Hydrology and Water Resources Programme (HWRP)

Regional Technical meeting and User / CONOPS Workshop

26-30 October 2015, Pretoria, South Africa

Report

• Report of the Regional Technical Meeting and User/CONOPS Workshop, Pretoria, South Africa 26-30 October 2015

Presentations

All presentations are available in PDF format and are following the agenda of the meeting.

Day 1

• Introduction and overview of the Meeting and expected outcomes for the two events
• Introduction to technical meeting sessions
• Project background, Roadmap development, Meeting purposes and goals
• Overview of SWFDP Project, User Interface/Products
  • The WMO Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP): its framework, implementation and future directions
  • The SWFDP: Improving Severe Weather Warnings in Southern Africa
• Overview of SARFFG, its User Interface and Products
• Achieving the End-to-End Forecast and Warning System- Focusing on the last Kilometer
• NMHS presentations
  • Botswana
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia Meteorological Services
  • Namibia Hydrologic Service
  • South African Regional Specialized Meteorological Centre (RSMC)
  • South African Weather Service
  • Swaziland
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe Meteorological Services Department
  • Zimbabwe Department of Water Resources Management & Planning
• New Product considerations for integrated SWFDP and SARFFG
• SWFDP and SARFFG Interfaces and New Product Considerations

Day 2

• Discussion on emerging products and functional capabilities
• Overview of implementation plan (master roadmap or framework) and how it will be accomplished
• Elements of an End-to-End Early Warning System
  • Roadmap on Data and Communication links
  • Roadmap on Forecast and Decision Support links
  • Roadmap on Notification, Warn people and Actions links

Day 3

• Introduction and overview of the Workshop and expected outcomes for the two workshops
• Focusing on the last kilometer - How the End-to-End System reaches the community at risk
• Background and overview of the integrated SWFDP and SARFFG system
• Review of products and services discussion
• Presentations by Disaster Management Agencies (DMAs)
  • Malawi (Climate Change & Meteorological Services)
  • Malawi (Department of Disaster Management Affairs)
  • Mozambique
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe
• Proposed Products for the Emergency Management Agencies (EMA)
• Summary of workshop activities and the way forward

Day 4

• Overview of CONOPS development process for extreme hydrometeorological hazards – incorporating the linked SWFDP and SARFFG system; building the End-to-End Early Warning System
• Illustration of CONOPS example
• Presentation of CONOPS template
• Country breakout group sessions to draft CONOPS
  • ConOps – SWDFP & SAFFG Botswana, Lesotho, Zimbabwe
  • ConOps Concept of Operations South African Flash Flood Guidance System (SAFFG)
  • Flow of Forecast Products
  • Operational Roles and Responsibilities

Day 5

• ConOps - Countries presentations
• Example RSMC Pretoria
• Operational Roles and Responsibilities