Heavy rainfall and flooding concerns continue for portions of Texas into the lower Mississippi Valley. Severe thunderstorms are expected to redevelop across areas of western Texas later Saturday. Meanwhile, strong Pacific storm will move ashore this weekend. Increasing winds for many areas of the West and Southwest, heavy precipitation with snow for the higher terrain. Read More >
The The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the The United Nations (UN) of which 179 States and 6 Territories are Members. It was created:
In support of the communications aspects of the WMO World Weather Watch, the National Weather Service uses the Gateway in supporting the WMO. This is accomplished by operating the WMO Region IV "Regional Telecommunication Hub" (RTH) on the Global Telecommunication System. The RTH collects regional data and products and switches onto the GTS all meteorological data and products received as required through prior established data requirements.
The WMO Member countries have a Commission for Basic Systems (CBS) meeting every two years, in which new code recommendated changes, telecommunication protocol recommendations, and Abbreviated Heading Table updates are approved. After approval these changes are entered into the WMO codes manual 306 and 386. The last meeting of CBS was held in Geneva, Switzerland. The final report of the 2000 CBS XII [1,025K pdf] attached record of actions contain the new recommendations and can be reviewed for the most current changes approved.