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Regional Meteorological Station Information

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Station Classes
 1: First Class Stations.
 2: Second Class Station.
 3: Third Class Station.
 4: Fourth Class Station.
Brief Instruction
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Select stations from the beneath list of stations by clicking the corresponding check boxes. (To select all stations, just click on the check-box found on the header bar of the list.


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Synoptic Stations

These are station at which meteorological observations are made for the purposes of synoptic meteorology. Observations are taken every hour for 24 hours a day at full GMT hours. There are 22 Synoptic stations in Ethiopia . They observe the following meteorological parameters:

•  Dry Bulb Temperature (oC)
•  Wet Bulb Temperature ( oC)
•  Dew Point Temperature (oC)
•  Relative Humidity (%)
•  Amount of precipitation (mm)
•  Amount, type and height of base of cloud
•  Present weather and past weather (i.e. in the last hour)
•  Horizontal visibility (kms)
•  Wind Direction and Speed(degree and kts or m/sec) at 10ms
•  Wind Speed (m/sec) at 2ms
•  Pressure (mm of Hg/hPa)
•  Station level pressure
•  Mean sea-level pressure
•  Pressure tendency
•  Maximum and Minimum Temperature ( oC)
•  Sunshine Duration (hour)
•  Evaporation (Pitche or Pan) (mm)
•  Soil Temperature at different depth (i.e. 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 and 100 cm)

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Principal or Indicative Stations

These are stations at which meteorological observations are made for climatological purposes. Observations are taken every three hours in the following GMT times ( 0300, 0600, 0900, 1200, 1500 GMT ). There are more than 150 Principal stations in Ethiopia . They observe the following meteorological stations:

•Dry Bulb Temperature (oC)
•Wet Bulb Temperature (oC)
•Dew Point Temperature (oC)
•Relative Humidity (%)
•Amount of precipitation (mm)
•Amount of cloud (octas)
•Weather
•Wind Direction and Speed (degree and knots or m/sec) at 10ms
•Wind Speed (m/sec) at 2ms
•Maximum and Minimum Temperature (oC)
•Sunshine Duration (hour)
•Evaporation (Pitche or Pan) (mm)
•Soil Temperature ( oC) at different depth (i.e. 5, 10, 20, 30, 50 and 100 cm)

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Ordinary Stations

These are stations at which only three meteorological elements are observed, i.e. maximum air temperature of the day, minimum air temperature of the day and total rainfall amount in 24 hours. Observations are taken at 0600 and 1500 GMT.

Rainfall Recording Stations

These are stations at which only the total rainfall amount in 24 hours are observed. Observations are taken at 0600 GMT.

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