More schools joining the "Community Weather Information Network"

19 May 2011

The number of members of "Community Weather Information Network" (Co-WIN) continues to increase and approaches 100. Up to 19 May 2011, there are totally 98 members. The members newly joining Co-WIN are:

(a) Tsung Tsin Christian Academy (Sham Shui Po District)(code 96)
(b) Fukien Secondary School (Siu Sai Wan) (Eastern District)(code 97)
(c) Ling Liang Church M H Lau Secondary School (Tai Po District)(code 98)

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. CHAN Kin Yu
Senior Experimental Officer
Hong Kong Observatory
Telephone: (852) 2926 8346
Email: cowin@hko.gov.hk