EL SALVADOR
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND 
LIVESTOCK 
GENERAL DIRECTORATE OF 
RENEWABLE NATURAL 
RESOURCES
TOPOGRAPHY HYDROGRAPHIC BASIN
EWS by hydro-meteorological 
events 
PRESENT
Weather Forecast 
produced by the CPM 
- INTERPRETATION OF THE SATELLITE IMAGE 
- ANALYSIS OF MAPS CONTAINING ATMOSPHERIC 
VARIABLES (ACTUAL AND NUMERIC MODELS 
- ACTUAL OBSERVATION OF STATIONS WITHIN THE 
COUNTRY AND IN NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES 
-METEOROLOGIST’S EXPERIENCE TO INTEGRATE, 
ADJUST, VALIDATE AND FORECAST 
- ISSUE A BULLETIN EVERY 24 HOURS WITH 48 
HOURS VALIDITY AND SEND IT TO COEN.
EWS 
PREPAREDNESS AND MITIGATION 
- PROCEDURES MANUAL 
- THREAT CLASSIFICATION 
- SHORT TERM RAINFALL MONITORING 
- WARNING SYSTEM (COEN) 
- PREPARE AN EVACUATION PLAN 
- SHELTER SELECTION 
- FOOD AND SERVICES 
- SECUNDARY SUPPORT
Extra Tools 
COF 2001 
Tegucigalpa
Abnormal Percentages of rainfall accumulated 
during the JJA quarter 
Anomaly Percentages, JJA Trimester, Analogies vrs 2001 
-70 
-60 
-50 
-40 
-30 
-20 
-10
0 
10 
20 
T6 H8 A15 A12 S10 G3 B1 B10 M6 Z2 N15 
Seasons 
Anomaly percentage (%) 
Analogos 2001
RAMDIS 
Interpretation and Demonstration System of the 
Advanced Regional Meteorological Satellite 
With a server in Costa Rica, high resolution 
images are received within the visibility of 1 
km. 
Good resolution in other channels, 4 Km. 
They lack a dedicated and fast internet line 
connection.
FUTURE 
EWS 
CREATION OF THE NATIONAL 
TERRITORIAL STUDIES SERVICE 
(NTSS) 
INSIDE THE MARN THE NTSS 
GROUPS THE FIELDS OF 
SEISMOLOGY, VULCANOLOGY, 
METEOROLOGY AND 
HYDROLOGY 
WITH A RISK MANAGEMENT AND 
RESEARCH UNIT INTEGRATION OF MONITORING 
NETWORKS
PAES-SMHN
POST-MITCH USGS AID 
EWS FOR RIO GRANDE FLOODS IN SAN MIGUEL 
(WARNING: AUTOMATIC, LOCAL ASESSMENT IN 
REAL TIME). 
EWS FOR HIGH TIDES AND FLOODS AT RIO LEMPA 
THE CPH WILL MANAGE TWO FORACAST MODELS 
FOR BOTH RIVERS 
CIH ACCUMULATES DATA FOR RAIN AND RIVER 
LEVELS
CIH
EQUIPMENT 
WORK STATIONS RECEIVING DATA VIA DEDICATED 
SATELITE OR INTERNET. 
UNIX OR WINDOWS PLATFORM 
COLOR WINDOWS SHOW GRAPHICS OF RAINFALL 
LEVEL AT STATIONS 
SENDS AUDIBLE AND HARDCOPY WARNINGS ON 
THE SCREEN AND BY FAX TO THE COMMUNITIES AT 
RISK, THE SMHN AND COEN 
ADJUSTMENT TRIALS WILL BE MADE IN THE PERIOD 
2001 - 2002 DROUGHT BASED ON PHENOLOGY AND SURVEYS
DROUGHT BASED ON RAIN DATA
APRIL-MAY-JUNE ‘98 QUARTER
NEEDS 
- SYSTEMATIZE A BETTER DATA BASE IN THE SMHN 
AND RECOVER THE DATA IN A HARD COPY 
- RESEARCH DISCIPLINE INTEGRATION 
-IMPROVE COMMUNICATIONS, WITH TELEPHONE 
LINES, DEDICATED INTERNET, FAXES 
-PERMANENT TRAINING 
-APPLY MORE FORECASTING MODELS FOR SHORT AND 
LONG TERMS 
-INTEGRATE REGIONAL OFFICES Thank You



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