International List of Weather Services

We found our link to such a list in our online weather course had gone missing, and that it was not so easy to find such a list, so we make one here for easy reference.

A

Afghanistan	Afghan Meteorological Authority
Albania	The Hydrometeorological Institute
Algeria	Office National de la Météorologie
Angola	Instituto Nacional de Hidrometeorología e Geofísica
Antigua and Barbuda	Meteorological Services
Argentina	Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
Armenia	Armenian State Hydrometeorological and Monitoring Service
Australia	Bureau of Meteorology
Austria	Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
Azerbaijan	National Hydrometeorological Department

B

Bahamas	Department of Meteorology
Bahrain	Bahrain Meteorological Service
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Meteorological Department
Barbados	Meteorological Services
Belarus	Department of Hydrometeorology
Belgium	Institut Royal Météorologique
Belize	National Meteorological Service
Benin	Service Météorologique National
Bhutan	Council for Renewable Natural Resources Research
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Meteorological Institute
Botswana	Botswana Meteorological Services
Brazil	Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
Brunei Darussalam	The Brunei Meteorological Service
Bulgaria	National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology
Burkina Faso	Direction de la Météorologie
Burundi	Institut Géographique du Burundi

C

Cambodia	Department of Meteorology
Cameroon	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Canada	Meteorological Service of Canada
Cabo Verde	Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geophísica
Central African Republic	Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile et de la Météorologie
Chad	Direction des Ressources en Eau et de la Météorologie
Chile	Dirección Meteorológica de Chile
China	China Meteorological Administration
Colombia	Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales
Comoros	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Congo	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Cook Islands	Cook Islands Meteorological Service
Costa Rica	Instituto Meteorológico Nacional
Côte d'Ivoire	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Croatia	Meteorological and Hydrological Service
Cuba	Instituto de Meteorología
Cyprus	Meteorological Service
Czech Republic	Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

D

Democratic People's Republic of Korea	State Hydrometeorological Administration
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Agence Nationale de Météorologie et de Télédétection par Satellite
Denmark	Danish Meteorological Institute
Djibouti	Service de la Météorologie
Dominica	Dominica Meteorological Services
Dominican Republic	Oficina Nacional de Meteorologiá

E

Ecuador	Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (INAMHI)
Egypt	The Egyptian Meteorological Authority
El Salvador	Servicio Nacional de Estudios Territoriales
Eritrea	Civil Aviation Authority
Estonia	Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Ethiopia	National Meteorological Services Agency

F

Fiji	Fiji Meteorological Service
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute
France	Météo-France

G

Gabon	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
The Gambia	Department of Water Resources
Georgia	Department of Hydrometeorology
Germany	Deutscher Wetterdienst
Ghana	Ghana Meteorological Services Department
Greece	Hellenic National Meteorological Service
Guatemala	Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorologiá e Hidrología
Guinea	Direction Nationale de la Météorologie
Guinea-Bissau	Météorologie de Guinée Bissau
Guyana	Hydrometeorological Service

H

Haiti	Centre national de météorologie
Honduras	Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
Hungary	Meteorological Service of Hungary

I

Iceland	Icelandic Meteorological Office
India	India Meteorological Department
Indonesia	Meteorological and Geophysical Agency
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Islamic Republic of Iran Meteorological Organization
Iraq	Iraqi Meteorological Organization
Ireland	The Irish Meteorological Service
Israel	Israel Meteorological Service
Italy	Servizio Meteorologico

J

Jamaica	Meteorological Service
Japan	Japan Meteorological Agency
Jordan	Jordan Meteorological Department

K

Kazakhstan	Kazhydromet
Kenya	Kenya Meteorological Department
Kiribati	Kiribati Meteorological Service
Kuwait	Department of Meteorology
Kyrgyzstan	Main Hydrometeorological Administration

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology
Latvia	Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency
Lebanon	Service Météorologique
Lesotho	Lesotho Meteorological Services
Liberia	Ministry of Transport
Libya	Libyan National Meteorological Centre
Lithuania	Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service
Luxembourg	Administration de l'Aéroport de Luxembourg

