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Weather Chit Chat Issue 92 - Partnership (February 2024)

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Acting Assistant Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, Mr Cheng Yuen-chung (left), and Chief Executive Officer of the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association, Ms Maura Wong (right)

The Hong Kong Observatory and the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association remind the Public to get ready for Winter

The Hong Kong Observatory and the Senior Citizen Home Safety Association (SCHSA) held a joint press conference on 15 December 2023, to remind the public to get ready for winter. (More……)

Mr Yeung Hon-yin (second from the left) with other expert team members in the WMO Headquarters lobby

The Observatory’s staff chaired an Expert Team Meeting on “Multi-Hazard Early Warning Technical Guidance”

At the invitation of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a representative of the Hong Kong Observatory visited Geneva, Switzerland, in December 2023, to chair the eighth meeting of the WMO Expert Team on Multi-Hazard Early Warning Technical Guidance (ETMTG). (More……)

Dr Chan Pak-wai, Director of the Observatory (front row, middle), Mr Jeffrey Adie of NVIDIA (front row, third from the right), and Mr Mustafa Adiguzel of WMO (front row, third from the left) with workshop participants

The Hong Kong Observatory organised a World Meteorological Organization Workshop on Recent Advances of Severe Weather Forecast Techniques using Machine Learning

The Hong Kong Observatory organised a workshop on “Recent Advances in Severe Weather Forecast Techniques using Machine Learning” under the Voluntary Cooperation Programme (VCP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). This was the first WMO training activity specifically on using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in severe weather forecasting. (More……)

Director of the Hong Kong Observatory Dr Chan Pak-wai (second from right) and Deputy Director of the ATMB Miao Xuan (third from left) participated in the Senior Management Seminar on Aviation Meteorology

Senior Management Seminar on Aviation Meteorology held in Beijing

On 13 December 2023, Dr Chan Pak-wai, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, attended the Senior Management Seminar on Aviation Meteorology, a joint event organised by the Air Traffic Management Bureau of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the Hong Kong Observatory, held in Beijing. (More……)

The Hong Kong Observatory delegation met with the CMATC. In the middle of the front row are Dr Chan Pak-wai, Director of the Observatory (second from the left), and Dr Yu Yubin, Dean of the CMATC (second from the right), while Ms Lam Ching-chi, Senior Scientific Officer of the Observatory, is on the first left.

Hong Kong Observatory Delegation visited Partner Authorities in Beijing and Tianjin

In December 2023, Dr Chan Pak-wai, Director of the Hong Kong Observatory, visited Beijing and Tianjin to meet and exchange views with experts of the China Meteorological Administration Training Center (CMATC), the National Nuclear Emergency Response Office (NNERO) of the China Atomic Energy Agency (CAEA), and the National Marine Data and Information Service (NMDIS). (More……)

Dr Chan Pak-wai, Director of the Observatory (front row, centre) with Mr Zhang Hongtai, Deputy Director-General of Aviation Meteorological Center of CAAC ATMB (front row, second from the left), members of the delegation and Observatory colleagues at the Observatory Headquarters

Delegation from Aviation Meteorological Centre of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB) visited the Hong Kong Observatory

Mr Zhang Hongtai, the Deputy Director-General of the Aviation Meteorological Centre of Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) Air Traffic Management Bureau (ATMB), led a delegation including ATMB meteorologists from different regions in the Mainland to visit the Observatory in December 2023. (More……)

Mr Wong Chau-ping presenting at the workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Hong Kong Observatory’s colleague invited as Speaker in Indonesia for Workshop on Volcanic Ash

In November 2023, Mr Wong Chau-ping, Senior Experimental Officer of the Hong Kong Observatory, was an invited speaker at the “Volcanic Ash Impact Handling for Aviation” workshop, held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. (More……)

Mr Chan Ho-sun (second row, eighth from the right), Senior Experimental Officer of the Observatory, with Mr Bunthean Chin, Secretary of State in charge of Aeronautical Services Department (second row, seventh from the left), Mr Vandy Heang, Director of Aeronautical Services Department of Cambodia (second row, eighth from the left), and participants of the training workshop

Observatory’s colleague lecturing in Cambodia

At the invitation of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation of Cambodia, a representative of the Hong Kong Observatory visited Cambodia to conduct training for the country’s aeronautical meteorological forecasters. (More……)

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