The Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN; "National Meteorological Service") is

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's national weather organization. It collects data and issues forecasts, advisories, and warnings for the entire country.

History

A presidential decree founded El Observatorio Meteorológico y Astrónomico de México (The Meteorological and Astronomical Observatory of Mexico) on February 6, 1877 as part of the Geographic Exploring of the National Territory commission. By 1880, it became an independent agency located at

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, then encompassing six observatories. In 1901, the Servicio Meteorologia Nacional was formed with 31 sections for each

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and 18 independent observatories which reported back to the central office in

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via telegraph. It joined the

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in 1947. By 1980, the organization included 72 observatories, of which eight launched

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s and radiosondes, and five radars serviced the country. In 1989, it became a subagency of the General de Administracion del Agua.

Functions of the organization

The agency issues forecasts out to five days in the future, hydrological bulletins including recent rainfall, agricultural bulletins, and run their own regional forecast model based upon the MM5. They also issue warnings for intense storms, strong northerlies in the

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, snowfall, and excessive rainfall. Surface analyses for the region are drawn by the Tropical Prediction Center which are incorporated onto the

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analysis and then linked to b
SMN
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Productos Meteorologicos.
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and the

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Servicio Meteorologico Nacional
{{DEFAULTSORT:Servicio Meteorologico Nacional Governmental meteorological agencies in North America

History

Functions of the organization

See also

References

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