency Warnings, Warnings, Advisories and Bulletins so that appropriate measures can be taken to mitigate possible disasters.
The HIMAWARI 8/9 are geo-stationary weather satellites, successors to Japan Meteorological Agency's (JMA) Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) series. Himawari 8 was launched by JMA in July 2015 and was installed at PAGASA last December 2015.
