Initiatives and Projects

Initiative to Increase the Geographical Coverage of Monitoring Stations (Surface and Upper Air) and Remote Sensing

The initiative aims to increase the geographical coverage of the Kingdom from 32% to 70% by increasing the number of measurement and monitoring stations for surface and upper air, expanding the remote sensing network using weather radar, floating marine stations, and upper air observation stations. This aims to collect comprehensive data on natural hazards and phenomena, measure rainfall, and monitor valleys for floods, enhancing early warning capabilities for such hazards and phenomena. It also reduces the resulting risks and threats.

Initiative to establish a climate change center

The initiative aims to deal with the increasing challenges facing the Arabian Peninsula in the field of climate change and help develop climate information to provide contribution plans for the Kingdom at the national, regional and global levels. This is through establishing a climate change center that works on research and development in several areas, most notably the creation of advanced regional climate models dedicated to the Arabian Peninsula, and participates in research related to adaptation to climate change, and supports the Green Saudi Arabia and Green Middle East initiatives.

An initiative to develop numerical modeling systems to improve the accuracy of forecasts for weather phenomena and natural hazards

The initiative aims to develop the analytical capabilities of the National Center of Meteorology to raise the accuracy of 3-day weather forecasts from 60% to 90%, in addition to increasing the validity period of forecasts from 3 days to 10 days with 80% accuracy, through the development of three numerical models and a nowcasting system that analyzes The data received from monitoring stations available to the Authority and distributed throughout the Kingdom is analyzed and processed to produce short-term weather forecasts in addition to long-term climate forecasts and severe weather warnings.

An initiative to increase the geographic coverage of monitoring stations (surface and upper atmosphere) and remote sensing

The initiative aims to increase the geographical coverage of the Kingdom by 32% to 70% by increasing the number of measuring and monitoring stations for the surface and upper atmosphere and developing the expansion of the remote sensing network by using weather monitoring radars, floating marine stations and upper atmosphere monitoring stations with the aim of collecting comprehensive data on hazards and natural phenomena. Measuring rainfall and monitoring valleys from floods, which enhances the ability to warn early about these dangers and natural phenomena and respond to them, and reduces their effects and the threats resulting from them.

An initiative to develop a system for meteorological information and early warning about weather conditions

Cloud Seeding Program

The Cloud Seeding Program is one of the key initiatives resulting from the Green Middle East Summit, which was announced by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Prime Minister of the Kingdom, in 2021, in alignment with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030.