The
Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN) is Mexico
's national
weather organization. It collects data and issues forecasts,
advisories, and warnings for the entire country.
History
A presidential decree founded El Observatorio Meteorológico y
Astrónomico de México (The Meteorological and Astronomical
Observatory of Mexico) on February 6, 1877 as part of the
Geographic Exploring of the National Territory commission.
By 1880,
it became an independent agency located at Chapultepec
Castle
, then encompassing six observatories. In
1901, the Servicio Meteorologia Nacional was formed with 31
sections for each
state and 18
independent observatories which reported back to the central office
in
Tacubaya via telegraph. It joined the
World Meteorological
Organization in 1947. By 1980, the organization included 72
observatories, of which eight launched
weather balloons and
radiosondes, and five radars serviced the
country. In 1989, it became a subagency of the General de
Administracion del Agua.
Functions of the organization
The agency issues forecasts out to five days in the future,
hydrological bulletins including recent rainfall, agricultural
bulletins, and run their own regional forecast model based upon the
MM5.
They
also issue warnings for intense storms, strong northerlies in the
Gulf of
Mexico
, snowfall, and excessive rainfall. Surface
analyses for the region are drawn by the
Tropical Prediction Center which
are incorporated onto the
Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center analysis and then linked to by SMN on their
website.
They issue their own tropical cyclone reports
that describe the impact of storms on Mexico, which are then
relayed to the U.S.
National Hurricane Center
and the
World
Meteorological Organization.
See also
References
- Servicio Meteorologia Nacional. Breve Historia... Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- Servicio Meteorologia Nacional. Avisos y Alertas. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
- Servicio Meteorologia Nacional. Productos
Meteorologicos. Retrieved on 2007-01-17.
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