ENHANCING CAPACITY OF TMA IN INTERPRETATION AND APPLICATION OF RADAR PRODUCTION.

Radar training participants in a group photo with  Acting Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Authority Dr. Ladislaus Chang’a during the training held on 15^th - 18^th July 2019 at TMA Conference room, 3^rd floor- Ubungo Plaza.

On 15^th - 18^th July 2019, Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA) in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), National Centre for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) of United States of America (USA), and other partners through the Weather and Climate Information Services for Africa (WISER) programme to implement a 3-year research project titled “HIGH Impact Weather lAKE sYstem(HIGHWAY)” organized a Radar training workshop to enable effective use of climate information to minimize deaths and damage due to severe convection and strong winds on Lake Victoria through improved use of radar products. The training was conducted at TMA conference room, 3^rd floor Ubungo Plaza.

During the opening, the Acting Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Authority (TMA), Dr. Ladislaus Chang’a, thanked HIGHWAY collaborating partners, for the good cooperation and DFID for funds the project. He also thanked the facilitator of the training for the preparation of the training and all other training organizers (Internal and External) for the excellent work in organizing the workshop. He acknowledge the good intention of the facilitator in departing radar knowledge, and seem to be the best radar facilitator in the world and expect them to deliver best knowledge that will enhance TMA capacity in interpretation and application of Radar products on giving best early warning and forecasting services . “Dear facilitator as the best Radar facilitator in the world we expect to attain best knowledge that will make TMA to be arm of Radar training across the African continent in terms of new technology particularly in radar services” said Dr. Chang’a.

Dr. Chang’a reminded the facilitators that, TMA has shifted to full authority from Agency found during their previous visit. He insisted participants to take the training as historical events as an authority and walk through our TMA vision, to become centre of excellent in accelerating national development by providing quality products and services. 

Lastly, Dr. Chang’a emphasized the participants and facilitator to cooperate during the workshop by reminding them of the importance of the training at Nation level, especially in social economy development in Tanzania that may facilitate to shift into a middle income as an industrial dependent economy, which also depend in raw materials from agricultural sectors. 

WATUMIAJI WA ZIWA VIKTORIA KUNUFAIKA NA UBORESHAJI WA UTOAJI WA TAHADHARI ZA HALI MBAYA YA HEWA

Tarehe 18/07/2019. Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA) kwa kushirikiana na wadau mbalimbali imeandaa mpango maalumu wenye lengo la kuongeza ufanisi wa utoaji wa tahadhari za hali mbaya ya hewa kwa watumiaji wa Ziwa Viktoria. Mpango huo ulibainishwa wakati wa uzinduzi rasmi wa mradi wa ‘HIGH impact Weather lAke sYstem (HIGHWAY)’ uliofanyika katika ukumbi wa mkutano wa Ubungo Plaza na Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa TMA Dkt. Ladislaus Chang’a .

‘Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA) kwa kushirikiana na wadau mbalimbali imedhamiria kuongeza ufanisi wa uandaaji na usambazaji kwa wakati wa taarifa za hali ya hewa hususani taarifa za hali mbaya ya hewa kwa watumiaji wa Ziwa Viktoria’, alibainisha Dkt. Chang’a.

Aliongezea ‘wadau wa mradi huu wakiwemo wataalam kutoka TMA watakaa pamoja na kufanyia maboresho taarifa zinazoatolewa na Mamlaka na hivyo kufanikisha utoaji wa huduma bora zaidi na kusaidia serikali katika jitihada za kuhakikisha huduma za hali ya hewa nchini zinachangia katika kufanikisha mikakati na jitihada za nchi kufikia uchumi wa kati na uchumi wa viwanda , ‘ 

Awali wakati wa ufunguzi, Bi. Rita Roberts mtaalam wa mradi kutoka ‘National Centre for Atmosphere Research (NCRA)’ alifafanua kuwa mradi huu utasaidia Kanda ya Afrika Mashariki kupitia taasisi zake za hali ya hewa kufanikisha utoaji endelevu wa tahadhari za hali mbaya ya hewa kwa wakati pamoja na kuongeza kiwango cha usahihi na uhakika kwa taarifa za hali ya hewa na hivyo kupunguza athari za vifo na upotevu wa mali.

Mradi huu unahusisha Taasisi za Hali ya Hewa za Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda na Rwanda kwa kushirikiana na Shirika la Hali ya Hewa Duniani (WMO) na ‘National Centre for Atmosphere Research (NCRA)’ kutoka Marekani, Taasis ya Hali ya Hewa ya Uingereza (UKMet Office) kwa ufadhili wa ‘Department for International Development (DFID)’ ya Uingereza.

