World Meteorological Day

Today is the first time I realized that there was a day called "World Meteorological Day". Each year, on 23 March, the World Meteorological Organization, its 189 Members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day around a chosen theme. This year, the theme is “60 years of service for your safety and well-being”. This day commemorates the entry into force, on that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention creating the Organization. Subsequently, in 1951, WMO was designated a specialized agency of the United Nations System.

Here's an interesting article about how WMO improves weather forecasts: http://www.ghananewsagency.org/s_science/r_13793/?ref=twitter

Incase you didn't know, (because I will admit, I don't know much about this kind of thing) the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the UN's voice on the state and behaviour of the Earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the oceans, the climate it produces and the resulting distribution of water resources.

.....Go here to read the full article...--->

Since its establishment, WMO has played a unique and powerful role in contributing to the safety and welfare of humanity. They contribute substantially to the protection of life and property against natural disasters, to safeguarding the environment and to enhancing the economic and social well-being of all sectors of society in areas such as food security, water resources and transport. Here is the official website to learn more: http://www.wmo.int/pages/index_en.html

If it weren't for this blog, I never would've learned about the World Meteorological Day. Without this blog, I would've went about my day, doing the usual things that I do. I think its important to learn new things every day, not just try new things every day. So, today my first was learning something new!  Go out, do some research about a topic you wouldn't normally care about. It's fun and you might just find something you want to learn/research more about!! 

(all info in the blog, was taken from wikipedia.org and wmo.int)