More organisations joining the "Community Weather Information Network"

5 January 2010

The number of members of "Community Weather Information Network" (Co-WIN) continues to increase. There are totally 74 members at present (up to 5 January 2010). The members newly joining Co-WIN are from the following organizations:

(a) Jockey Club HSBC WWF Hong Kong Hoi Ha Marine Life Centre (Sai Kung District)(code 5)
(b) Scout Association of Hong Kong (Pak Sha Wan T.W.C. Sea Activity Centre) (Sai Kung District)(code 73)
(c) Scout Association of Hong Kong (Tung Tsz Scout Centre) (Tai Po District)(code 74)

The above new members serve an even wider community and should further promote weather education in Hong Kong.

The Co-WIN is a collaborative effort of the Hong Kong Observatory, the Department of Applied Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Hong Kong Joint-school Meteorological Association. The aim is to gather weather information collected by weather stations in schools and organizations, and make it available on the Internet for use by the public after carrying out appropriate data quality assurance.

Members of the public can access the network's website of "Community Weather Information Network"
(http://weather.ap.polyu.edu.hk/index.php). (The website has also been linked to the Observatory's homepage at http://www.weather.gov.hk/contente.htm).

All schools and organizations are welcome to join the network. For enquiries, please contact:

Mr. TSE Wai Ming
Senior Experimental Officer
Hong Kong Observatory
Telephone: (852) 2926 8346
Email: cowin@hko.gov.hk