M

Madagascar	Direction Générale de la Météorologie
Malawi	Malawi Meteorological Services
Malaysia	Malaysian Meteorological Department
Maldives	Department of Meteorology
Mali	Direction Nationale de la Météorologie du Mali
Malta	Meteorological Office
Mauritania	Office National de Météorologie
Mauritius	Mauritius Meteorological Services
Mexico	Servicio Meteorológico Nacional
Micronesia, Federated States of	FSM Weather Station
Moldova	Serviciul Hidrometeorologic de Stat Moldova
Monaco	Mission Permanente de la Principauté de Monaco
Mongolia	National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment Monitoring
Montenegro	Hydrometeorological Institute of Montenegro
Morocco	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Mozambique	Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia
Myanmar	Department of Meteorology and Hydrology

N

Namibia	Namibia Meteorological Service
Nepal	Department of Hydrology and Meteorology
Netherlands (the)	Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
New Zealand	New Zealand National Meteorological Service
Nicaragua	Dirección General de Meteorología
Niger	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Nigeria	Nigerian Meteorological Agency
Niue	Niue Meteorological Service
Norway	Norwegian Meteorological Institute

O

Oman	Department of Meteorology

P

Pakistan	Pakistan Meteorological Department
Panama	Hidrometeorología
Papua New Guinea	Papua New Guinea Meteorological Service
Paraguay	Dirección de Meteorología e Hidrología
Peru	Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología
Philippines	Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration
Poland	Institute of Meteorology and Water Management
Portugal	Instituto de Meteorologia

Q

Qatar

Civil Aviation Authority

R

Republic of Korea	Korea Meteorological Administration
Romania	National Meteorological Administration
Russian Federation	Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring
Rwanda	Rwanda Meteorological Agency

S

Saint Lucia	Meteorological Services
Samoa	Samoa Meteorology Division
Sao Tome and Principe	Institut National de Météorologie
Saudi Arabia	Presidency of Meteorology and Environment
Senegal	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Serbia	Republic Hydrometeorological Service of Serbia
Seychelles	National Meteorological Services
Sierra Leone	Meteorological Department
Singapore	Meteorological Services Division
Slovakia	Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute
Slovenia	Meteorological Office
Solomon Islands	Solomon Islands Meteorological Service
Somalia	Permanent Mission of Somalia
South Africa	South African Weather Service
South Sudan	South Sudan Weather Service
Spain	Agencia Estatal de Meteorología
Sri Lanka	Department of Meteorology
Sudan	Sudan Meteorological Authority
Suriname	Meteorological Service
Swaziland	Swaziland Meteorological Service
Sweden	Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
Switzerland	MeteoSwiss
Syrian Arab Republic	Ministry of Defence Meteorological Department

T

Tajikistan	Main Administration of Hydrometeorology and Monitoring of the Environment
Thailand	Thai Meteorological Department
Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of	Dirrecão Nacional Meteorologia e Geofisica
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	Republic Hydrometeorological Institute
Togo	Direction de la Météorologie Nationale
Tonga	Tonga Meteorological Service
Trinidad and Tobago	Meteorological Service
Tunisia	National Institute of Meteorology
Turkey	Turkish State Meteorological Service
Turkmenistan	Administration of Hydrometeorology
Tuvalu	Tuvalu Met Service

U

Uganda	Department of Meteorology
Ukraine	Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Center
United Arab Emirates	National Center for Meteorology and Seismology
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Met Office
United Republic of Tanzania	Tanzania Meteorological Agency
United States of America	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Uruguay	Dirección Nacional de Meteorología
Uzbekistan	Uzhydromet

V

Vanuatu	Vanuatu Meteorological Services
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología
Viet Nam	Hydrometeorological Service

Y

Yemen

Yemen Meteorological Service

Z

Zambia	Zambia Meteorological Department
Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe Meteorological Services Department

Territories

British Caribbean Territories	Caribbean Meteorological Organization
French Polynesia	Météo-France Polynesie Francaise
Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong Observatory
Macao, China	Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau
Curaçao and Sint Maarten	Meteorological Service
New Caledonia	Météo-France Nouvelle Calédonie

Converting a Google Earth Path to a GPX Route

There are occasions in navigation when we might want to make a route starting with Google Earth (GE).  This can occur when there is poor charting of an area, but good satellite images, or in more common cases of just wanting to take advantage of the slick display GE offers to layout a route, and then do the fine tuning relative to charted aids on an actual chart.

