More schools and organizations joining the "Community Weather Information Network"

23 October 2013

The number of members of "Community Weather Information Network" (Co-WIN) continues to increase. Up to 22 Oct 2013, there are totally 133 members. The new members of Co-WIN are:

(a) Sha Tin Methodist College (Shatin District) (code 131)
(b) CNEC Ta Tung School (Kwai Tsing District) (code 132)
(c) Leung Shek Chee College (Kwun Tong District) (code 133)

The Co-WIN is a collaborative effort of the Hong Kong Observatory, and the Department of Applied Physics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. 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 educational organizations are welcome to join the network. For enquiries, please contact:

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

(Note: This map shows the locations of members in Hong Kong.)