The Hydrometeorological service through the National Weather Watch Centre at Timehri is seeking to have the weather and climate information disseminated in a timely and accurate manner, with various methods of communication being considered, according to Chief Hydrometeoro-logical Officer, Dr. Garvin Cummings.
“We have been working with a number of our partners to ensure that the information we are providing is relevant and useful to the persons that need it the most. We have been meeting with our main stakeholders to ensure that it is accessible, and one such activity is the holding of the National Climate Outlook forum that we had the first, in early 2015 before the beginning of the primary rainfall season,” Dr. Cummings was quoted as saying in a GINA release.
According to the media bulletin, the National Weather Watch Centre has already engaged several media entities who have proposed various ways in which weather and climate can get adequate coverage, while reaching the general population across Guyana.
Part of the strategy is to simplify the scientific data to some extent, so that the general public can easily interpret it.
“We are mandated to provide services for agriculture in order to provide guidance and support in terms of decision making… whether we are speaking about very short weather forecast or predictions at the seasonal level,” the Chief Hydromet Officer was further quoted as saying in the press release.
The National Weather Watch Centre, according the GINA statement, issues daily forecasts with reviews of weather conditions, and intends to utilize all media platforms as it pursues a better strategy for the dissemination of information, including consultations with stakeholders and farmers.