When doing the latter, one thing we learned to be aware of is GE images do not specify tide height!  We have made a few practice routes in and around small islands, only to learn after the routes were imported to a navigation program and viewed on real charts, that in fact the tide was high when the image was taken, so we were actually laying out a route over a foreshore.  Looked like perfectly good water in the satellite image.

The procedure described here is making and saving a path using GE, and then applying a simple conversion to put this into standard GPS Exchange format (GPX), which is a file type that all navigation programs can read and interpret.

We have discussed this in earlier posts, listed below, but our new system is better documented and now employs a conversion service of our own that is as direct as possible.  The process is described in this video:

The converter is located at this page

Starpath KML to GPX converter (www.starpath.com/gpx), 

which repeats the instructions.

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Earlier related notes include:

Route Planning and Sharing with GPX Files

How to make current stations into waypoints in a batch process

The GPX standard is described here: GPX 1.1 Schema Documentation

An online service that does several types of conversions is GPS Visualizer

Here are what these files look like.  They are xml format. They are readable in a text viewer.

A KML file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<kml xmlns="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:gx="http://www.google.com/kml/ext/2.2" xmlns:kml="http://www.opengis.net/kml/2.2" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
<Document>
<name>Baha-test-route.kml</name>
<StyleMap id="inline">
<Pair>
<key>normal</key>
<styleUrl>#inline0</styleUrl>
</Pair>
<Pair>
<key>highlight</key>
<styleUrl>#inline1</styleUrl>
</Pair>
</StyleMap>
<Style id="inline0">
<LineStyle>
<color>ff0000ff</color>
<width>2</width>
</LineStyle>
<PolyStyle>
<fill>0</fill>
</PolyStyle>
</Style>
<Style id="inline1">
<LineStyle>
<color>ff0000ff</color>
<width>2</width>
</LineStyle>
<PolyStyle>
<fill>0</fill>
</PolyStyle>
</Style>
<Placemark>
<name>Baha-test-route</name>
<styleUrl>#inline</styleUrl>
<LineString>
<tessellate>1</tessellate>
<coordinates>
-109.9149585549397,24.54030130162237,0 -109.7004369370675,24.16846017059697,0 -109.7511069786428,24.1101387791539,0 -109.8286141711317,24.09290849128375,0 -109.9329035588094,24.10824725446978,0 -110.0257611588921,24.29775334743895,0 -110.2115066128303,24.58804334869875,0 -110.3484830291369,24.66860558615499,0 -110.4831806473397,24.63053918262128,0 -110.4894445378171,24.48650911115754,0 -110.4181686154688,24.36026101756055,0 -110.3474312753582,24.36824754053653,0 -110.2411283328199,24.41132537504683,0
</coordinates>
</LineString>
</Placemark>
</Document>
</kml>

and a GPX file after conversion to GPX:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<gpx xmlns="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1 http://www.topografix.com/GPX/1/1/gpx.xsd" version="1.1" creator="Starpath School of Navigation - http://www.starpath.com">

<rte>

<name>Baha-test-route</name>

<rtept lat="24.54030130162237" lon="-109.9149585549397">

<name>001</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.16846017059697" lon="-109.7004369370675">

<name>002</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.1101387791539" lon="-109.7511069786428">

<name>003</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.09290849128375" lon="-109.8286141711317">

<name>004</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.10824725446978" lon="-109.9329035588094">

<name>005</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.29775334743895" lon="-110.0257611588921">

<name>006</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.58804334869875" lon="-110.2115066128303">

<name>007</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.66860558615499" lon="-110.3484830291369">

<name>008</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.63053918262128" lon="-110.4831806473397">

<name>009</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.48650911115754" lon="-110.4894445378171">

<name>010</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.36026101756055" lon="-110.4181686154688">

<name>011</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.36824754053653" lon="-110.3474312753582">

<name>012</name>

</rtept>

        <rtept lat="24.41132537504683" lon="-110.2411283328199">

<name>013</name>

</rtept>

        </rte>

</gpx>