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Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration Project (SWFDP)
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SWFDP-Eastern Caribbean
Beneficiary Countries/States:
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Eastern Caribbean including Members of Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO)
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CMO Members (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago),
Dominican Republic, Haiti, Sint Maarten (Dutch), Martinique/Guadeloupe/Saint-Martin/St-Barth (France), Puerto-Rico/US Virgin Islands (USA)
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Contributing Regional Centres: |
Regional Forecast Support Facility (RFSF), Martinique
RSMC Miami (for hurricane forecast support) |
Contributing Global Centres: |
Meteo-France, ECCC (Canada), NCEP/NOAA, ECMWF, UKMO |
Start of Project Development and Planning: |
In 2016 |
Project website since 2018: |
RFSF Martinique:
https://pro.meteofrance.com |
Main Focus (Severe weather types): |
Heavy rain, strong winds and damaging waves |
Present Status: |
In Phase-I (development planning) |
Download: |
Regional Subproject Implementation Plan
(RSIP) |
Donors: |
Government of Canada/ Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and
Funds through Climate Risk and Early Warning Systems (CREWS) initiative
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SWFDP Development in Eastern Caribbean
 Domain Coordinates (Approx.) : 50° - 80° W / 8° - 25° N
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