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On the above
picture you can observe a weather radar which has been installed
at Trou aux Cerfs by the Mauritius Meteorogical Services in
1977, one of its main operation is to track tropical storms or
cyclones. The Mauritius Meteo Services gives the weather
forecast in Mauritius. The Mauritius Meteorogical Services is
located at St Paul Road in Vacoas, Mauritius. The Meteorogical
Services gives the weather forecast and everyday temperature for
Mauritius and Rodrigues. There is at Vacoas a meteorogical
service station for upper air and surface observations, there is
another meteorogical station at Mer Rouge which is for
temperature, sea, wind and rainfall observations. The rainfall
in Mauritius is measured by over two hundred stations which are
dispersed over the island, in Rodrigues there is around ten
rainfall stations, there is one in St Brandon and one in Agalega.
To offer the weather forecast in Mauritius there are
meteorogical and meteorogists technicians watching all changes
in forecast everyday and 24 hours. The Meteorogical Services
need also to offer the weather forecast for air and shipping
services. For shipping the weather forecast is issued two times
daily which is at 00.30UT and a 12.30UT. The local weather
forecast and charts are seen daily on television during the news
(journal) on the MBC television morning and evening. The local
weather forecasts are usually issued everyday at 4.00m 11.00 and
16.00 LT which is broadcasted over the local radios of
Mauritius. All activities having relation to meteorology can be
found since 1774, the first public observatory was founded by
Colonel Lloyd, at the wharf in Port Louis in 1831 which was
mainly for the marine use. In 1774 a meteorogical station was
built at Pamplemousses and the Director of the Botanical gardens
Mr Céré started meteorogical observations at this time. In 1902
was built in Rodrigues the first Meteorogical outstation. In
1925 the headquarters of the Meteorogical Services moved from
Pamplemousses to vacoas. In February1968 the first satellite
imagery was received at Mauritius Meteorogical Services of
Vacoas. |
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