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Heat the Southwest; Fire Weather in the Central U.S.; Kona Low Impacting Hawaii

A rare March heat wave is ongoing with much above-normal temperatures over the Southwest U.S. through this weekend. Periods of critical fire weather will persist from the central Rockies to the central and southern Plains through the weekend as gusty winds and low relative humidity continue. A Kona low will continue to bring several rounds of moderate to heavy rainfall to Hawaii through Sunday. Read More >

What does WMO Initiatives provide to you?

WIGOS IDs
 

WIGOS Station Identifier (WSI) is used to register an observing station or platform in the OSCAR/Surface database.

Washington RWC (Regional WIGOS Center)

RWCs play a critical role in advancing the implementation of WIGOS within their Region or subregion, providing regional coordination and technical support to Members.

OSCAR/Surface

OSCAR is WMO's global repository of surface and space observing system capabilities. OSCAR is a web-based tool in which metadata is registered, managed and archived. It records observing system requirements and allows critical reviews of how well actual capabilities address requirements.

WDQMS

Welcome to the WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS) webtool.

IWXXM Format

IWXXM (ICAO Meteorological Information Exchange Model) is a format for reporting weather information in XML/GML. IWXXM includes XML/GML-based representations for products standardized in International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex III and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) No.306 Manual.