1. CBS ET-WISC1 WIS ACTIVITIES IN KENYA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT (KMD) Samuel M. Machua

2. CBS ET-WISC2 CURRENT OPERATIONAL CENTRES NORMINATION DCPCs KMD IMIS CLIMSOFT ENHANCED ACTIVITIES WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THE SUB REGION

3. CBS ET-WISC3 Regional Telecommunications Hub - RTHRegional Telecommunications Hub - RTH Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre - RSMCRegional Specialized Meteorological Centre - RSMC Regional Instrument Calibration Centre - RICRegional Instrument Calibration Centre - RIC CURRENT OPERATIONAL CENTRES - List

4. CBS ET-WISC4 RTH - Nairobi

5. CBS ET-WISC5 RSMC Nairobi Provides national weather services, runs NWP Limited Area Models and posts the products into the KMD websites twice dailyProvides national weather services, runs NWP Limited Area Models and posts the products into the KMD websites twice daily CURRENT OPERATIONAL CENTRES Functions FORECAST PRODUCTS Today's Weather Forecast Four Day Forecast Seven Day Forecast MonthlyForecast NWP Forecast WRF Model Forecast HRM Model Forecast Agromet latest dekadal Bulletin EL NINO Update NINO Update Archived Forecasts

6. CBS ET-WISC6 RIC Nairobi Calibrates instruments for national and sub regional use. It also manufactures instruments such as rain gauges and Stevenson screensCalibrates instruments for national and sub regional use. It also manufactures instruments such as rain gauges and Stevenson screens Through the cost sharing effort of Finland VCP (through WMO) and the Government of Kenya, KMD will modernize the WMO Regional Instrument Centre (RIC) by installing the following:  Chamber for Calibration of humidity and temperature;  Stirred liquid oil bath for the calibration of thermometers and AWS temperature sensors;  Resistance measuring bridge for the calibration of AWS temperature sensors and references;  Wind Tunnel for calibration of wind instruments. CURRENT OPERATIONAL CENTRES Functions

7. CBS ET-WISC7 3 CENTRES NORMINATED AS DCPCs RTHRSMCRIC KMD IMIS In the process of acquiring an Integrated Meteorological Information System - IMISIn the process of acquiring an Integrated Meteorological Information System - IMIS Dedicated to ingest, manage, archive, give on-line access and process any kind of Meteorological dataDedicated to ingest, manage, archive, give on-line access and process any kind of Meteorological data WIS compliantWIS compliant Implementation contract awardedImplementation contract awarded Funds allocated by Kenya Government in the financial year 2009/2010Funds allocated by Kenya Government in the financial year 2009/2010 To be implemented once funds are releasedTo be implemented once funds are released ENCHANCED CLIMSOFT CAPABILITY Capability to produce metadata, data inventories and many other data products in XML formatXML WIS ACTIVITIES IN KMD

8. CBS ET-WISC8 ENHANCED CLIMSOFT CAPABILITIES

9. CBS ET-WISC9 Not yet gained much momentum. More is required on; Capacity building Improvement of communications facilities Improved message switching systems Bandwidths expansions Bandwidths expansions WIS ACTIVITIES IN SUB REGION - SUMMARY

10. CBS ET-WISC10 END