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services for the water sector in South Asia? OPENING SESSION The day began with a formal opening of the workshop by Mandira Singh Shrestha, Programme Coordinator for the Climate Services and Hi-Risk initiatives, ICIMOD. She warmly welcomed the participants, acknowledging the different countries

. Active hurricane season Julian Heming is a Met Office tropical cyclone expert who has been studying these systems for many years. He said: “In the second half of May several prediction centres, including the Met Office, forecast an active Atlantic hurricane season with between 150% and 200% of usual

this week has seen temperatures well below average for the time of year. Paul Hutcheon is a meteorologist with the Met Office Global Guidance Unit. He said: “By Thursday and Friday there is the potential for record-breaking temperatures in Spain, with inland areas like Córdoba expected to reach 15

June 2022 The averaging period used for the following assessment was 1991-2020. The weather during much of June was mostly quiet and uneventful, though with a warm spell in mid-month which peaked on the 17th giving the warmest day of the year so far. It was showery at times, especially just after

to build a more resilient food system? Box 1: CASE STUDY - Severe drought in Liaoning, July and August 2014 In July and August 2014, seven provinces in North China experienced a severe drought. For some areas, it was the most serious drought since 1951 (Wang and He, 2015). Northeast China had considerably

12% have become dangerously cold due to a lack of warm clothing. One in ten (9%) have fallen over due to not wearing suitable footwear whilst an unlucky 2% have been forced to spend a night out in the open due to being unable to get back to a safe location or their home.    However, for many

looked forward to more joint projects in the future. Basanta Raj Shrestha, ICIMOD, welcomed the participants to the workshop. Shrestha provided an introduction to ICIMOD and its Regional Programmes. He highlighted the importance of technology and innovation and focused on evidence-based data analysis

journey over the land or sea. This might lead to warming or cooling by the prolonged contact with a warm or cool surface. Northern Canada Arctic Ocean High pressure Siberia Low pressure Tropical Ocean Tropical Ocean Tropical Ocean High pressure Equator Low pressure Tropical Ocean Tropical Ocean Tropical

of forest actually help create rain, as warm moist air rises above the forests. Winds carry moisture from over the ocean, which falls out as rain and is then recycled back to the atmosphere through evaporation. As water evaporates from leaves this has a cooling effect and this effect is amplified

of sunshine from the 22nd to 27th inclusive, with warm days and cold nights. During this spell, slowmoving fronts often brought more cloud and some rain to north-western Britain. A northerly outbreak brought wintry showers to eastern areas on the 28th, followed by mostly dry but relatively cloudy weather