In press statements at the Crowne Plaza Corobicí Hotel in the capital, Sholtz pointed out that the almost 60 experts from 27 member countries of the Region IV (North America, Central America and Caribbean) Hurricane Committee also agree on the names to be added to the this year to name occurring tropical storms.
He described it as a great honor to host this event, which he stressed is taking place in the same year as IMN celebrates its 135th anniversary.
At that meeting, he said, we will also analyze the committee’s operational plan, which will affect the work of the regional hurricane center responsible for forecasting these atmospheric phenomena in the Caribbean, Atlantic and parts of the Atlantic. Peaceful.
By the final day of the meeting, next Friday, Sholtz hopes to have the hurricane fighter planning program ready, where the committee will make decisions about the routes they will fly this hurricane season.
For his part, Region IV infrastructure manager Kerru Powery of the Cayman Islands indicated that they will also discuss the impact and cooperation during last year’s hurricane season.
By doing so, we can learn from these experiences to improve care and management of tropical cyclone impacts.
A press release from the Department of Environment and Energy states that the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)’s choice of Costa Rica as the site for the 2023 event is in part a response to the celebration of the 135th anniversary of the IMN, which integrates this hurricane committee.
For the head of the Minae, Franz Tattenbach, Costa Rica is fully involved in the technical procedures that have to be carried out in order to regulate the cyclone problem in our region. “We are very pleased to be hosts,” he said.
Conducting multiple roundtables for the first time, Minae said, is designed to encourage exchanges of views with forecasters in each country and improve coordination of the 26-year-old Hurricane Committee, one of the most successful regional coordination platforms in the world.
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