1. Fred Branski, President CBS
Agenda 2.1
President’s report
Fred Branski, President CBS

2. WIGOS
National /regional WIGOS implementation & Regional WIGOS Centres (RWC)
Côte d’Ivoire and Tanzania are good examples of Members who had improved their observing systems through implementing WIGOS
Regional Associations I (Africa) and VI (Europe) have started to establish Regional WIGOS Centres (RWCs). Other Regions are discussing their approach toward implementation.
(1) Regional WIGOS metadata management
(2) Regional WIGOS performance monitoring & incident management
(3) Follow-up on data availability or data quality issues.
Continued involvement of CBS experts in RWC activities is critical to the success of WIGOS.

3. WIGOS WIGOS Regulatory & Guidance Material
Cg-17 approved Part I (WIGOS) of the Technical Regulations (WMO-No. 49) & Volume I
Manual on WIGOS (WMO-No. 1160).
Draft amendments to the Manual on WIGOS for consideration here at CBS-16
Updates to the WIGOS metadata standard
Revised description of CryoNet, observing network of the Global Cryosphere Watch
Significant progress on initial version of the Guide to WIGOS, OSCAR/Surface, WIGOS Metadata, Station Identifiers and the Observing Network Design (OND) Principles.
These will facilitate implementation of WIGOS by Members

4. WIGOS
WIGOS metadata
Has been further developed taking into account feedback from user communities.
Updated draft version submitted to CBS-16 as amendments to the Manual on WIGOS
Representation of WIGOS metadata in XML created by a team of experts from CBS, CHy and CCl submitted to CBS-16 for approval for preliminary operational use.
OSCAR/Surface
OSCAR/Surface operational 2 May 2016
Provides single information reference for all non-satellite observing facilities contributing to WIGOS
Recognizing the need to train Members’ staff, plans are underway to deliver training covering both direct interaction via the OSCAR/Surface website and the machine-to-machine exchange of metadata (based on the WIGOS metadata XML schema).

5. WIGOS WIGOS Data Quality Monitoring System (WDQMS)
WDQMS will be a system for near real-time monitoring of data availability and data quality for all WIGOS components
(1) monitoring
(2) evaluation (and reporting)
(3) incident management
A pilot activity monitoring the quality and number of observations from GOS surface land stations based on real-time statistics provided by NWP centres has been launched.
Under this Pilot, involving many CBS experts, there is a Demonstration Project to further test and consolidate the concept of WDQMS, running until November 2016 in RA I, with active participation of Kenya and Tanzania.

6. WIGOS
OSCAR/Space - Upgrade to descriptions of the capabilities of current and planned satellites and preparation for the next generation satellites
Upgraded to provide additional information on capability of satellites
Final testing during the final quarter of 2016, the system should be live for CBS-16
Satellite operators agreed on a specification of best practice for supporting NMHSs in making the best use of the next generation of satellites
Strategy for training has been updated to assist NMHSs prepare for these new satellites.
Dissemination of information from Low Earth Orbit satellites
The Guide to DBNET (system that provides near-real-time access to information from low Earth orbit satellites) presented to CBS-16 for approval
This directly benefits centres operating NWP systems and indirectly those Members who rely on NWP products

7. WIGOS Radio frequency protection
Interests of WMO Members was protected at WRC-15 (the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference that decided on which radio frequencies are allocated to which application)
Although successful at WRC-15, there remains strong pressure for radio frequencies that are used to support meteorological activities to be reallocated to other application areas
CBS needs to continue to coordinate activities to preserve the radio frequencies needed to support weather, water and climate activities.

8. WIS Assistance to Regional WIS implementation activities
WIS implementation planning workshops were held to assist Regions develop their plans for implementing WIS
Region IV (Barbados)
Region I (Morocco and Kenya)
Further workshops are planned
Survey of the status on WIS conducted May 2016 showed
36.2% of responding countries notified WMO that they were WIS compliant
7.6% were compliant but had not notified WMO
1% were preparing for compliance
27.6% were not WIS compliant
27.6% of respondents did not know their compliance status

9. WIS New vision for the WMO Information System (WIS 2.0)
OPAG-ISS developed an updated vision and strategy for WIS, in consultation with other Commissions, which will build on opportunities created by advances in technologies to make sharing of information simpler and more cost-effective
Development of new data representations
XML representations of WIGOS metadata and additional products in support of ICAO have been developed building on the foundations set by METCE and IWXXM are proposed to CBS-16 for preliminary operational use
New edition of GRIB for experimental use & XML based data representations for hydrological information (WaterML) were developed collaboratively between the CHy and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) are also proposed for approval.

10. WMO Strategy for Service Delivery
Seamless forecasting
White paper on how the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System (GDPFS) needs to evolve to support the provision of seamless forecast services has been prepared for presentation to CBS-16
EC-68 initiated a Steering Group to guide the development
We will discuss our engagement in this and working collaboratively with the Commission for Atmospheric Science (CAS) and WMO research bodies.
Revision of the Manual on the Global Data-processing and Forecasting System
Manual on the GDPFS has been completely revised to take account of changes in new technologies that support operational meteorology since the previous version
This is presented to CBS-16 for recommendation to the Executive Council.

