Early Warnings for All in Focus: Hazard monitoring and forecasting: Results of the Pillar 2 rapid assessment

To inform planning and better target assistance, WMO conducted a Rapid Assessment of the hazard monitoring and forecasting capacity of the 30 countries selected for initial support under the Early Warnings for All Initiative.

The assessment was structured along the following seven elements of the hydrometeorological value chain: legal framework and institutional mechanisms of the National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs); observation infrastructure; hazard monitoring capacity; use of remote-sensing data; use of numerical weather prediction (NWP) models and forecasting tool application; impact-based forecasting capacity; as well as warning services and early warning system operations. It was also aligned with outcomes of the Pillar 2 Implementation Strategy.