Business Plan of S A Weather Service for 2003/04

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service Achievements in past year  Establishment of the Aviation Weather Centre and improve services  Participation in the WSSD  Tanzania project 5 AWS’s  Improvements in accuracy of weather warnings and forecasts

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service Achievements  Training of scientists and forecasters BSc Hons ( )  Training of extension officers in 4 workshops in 4 Provinces  Growth of Weather Line. R 1,8 m  Service delivery contracts – ESKOM SASOL UAE COINTEL MULTICHOICE

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service PUBLIC GOOD SERVICES Scientific support Improvement in the observations network  Restore observation networks to former levels  New Technology  Weather buoys  AMDAR  MSG  Electronic Communication Cell phone technology  Expand Radar Network  Spatial Interpolation and Mapping of Rainfall (Radar, satellite and rain gauges

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service Establishing an effective climate data base  The designated custodian of the National Climate data base.  Provide critical information to the agriculture and other climate sensitive industries in South Africa.  Full integration with a GIS system.  A new data capturing system is being developed.

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service Serving the maritime industry  Services to the maritime industry decline in the last few years. Competition from other National Meteorological Services and private sector operators.  Training and development of staff to serve this sector is a top priority.  The strategy for taking back our responsibility includes to initiates the re- locating a Marine Weather Centre in Cape Town.

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service Serving rural and vulnerable communities  Additional revenue from commercial services to free up funds  Eastern Cape project and the Umtata Radar.  Improve further in the use of effective weather warning system, community radio stations, cell phone technology, the disaster management network, the SAPS network and agriculture extension facilities and (NAFU)  Improved verification system..  Impact related information.  Restructuring of the regional offices aimed at a their specific needs.

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service COMMERCIAL SERVICES  Aviation industry.  Dissemination of information  Cellphones, Web, SMS’s Fax on demand  Other commercial services  Eskom, Sasol, Lesotho Tanazania, UAE, (Coega, Namibia, Mulitichoice)  Additional support  Debtors section, online transactions

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service NEPAD  Regional weather radar network  AWS and AMDAR data  Joint procurement  Training  RTH and RSMC responsibilities to SADC

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service 27 February 2003

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service Japhet 1 March 2003

3 – 4 March 2003 S A Weather Service