More schools joining the "Community Weather Information Network"

4 June 2014

The number of members of "Community Weather Information Network" (Co-WIN) continues to increase. Up to 3 June 2014, there are totally 140 members. The new members of Co-WIN are:

(a) Pui Tak Canossian College (Southern District) (code 138)
(b) Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School (Yau Tsim Mong District) (code 139)
(c) HK & Kowloon Kaifong Women's Association Sun Fong Chung College (Tai Po District) (code 140)

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

Distribution of Members of Community Weather Information Network

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