UMUHIMU WA MATUMIZI YA TAARIFA ZA HALI YA HEWA KATIKA KUZALISHA NISHATI KWA KUTUMIA UPEPO

MAMENEJA WA TMA WATAKIWA KUWEKA MIKAKATI BORA YA MAWASILIANO YA HUDUMA ZA HALI YA HEWA.

Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA) Dkt. Ladislaus Chang’a  katika picha ya pamoja na washiriki wa warsha ya mafunzo ya mawasiliano ya kimkakati ya huduma za hali ya hewa kwa jamii, tarehe 11/07/2019, Kibaha, Pwani

Mameneja kutoka Ofisi za Kanda za Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA) wametakiwa kuhakikisha wanaweka mikakati bora ya mawasiliano ya huduma za hali ya hewa katika kanda zao.

Maelekezo hayo yalitolewa na Kaimu Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa TMA Dkt. Ladislaus Chang’a wakati wa ufunguzi wa warsha ya mafunzo ya mawasiliano ya kimkakati ya huduma za hali ya hewa kwa jamii ,yaliyoandaliwa kwaajili ya kuwajengea uwezo wakuu hao wa vituo vya kanda jinsi ya kuwasiliana kwa njia bora na rahisi. Mafunzo hayo yalifanyika Kibaha, Pwani tarehe 10-11 Julai 2019, na kuwakutanisha mameneja kutoka ofisi za kanda-TMA, wataalam wa hali ya hewa kutoka Kituo Kikuu cha Utabiri (CFO) na mtaalam wa mawasiliano kutoka Ofisi ya Waziri Mkuu.

‘Mtakapo fikia mwisho wa mafunzo haya, nahitaji kupata mikakati bora ya mawasiliano ya huduma zetu katika maeneo ya kazi (kanda) zenu yenye lengo la kuboresha usambazaji wa taarifa za hali ya hewa na hivyo kuchangia nchi yetu kufika malengo ya Serikali ya uchumi wa kati’, alisema Dkt. Chang’a

Aidha, aliendelea kwa kuwataka viongozi hao wa Mamlaka kuhakikisha wanaboresha utendaji wao wa kazi kwa kuongeza juhudi kwenye kila kinachofanyika hususani njia mahususi za kuwafikia wadau na jamii kwa ujumla.

Warsha hiyo ya mafunzo imeandaliwa na TMA kwa udhamini wa ‘Department for International Development (DFID)’ kupitia mradi wa Weather and Climate Information services for Africa (WISER), wenye lengo la kuimarisha upatiakanaji, usambazaji na matumizi ya taarifa za hali ya hewa.

IMEANDALIWA NA;

OFISI YA UHUSIANO

MAMLAKA YA HALI YA HEWA TANZANIA (TMA)

 

 

MHE. PROF. KABUDI: WIZARA ITAENDELEA KUTOA USHIRIKIANO KATIKA UTEKELEZAJI WA MAJUKUMU YA WMO

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki Mhe. Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi akisalimiana na kupata maelezo mafupi kutoka kwa Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa TMA Dkt. Agnes Kijazi kuhusu majukumu ya nafasi yake ya umakamu wa tatu wa Rais wa WMO, Ofisi za wizara, Dar es Salaam

Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki Mhe. Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi katika picha ya pamoja na ujumbe kutoka Wizarani na TMA, Ofisi za wizara, Dar es Salaam

Ujumbe kutoka TMA (juu) na Ujumbe kutoka Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki  (chini) wakisikiliza maelezo kutoka kwa Mhe. Prof Kabudi, Ofisi za wizara, Dar es Salaam

‘Nakuahidi kuwa Wizara itaendelea kutoa ushirikiano wote katika kutekeleza majukumu yako ndani ya Shirika la Hali ya Hewa Duniani (WMO)’. Alisema Mhe. Prof. Palamagamba Kabudi, Waziri wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki wakati alipokutana na Mkurugenzi Mkuu wa Mamlaka ya Hali ya Hewa Tanzania (TMA), Dkt. Agnes Kijazi.

Katika mazungumzo hayo, Prof. Kabudi alisema Dkt. Kijazi amekuwa mfano kwa Tanzania na Afrika hususani kwa wanawake na kuahidi kutoa ushirikiano wenye lengo la kuhakikisha anafanikisha utekelezaji wa majukumu yake katika nafasi ya Makamu wa Tatu wa Rais wa WMO na hivyo kuiwakilisha nchi vyema.

