1. Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
Goran Mihajlovic
Head of National Centre for HM system
of early warning and alerts
Tirana, Albania October 17th – 21st 2016.

2. Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
RHMS of Serbia is special organization of the Serbian government.
Responsibility: meteorology, hydrology, climatology, climate change and early warning on the hydro-meteorological hazards.
RHMS of Serbia is the primary national authority and official source of information about weather, water, climate, climate change and warning,
RHMS of Serbia is the official voice in issuing HydMet warnings.
First meteorological
observing was started
January 1st 1848 in
Belgrade.
After 2 years there were 20
meteorological stations
In Serbia.
This met station
network was established by
Prof. Vladimir Jaksic.
Brief history
Meteorological Observatory was established by the Decree of the Ministry of Education in Belgrade in 1887 and Prof. Milan Nedeljkovic was appointed as its first Administrator.
At the request of Prof. Nedeljkovic, on 15th September 1888, Minister of Education and Religion, Dr Vladan Djordjevic, signed the Decree on the establishment of government meteorological station network in the Kingdom of Serbia.
The Observatory became the center of the meteorological station network, the core of meteorological research in the field of microclimatology, weather forecast, hydrology and geophysical measuring in general.
Coding of meteorological data started in 1895 and in August 1902, issuing of weather forecast and international data exchange.

3. Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
Network of meteorological and hydrological stations
NWP
Meteo
Synoptic met stations 28
Climatological program 56
Precipitation program 450
Upper air station 2
Hydro
Hydrological stations 74 (62 automatic with GSM conection)
Hydrological stations from Danube region 58
Hydrological forecast and models
2 Gematronik dual polarization radars (S band)
10 Mitsubishi radars (Sband)
MRL5 radar (S and C band) and LAWR (X band)
Propagation method
Method of corespondent discharge
MANS model
TANK model
Multiple linear correlation
Graphical coaxial correlation and Unit hydrograph or HBV model
Climatology, Agro meteorology, SEEVCCC hosted by RHMSS, Hail suppression department, Meteorological Laboratory, Department for underground water

4. Products of RHMSS Meteorological data (synop, temp, radar…..)
Hydrological data (water level, water temperature, …)
Weather warnings and forecast (Bulletins, maps, pictograms, …)
Climatological analysis and forecast (CW Bulletins, studies, climate index… )
Agrometeorological information (SPI, alerts, )

5. Products of RHMSS cont.
Specialized forecast (Biometeorological forecast, Heat/Cold wave, )
NWP products (Maps, Meteograms, FWI, … )
Hydro warnings and forecast, analysis, ..
SEEVCCC products (regional CWS Bulletin- analysis and prediction)
Calibration of meteorological instruments

6. Users by Sectors: Civil protection Industry Services Agriculture
Government of RS and governmental institutions
Ministry of the interior - Sector for emergency situations
Media: TV, Radio, Newspapers
Industry and Public companies (water management, energetic, agriculture,..)
Winter road maintenance companies
Civil Aviation Directorate, SMATSA, Airport Belgrade,
Local municipalities
by Sectors:
Civil protection
Industry
Services
Agriculture
Public
Infrastructure
Dodati infrastructure (Water management and ) health,
Main hazards related with weather and climate are: drought, floods, hail, extreme temperatures, forest fires,

7. System of protection and rescue
RHMSS is part of National System of protection and rescue
Director of RHMSS is member of Republic HQ of emergency situation
Civil protection – Sector for emergency situation of Ministry of interior is one of the most important stakeholder.
Communication and collaboration
Rulebook of issuing meteo and hydro warnings
(Official Gazette of RS 96/13

8. Dissemination of products
How users get information and services
SMS messages
Phone
FTP server
Web

9. Type of stakeholders Mandatory, non-commercial
Government of RS and governmental institutions (Ministries, Agencies, Civil protection, Army, etc..), Universities, non-profit organizations (Red Cross, Mountain Rescue,…)
Public (
Commercial
Industry (NIS- Oil refinery, chemical industry ), Insurance companies, Media, Winter road maintenance companies, Hydropower plants, private requirements…,
Regulation of the Government of RS on reimbursement for meteorological and hydrological services (Official Gazette RS No 37/13) based on Law of meteorological and hydrological activities
Internal communication
Example: Weather forecast for other departments of RHMSS such as hydrology forecast, agrometeorological dept., hail suppression,…

10. End users request jobs
RHMS of Serbia is the referential organization, with full responsibility, for providing special request services, beside operational and regular jobs in all of its’ working areas.
RHMS does not make standard commercial contracts, but collects allowance for non-standard services.
Financial resources, gained in such a way, are directed to the budget of the Republic of Serbia.
Those funds can be used exclusively for buying new equipment and staff education on RHMS request.
Rising of staff salaries cannot be made from these resources.
Weather Forecast
Climatology
Agrometeorology
Hydrology
More information:
Regulation of the Government of RS on reimbursement for meteorological and hydrological services (Official Gazette RS No 37/13) based on Law of meteorological and hydrological activities

11. What improvements in RHMSS stakeholders require
RHMSS communicate with stakeholders and has a procedure for record and process requests.
Civil protection request to RHMSS to participate on training local emergency staff after floods 2014 for 30 municipalities affected about using warning products of RHMSS (Bulletins, meteoalarm, FWI…)
Civil protection – better spatial resolution of real time data and warnings
Current situation: real time data from 28 AWS and 62 hydro stations, issuing warnings for district level
Expectation in the future: warnings for local municipalities level and more AWS.
Public – weather forecast for more cities and more details
Current situation: weather forecast for ten major cities (Tmax, Tmin and type of weather) for two days ahead and for 5 cities for 5 days ahead
Expectation: weather forecast with more details for more cities.

12. Accuracy and timeliness
Communication with users
RHMSS implemented Quality Management Standard ISO 9001:2008 (2012) and SRPS ISO/IEC 17025: 2006 – National Meteorological Laboratory (2013)
Survey of stakeholder
Ranking users
Records complaints
Corrective and preventive action
What kind of products and services you use?
Accuracy and timeliness

13. Questions & Thinking Future role of RHMSS
Responsibilities RHMSS as national meteorological and hydrological service.
International collaboration.
NHMSs and private companies - Law of meteorology and hydrology define met&hydro activities of interest for the RS ( RHMSS) and other met&hydro activities (private or RHMSS)
Impact based forecast – Not “What weather will be” than: “What weather will do!” – Training, new skills…
Contribution to socio and economic benefit through
hydro-met early warning system and climate monitoring and prediction.
Climate change – increased dependence on weather.
Less staff, decrease budget and more requirements.
Save human lives and reduce damage and losses.

14. Thank you for your attention!
…Meteorology is in a somewhat unique position with respect to its users. By and large, meteorologists do not generate income; rather, the things that we produce offer opportunities for others to generate income, or for others to avoid spending resources needlessly…
Chuck Doswell,
Meteorology and Users, update 2006.