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Creating a WeatherSMART nation: SAWS drought related research, services and products Drought Dialogue 23-24 June 2016 Western Cape Government Hannes Rautenbach South African Weather Service SAWS mandate Established as an AGENCY on 15 June 2001 Two distinct Services: Public Good Commercial Funded by Government Grant User-pays principle applies Forecasts & Warnings Tailor made products & services Creating a Weather-SMART nation VISION “A weather - smart nation.” The vision has been reviewed to be simpler and to articulate clearly the desired end-state. In this case, the organisation wants to achieve an end-state where citizens, communities and business sectors are weather resilient because they are able to use the information, products and services provided by the South African Weather Service optimally. Creating a Weather-SMART nation S – Safe M – More informed A – Alert R – Resilient/Ready T – Timeous This is the promise that will permeate all SAWS products and services as well as the associated marketing and brand promotion. SAWS products & services Training Centre Forecasting Research & Develop Climate Services Air Quality Met Authority Technical Services Satellite Centre of Excellence Aviation services Observation SA Air Quality Info System ICAO compliance (Oversight) Manufacturing research Observation network Marine services Now & short-term forecasting National climate data bank Climate Change General forecasting Long-term forecasting & outlooks SADC specialized Met centre Global Climate Atmospheric information Watch Climate services (NFCS) & assembling New product development Weather and climate research SAWS has recently be registered as an accredited national RESEARCH INSTITUTION. o o o o o o o o Now-casting and very short range forecasting; Short and medium range forecasting; Long range forecasting; Global Atmospheric Watch (GAW); Ozone and radiation; Climate change and variability; Air quality ; Applications research with emphasis on water resources, agriculture, health, energy; and disaster risk reduction; and o Historical climate monitoring and analysis. SAWS key value add services • SAFFG • Local (SA) • Ensembles (NCEP) • Mesoscale • Synops • Ensembles • LDN • Upper Air • Ensembles • MOS • Multi-model Ensembles • Ocean Models GCM Ensembles • MOS • MOS > 2 Years 30 Days– 2 Years • MOS 11- 30 Days 4 -10 Days 24 -72 Hours 6-24 Hours 0–6 Hours Watches & Warnings: •Severe weather Advisories: •Potential hazardous weather events •Rain and •Daily weather elements temperature anomalies Disaster management, Hydrology, Public Disaster man, Agriculture, Hydrology, Commerce Outlook: Outlook: •Rainfall & temperature anomalies •Rainfall and temperature anomalies •Rainfall and Temperature Tendencies •Climate Change Disaster man, Commerce, Commerce, Public, Agriculture, Agriculture, Agriculture, Templ ref: PPT-ISO-colour.001 Health, Health, Commerce Energy Doc Energy Ref no: Strategic planning Agriculture, Energy, Environment. Tools • Medium range (ECMWF) Forecast • Radar • Regional (SADC) Coupled: GCM+ Ocean Products • Satellite Global Climate Model Benefits Numerical Weather Prediction Observations Climate monitoring South Africa warms at a rate of 0.14 °C per decade. The 1951 to 2015 annual mean nearsurface temperature anomalies (°C), as calculated from the base period 1981– 2010 and as recorded at 26 climate stations across South Africa (black dots on the map). Climate monitoring The SA warming of ≈ 0.14 °C per decade is also captured in global studies. 1985 to 2014 global near-surface temperature trends (°C per decade). Source: NOAA’s National Climate Data Centre. Note that South Africa is warming at a slower rate if compared to other continental parts of the world. Climate monitoring: pre-2015/16 The July 2014 to June 2015 period was already identified To be, on average, the driest season for South Africa since 1991-92, and the third driest since 1932-33. Climate monitoring: pre-2015/16 Shaded (right) are districts that were identified in 2015 (January 2015 to December 2015) as the driest districts since 1921. Climate monitoring: 2015/16 Most of the moisture for South Africa’s summer rainfall originates from the Indian Ocean, brought to the tropics of the continent by easterly trade winds from where it flows to the eastern parts of South Africa. In contrast to the 1997-98, the 2015-16 El Niño was associated with exceptionally warm SSTs in the Indian Ocean basin. Weather monitoring: 2015/16 El Niño droughts are associated with an eastward shift of tropical rain bearing clouds from the tropics. At the same time, higher pressures develop over South Africa, with descending warm and dry air at the surface. Weather monitoring: 2015/16 o The National Joint Drought Coordinating Committee National Joint Drought Coordinating Committee (NJDCC) was established by the South African Government in 2015 to monitor the evolution and to respond to the risks posed by the 2015/16 drought to various national sectors. The NJDCC is hosted by the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC) in the Department of Cooperative Governance; o At the beginning of the 2015/16 season, SAWS was invited to make key contributions to the newly established NJDCC - in the NJDCC SAWS is regarded as a national authority to provide input on short-term forecasts and seasonal predictions; o During 2015/16 weekly meetings took place Seasonal prediction The NINO3.4 predictions indicated how the 2015-16 El Niño might evolve in future. Seasonal prediction: Issued May 2016 Western Cape Southern Annular Mode (SAM) For further inquiries contact [email protected] Tele: +27 12 367 6008 Climate change projections RCP 8.5: Annual temperature change (ºC) relative to 1985-2005 2046 – 2065 (+50 years) 2076 – 2095 (+80 years) RCP 8.5: Annual rainfall change (mm/month) relative % to 1985-2005 2046 – 2065 (+50 years) 2076 – 2095 (+80 years) o SAWS is currently putting together a Global Warming Atlas which is regarded as an extension of its forecasting, prediction and projection services; o Future Climate Change research will focus on “The weather of climate change” or climate variability within climate change; Towards a systems approach Climates: Historical / Seasonal / Global warming Weather & climate data: o Rainfall o Max Temperature o Min Temperature Landscape inputs: o o o o o Soil Vegetation Land-use Dams and rivers Catchments o Climate and weather modelling o Irrigation o Downscaling o Online modelling o Urban o o o o o Hydrology response: Irrigation response: Local runoff Storm flow Base flow Σ streamflow Sediments o Type of irrigation o Return flows Dry-land response: o o o o Maize yield Wheat yield Sugar Cane yield Primary production Research for improvement Socio-economic impact / feedback / participation Dam / reservoir response: o Abstractions o Inter-basin transfers o Return flows Conclusions The 2015-16 drought has created great public awareness in weather and climate at all time scales, with exciting new opportunities for SAWS and its partners to progress towards creating a weather-SMART nation Thank you [email protected]