Mhe. Prof Kabudi aliendelea kuelezea umuhimu wa kujiendeleza kielimu kwa watumishi wote wa Serikali ili kuweza kujijengea uwezo wa kupambana na watumishi au wagombea wengine kutoka mataifa mbalimbali hususan mataifa yaliyoendelea kwenye nafasi za juu za kidunia.

Aidha, Mhe. Waziri alimtaka Mkurugenzi wa TMA kuendelea kuboresha huduma za hali ya hewa nchini kwa vile ni huduma muhimu sana kwa sekta zingine kama kilimo, uvuvi, mipango n.k, akitolea mfano wa kazi nzuri iliyofanyika ya kutoa tahadhari za mara kwa mara za mvua kubwa na kimbunga Kenneth ambazo zilisaidia Serikali kuchukua hatua stahiki

Naye, Dkt. Kijazi aliishukuru Wizara kwa namna walivyofanikisha mchakato mzima wa uchaguzi hadi kupatikana kwa nafasi ya umakamu wa Tatu wa Rais wa WMO na aliahidi kuendelea kupeperusha bendera ya Tanzania vizuri, kwavile ameona jinsi diplomasia ya Tanzania inavyokubalika kimataifa.

‘Kwa vile moja ya jukumu langu kubwa nililopatiwa kusimamia ni eneo la kujengeana uwezo (capacity building), nitahakikisha mawazo ya nchi zinazoendelea ikiwemo Tanzania yanawasilishwa na kufanyiwa kazi kwa maendeleo ya sayansi ya hali ya hewa na hivyo kuboresha huduma za hali ya hewa’. Alizungumza Dkt. Kijazi

Aidha, aliishukuru Serikali, kupitia Wizira wa Mambo ya Nje na Ushirikiano wa Afrika Mashariki kwa kumuani na kukubali kujitosa katika kinyanga’nyiro hicho. Aliiomba Serikali iendelee kufanya hivyo kwa wengine ili kukuza diplomasia ya Tanzania duniani.

IMEANDALIWA NA;

OFISI YA UHUSIANO

MAMLAKA YA HALI YA HEWA TANZANIA (TMA)

TMA set to upgrade production of quality climate data through R-Instant

PICSA training workshop participants in a group Photo

On 08/07/2018, Dar es Salaam, the acting Director General of Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) and GFCS-Project Delivery Team chairperson Dr. Ladislaus Chang’a officiated the opening of PICSA workshop.

Dr. Chang’a told the participants that at the end of the training workshop, Tanzania through Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA) will upgrade the production of quality data through the latest version of R-instant, and he expects participants to be competent enough to upscale the knowledge to other part of the country and continent in general.

‘It’s important for Tanzania through TMA to enhance capacity in  processing and analysis of historical climate data and generation of quality products using all available tools including  latest version of R-Instat. The knowledge attained need to up-scaled to the rest of the country and across the continent, urged Dr. Enhanced knowledge in the processing and analysis of historical climate data is fundamental for   provision of quality services including in effective planning and decision making in all socio-economic sectors. These efforts are expected to contribute in effective implementation of Tanzania Development Voision (Vision 20105) and supporting the aspiration of Tanzania to become the middle income and industrialized country.

Earlier during the opening, the facilitator of the training Prof. Roger Stern from University of Reading and stats4SD assured the participants that through R-Instat, TMA will be able to handle and analyze data from multiple stations simultaneously.

He added that R-Instat, has been developed by Africans in Africa for addressing common statistical challenges, including improving statistical literacy in Africa and beyond. The R-Instat is an open source statistical software, which provides an easy-to-use front end to the R statistical system. It incorporates many R packages like the original Instat, and it is designed as a general statistics package with an additional climatic menu.

The training workshop was held under the umbrella of the Global Framework for Climate Services-Adaptation Programme in Africa Phase II project, with financial support from the Government of Norway through World Meteorological Organization (WMO). GFCS is an opportunity for Tanzania and Africa to make use of weather and climate data for sectoral planning, advocacy and socio-economic development through implementation of National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS).

Released by:

Monica Mutoni,

Communication Officer,

Tanzania Meteorological Agency (TMA)

MKURUGENZI MKUU MAMLAKA YA HALI HEWA TANZANIA AKIPONGEZWA NA VIONGOZI MBALIMBALI WA SERIKALI KUTOKANA NA KUCHAGULIWA KUWA MAKAMU WA TATU WA RAIS WA SHIRIKA LA HALI YA HEWA DUNIANI (WMO).