11. WMO Strategy for Service Delivery
Consolidation of the Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP) into an operational framework
CBS-16 is presented with a plan for consolidating SWFDP activities into an operational framework to ensure benefits to Members continue to be delivered in a sustainable way
Non-nuclear emergency response activities
New guidelines on the best practices for response to non-nuclear emergencies are being tested and are presented to CBS-16.

12. WMO Strategy for Service Delivery
Meteorological and Hydrological Aspects of Siting and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants (WMO-No. 550)
The guidance on Meteorological and Hydrological Aspects of Siting and Operation of Nuclear Power Plants has been revised, requiring close collaboration between CBS, CIMO, CCl, CHy and JCOMM.
This is raising challenges in gaining the formal approval of all the Commissions
Space weather services
Space weather services are maturing and their continued development is leading to operational services.
These services cut across all the areas managed by CBS.

13. Disaster Risk Reduction & High Impact Weather
WMO Guidelines on Multi-hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services
Multi-hazard Impact-based Forecast and Warning Services are a keystone to the future viability and sustainability of NMHSs
Through effective application of these Guidelines, Members will accrue benefits in their entire weather and climate dependent enterprise
CBS-16 is asked to establish an expert team to develop this further
The role & scope of this effort is one of the most important deliberations we will have here

14. Disaster Risk Reduction & High Impact Weather
Inter-Programme Task Team on Cataloguing Extreme Weather, Water and Climate Events (IPTT-CWWCE)
To address the Cg-17decision on cataloguing extreme weather, water and climate events and on recommendation of the CBS Management Group, EC-68 established the Inter‑Programme Task Team on Cataloguing Extreme Weather, Water and Climate Events (IPTT-CWWCE)
It coordinates activities of the various programmes in the standardization of weather, water, climate, space weather and other related environmental hazard and risk information and the development of identifiers for cataloguing extreme weather, water and climate events
IPTT-CWWCE is co-chaired by CBS and CCl, had its first meeting in September in Geneva.

15. WMO Strategy for Service Delivery
Contribution of the SWFDP to Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)
National technical agencies such as meteorological, hydrological, geological and marine services play crucial roles in collecting, analysing and providing hazard and risk information.
Their collaboration with disaster risk management agencies, natural and social scientists & the media is important for making effective use of this information & the services provided.
It is also important for supporting risk-informed decision-making and development planning at national and local levels.
The SWFDP provided capacity development through the use of a cascading forecasting process to bring high value information from global models, run by developed NMHSs, to Least Developed Countries NMHSs for timely and accurate forecasts and warnings for efficient decision-making. In essence, a supply change approach to guidance & prediction.

16. Public Weather Service
Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)
CAP provides the international standard for emergency alerting and public warning for all hazards, including those related to weather events, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, public health, power outages and many other emergencies.
It applies to all communications media, ranging from sirens to mobile phones, faxes, radio, television and various web-based communication networks
CBS organized annual CAP training workshops in collaboration with other organizations such as the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRCC) societies, International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and OASIS that has helped in the advancement of CAP.
Competency Framework for Public Weather Service Forecasters and Advisors
Supporting materials for the competency framework for Public Weather Service are being developed by CBS in cooperation with the WMO Education and Training Programme.

17. Stressors, Where do we go from here?
The legacy WMO business model was built from the ground up:
WWW - 3 components: Observations, Information, Processing & Forecasting
Primarily internally focused, NMHS centric
Science & technology advances and customers’ needs for a better product have pushed that business model to add the external linkage:
Service delivery
Primarily externally focused, user centric
We understand that it is the need to deliver good services that drives all of the other things we do.
Essentially, we are turning our business model upside down.

18. Stressors, Where do we go from here?
For over a decade, CBS has focused on improving the information component of the WMO business model – WIS
For 8 years, CBS has also focused on improving the observation component of the WMO business model – WIGOS
For 2 years, CBS has also focused on reshaping the processing and forecasting component of the WMO business model – Future GDPFS
All the while, there has been a slowly increasing tide moving our community towards service delivery as the driver for what we do.
We developed a Service Delivery Strategy and an Implementation Plan was written
Time now for WMO and CBS to fully embrace that new business model

19. Step back for a moment.

21. Where does CBS go from here?
A fully Operational WIGOS & vision 2040
WIS 2.0, cloud functionality, APIs, vision 2030
A new “information supply chain” that enables all Members’ services delivery
A Future GDPFS, holistic, seamless –
maybe the WMO Integrated Processing & Prediction System (WIPPS)???
Over-arching service delivery integrating above components to serve all WMO programs
Increased coordination & collaboration with other TCs and technical or applications oriented bodies
Impact to PWS, its mission and ToRs
Increased coordination & collaboration with RAs especially at the requirements and implementation interface
Time now for WMO and CBS to fully embrace that new business model

22. Thank you
Xiè Xie Nǐ
Merci
Shukran
Спасибо
Gracias