Press Releases

Radio Frequency Coordination Training Workshop and WMO Expert Team Meeting in the Caribbean for the first time

Port of Spain, 14 February 2024 - The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) Headquarters Unit, in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Expert Team on Radio Frequency Coordination (ET-RFC), and with the support of the Caribbean Telecommunication Union (CTU), will be hosting a training workshop on Radio Frequency Matters on 19 and 23 February 2024, in conjunction with the Fifth (5th) Meeting of the WMO Expert Team on RFC from 20-22 February 2024 at the CTU Headquarters, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.... Read More››

50th Anniversary of the Agreement for the Establishment of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization

Port of Spain, 19 October 2023 - The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) invites you to join in the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Agreement for the Establishment of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization, signed on 19 October 1973 in Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis... The CMO originated from the old British Caribbean Meteorological Service that was established by the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) in 1951... Read More››

Geneva, 30 May 2023 - Early Warnings for All supported by CMO at the 19th World Meteorological Congress

On World Meteorological Day 2023, CMO celebrates 50th Anniversary and 70 years of BCT Membership with WMO

Port of Spain, 15 March 2023 - World Meteorological Day, CMO 50th, CARICOM 50th, and British Caribbean Territories 70th as WMO Member

63rd Caribbean Meteorological Council, 24-25 November 2022

2 December 2022 - 63rd CMC Session and Related Meetings hosted by the Government of the Cayman Islands

Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) Participates in United Nations Conference of Parties (COP27)

Port of Spain, 5 November 2022 - CMO at COP27, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, 2022

CMO develops Legal Basis for Meteorological Services and Strategic Plans and National Frameworks for Weather, Water, & Climate Services

Port of Spain, 17 December 2021 - The Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO) has delivered two major milestones in the Climate Risk and Early Warning System (CREWS) Initiative’s Caribbean Project

  1. Model Meteorological Legislation and Policy
  2. Strategic Plans and National Frameworks for Weather, Water and Climate Services for eight Member States
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Caribbean forecasters contribute to major international atmospheric and oceanic field study

Port of Spain, 10 February 2020 - For the first time, forecasters from across the Caribbean have been participating in a major international atmospheric and oceanic field campaign, entitled, "Elucidating the Role of Clouds-Circulation Coupling in Climate" (EUREC4A). The field campaign is focused on the areas east and south of Barbados, from 20 January to 20 February 2020.

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Caribbean Weather Heads at Congress of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized UN Agency

Port of Spain, 28 June 2019: English-speaking Caribbean States were well represented at the 18th Congress of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which took place in Geneva, Switzerland from 3 to 14 June 2019. Read More››