Workshop on Mesoscale Weather

21 March 2011

The Hong Kong Observatory conducted a workshop on mesoscale weather* during 28 February - 4 March 2011. The workshop covered mesoscale weather observation and analysis, numerical weather prediction and severe weather nowcasting. At the invitation of the Observatory, four overseas experts visited Hong Kong to participate in the workshop and share their expertise and experience. They are Mr. James Wilson and Ms. Rita Roberts from the National Centre for Atmospheric Research, United States, and Mr. Syugo Hayashi and Mr. Yoshiaki Sato from the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Participants of the workshop are primarily forecasters. They had in-depth discussions and exchanged views on a wide range of topics. Colleagues were all benefited from the lucid explanation and experience of the overseas experts.

* Mesoscale weather systems refer to weather systems with horizontal scales ranging from a few to several hundred kilometres, such as thunderstorms, sea and land breezes, cold fronts and rainbands in tropical cyclones.

Group photo of overseas experts and HKO staff (from left to right in the
front row) Mr. Yoshiaki Sato, Mr. Syugo Hayashi, Dr. Boon-ying Lee
(Director of the Observatory), Mr. James Wilson and Ms. Rita Roberts

Mr. James Wilson and Ms. Rita Roberts conducting lab exercise
on mesoscale weather analysis with HKO colleagues

Mr. Yoshiaki Sato explaining research results on numerical
weather prediction modeling