Earth:Meteoalarm
Meteoalarm is a website developed by EUMETNET, a network of European national meteorological services. It provides severe weather warnings using maps to show where and which type of dangerous weather events are forecasted to occur. The level of risk is color-coded based on likely damage, disruption, and danger and displayed for each region of each country.
Pictograms and color-coding convey meaning regardless of the user's language. Strong winds, torrential rain, snow and ice, thunderstorms, and extreme temperatures are indicated. Weather conditions that could lead to increased risk such as storm surges, high waves, forest fires and avalanches are also shown.[1]
Color coding
There are four colors to point out the weather conditions: green, yellow, orange and red.
- Green - No dangerous weather is expected.[2]
- Yellow - The weather is potentially dangerous, but unlikely to be extreme. Care is called for in activities that are dependent on the weather.[2]
- Orange - There is severe weather that may cause damage or accidents. People are advised to take care, keep abreast of the latest developments in the weather, and take heed of advice given by the authorities.[2]
- Red - Great danger is expected from extremely severe weather. Major damage and accidents are likely, in many cases with threat to life, over a wide area. People are advised to be extremely careful, pay close attention to bulletins and obey the instructions and advice given by the authorities. Exceptional safety measures may be taken.[2]
A greyscale map is available for color-blind users.
Member countries
Meteoalarm.org is developed by EUMETNET, the network of public European weather services who are members of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The weather service of Austria (Zentral Anstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik) is the responsible member for this project and does the technical realization. The Dutch public weather service KNMI (Koninklijk Nederland's Meteorologisch Instituut) gave close support. This project is officially called the European Multiservice Meteorological Awareness Project or EMMA-project.
The member countries of Meteoalarm are: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark , Estonia, Finland , France , Germany , Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway , Poland , Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain , Sweden, Switzerland , United Kingdom , Ukraine .[3]
Award
The EMMA-project received in October 2008 the EMS (European Meteorological Society) Outreach & Communication Award for the website www.meteoalarm.org.[4] The panel thought that this project was an excellent example of putting a bridge between weather services, science and society.
See also
- EUMETNET
References
- ↑ "Meteoalarm" (in en-US). https://ghhin.org/resources/meteoalarm/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Meteoalarm - Finnish Meteorological Institute" (in en). https://en.ilmatieteenlaitos.fi/meteoalarm.
- ↑ "Україна приєднується до MeteoAlarm. УкрГМЦ" (in uk). 2024-01-16. https://www.meteo.gov.ua/ua/news/Ukraina-priednuetsya-do-Meteoalarm.
- ↑ "meteoalarm.eu : European Meteorological Society". https://www.emetsoc.org/awards/award/meteoalarm-eu/.
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