People could now view weather forecasts easily through the agency?s electronic services
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET), in Abuja on Thursday, announced an improved and faster daily weather and climate reports through the introduction of Internet services.
Ifeanyi Nnodu, the Director, Weather Forecast Services, NIMET, said that people could now view weather forecasts easily through its electronic services.
He added that the importance of the new development was to allow all stakeholders ranging from those engaged in hydrology, aviation, agriculture, marine and other stakeholders to have direct access to its information.
Anthony Anuforom, the Director-General of NIMET, had on May 10, 2011, commissioned the National Weather Forecasting and Climate Research Centre, Abuja, which, he described, as a world class infrastructure at the airport
In September 2011, the agency also installed Low Level Windshear Alert System in the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, in a bid to improve weather forecast and safety in the Nigerian airspace.
?Apart from the Abuja and Lagos airports, which are already equipped with the devices, other airports like Port Harcourt, Kano, as well as other airports in the country, will join in the installation of the safety gadgets soon,?? Anuforom said during the launch of the equipment.
