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Publicly Available Products are free and openly accessible, allowing users to obtain essential climate data without any cost. These products are designed to meet the needs of researchers, educators, and the general public.
Commercial Products, on the other hand, require payment for access and provide more specialized data or services tailored for businesses and organizations that need detailed climate information for decision-making.
Long-term climate statistics, drought indicators and historical analyses for South Africa.
Daily to long-range forecasts, radar products and official warnings to support early action.
Forecasts and specialist products for coastal, offshore and maritime operations.
Dedicated services for lightning diagnostics and aviation safety.
National ambient air quality information from the South African Air Quality Information System.
Tailored climate products supporting agricultural planning and risk management.
Radiation and climate products supporting energy planning and operations.
Scientific publications and a consolidated inventory of SAWS operational products.
| Category | Products & Services to inform policy, planning & decision making | Data Information required to create products | Presentation of Information & Dissemination of channels | Sector | Usage | Relevance | NFCS Pillar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface weather observations, forecasts and warnings | Severe thunderstorms Advice on safety precautions to be taken. Listen to the radio or TV for warnings and obey the instructions from disaster management officers | Severe thunderstorms are violent weather phenomena that can be very dangerous. Any thunderstorm can produce any combination of lightning, flash flooding, very strong winds, hail and in some cases tornadoes. Forecast data | Text, Graphical Maps, Forecasting through Media (Radio & TV) | General public | Public | ||
| Surface weather observations, forecasts and warnings | Strong damaging winds. Advice on safety precautions to be taken. Listen to the radio or TV for warnings and obey the instructions from disaster management officers | Strong damaging winds also called straight line winds that often come from a thunderstorm. The email communication is accompanied by xml files. Forecast data | Text, Graphical Maps, Forecasting through Media (Radio & TV) | General public | Public | ||
| Specialized data & products | Drought monitoring desk. Summary of drought conditions | Maps of meteorological drought risk using the standardized precipitation index SPI. Long-term rainfall data | Text, graphical maps, pdf report SAWS website and Climate Service | General public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Aeronautical climatological summary. Statistical Report on main airports for the Aviation Sector. | Aviation-relevant climate information in tabular format. Climate data | PDF report Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | Aviation | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Disaster Management Advisory forums. Advisory services regarding weather and climate | Forecaster inputs. Forecast/seasonal prediction/observation data | Interaction. Attendance of forums (NDMC) | Disaster management | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Climate Change Reference Atlas. Atlas in pdf format. Information about CC and its national, regional and local impacts. Data behind the Atlas includes climate model data | Provision of accessible climate basis for national and local scale climate change impacts, adaptation and response planning. Climate model data | PDF: http://www.weathersa.co.za/home/climatechangeatlas | General public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Global Producing Centre Provision of global seasonal climate forecasts | Seasonal climate forecasts on a global scale. Climate model data | Lead centre of GPC-MMS Maps | General public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Solar energy atlas (make sure that it is public good). Long-term mean of GHI and DNI maps | Maps of long-term mean of GHI and DNI Product is static | Maps. Research | General public. Energy | Public | 2,3 | |
| Services/Industry Services | Weather forecasts. N/A | Next day forecast: Minimum and maximum temperatures, rain, weather conditions, wind and wind speed; Herald forecast (3 days forecast), map with weather condition for the day, sun rise and sun set. Tides, rain probability; Radio forecast. Forecast data | Various including print media, tv, radio, web, social media; +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Air Quality Data. Air quality parameters includes NO2, SO2, CO, H2S and O3 and particulate matter (PM2.5 & PM10) | Data of trace gases and particulate matter. Trace gas measurements | Various. Air Quality through Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Climate data. Data as provided for Industry can also be provided for educational purposes | Various. Historical climate data | Various. Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General Public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Lightning products. Lightning Threat Index (LTI) utilising model data to forecast the occurrence of lightning, Lightning. Climatology: based on historic lightning data we can provide the information on high risk areas | Various. Historical lightning data | Various. Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General Public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Nowcasting warning and notification service 1 to 5 day forecast of severe weather including storm tracking, and relevant notifications | N/A. Radar, Satellite, Model data | Various. Various incl. print media, tv, radio, web, social media; +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Rainfall products. Convection Rain Rate (CRR): real-time satellite-based rainfall estimation adapted from the Nowcasting Satellite Application Facility (SAF), Hydro Estimator (HE): real-time satellite and model-based rainfall estimation, Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm (RDT): monitoring of the growing / decaying phases and movement of thunderstorms | N/A. Real-time radar, satellite, observational data | Various. Forecasting: +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration (SWFDP). Various severe weather information maps and products | Various. Real-time rainfall | Various. SWFDP website; +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Severe Weather Warnings. Location and movement of convective clouds, radar rainfall product: real-time update of rainfall, hail mass aloft, gusts | Various. Real time radar and satellite data | Various. Forecasting: +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Statistical Reports. Historical Stats: District rainfall and provincial rainfall summary | Average rainfall for 94 rainfall districts, 9 provinces. Historical rainfall data | Various (text, graphs etc). Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General public, climate research | Public | 2,3 | |
| Weather Apps | WeatherSMART Easy to use application for daily location-based information | Location based forecasting information. Forecast data, radar data | APP. APP (iStore, Google Store) | General public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Web products | WeatherSA. Comprehensive website providing information on products and services | Provision of contact information to access channels for data and products. Various | Website: www.weathersa.co.za | General public, all sectors | Public | 2,3 |
| Category | Products & Services to inform policy, planning & decision making | Data Information required to create products | Presentation of Information & Dissemination of channels | Sector | Usage | Relevance | NFCS Pillar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surface weather observations, forecasts and warnings | Severe thunderstorms Advice on safety precautions to be taken. Listen to the radio or TV for warnings and obey the instructions from disaster management officers | Severe thunderstorms are violent weather phenomena that can be very dangerous. Any thunderstorm can produce any combination of lightning, flash flooding, very strong winds, hail and in some cases tornadoes. Forecast data | Text, Graphical Maps, Forecasting through Media (Radio & TV) | General public | Public | ||
| Surface weather observations, forecasts and warnings | Strong damaging winds. Advice on safety precautions to be taken. Listen to the radio or TV for warnings and obey the instructions from disaster management officers | Strong damaging winds also called straight line winds that often come from a thunderstorm. The email communication is accompanied by xml files. Forecast data | Text, Graphical Maps, Forecasting through Media (Radio & TV) | General public | Public | ||
| Specialized data & products | Drought monitoring desk. Summary of drought conditions | Maps of meteorological drought risk using the standardized precipitation index SPI. Long-term rainfall data | Text, graphical maps, pdf report SAWS website and Climate Service | General public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Aeronautical climatological summary. Statistical Report on main airports for the Aviation Sector. | Aviation-relevant climate information in tabular format. Climate data | PDF report Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | Aviation | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Disaster Management Advisory forums. Advisory services regarding weather and climate | Forecaster inputs. Forecast/seasonal prediction/observation data | Interaction. Attendance of forums (NDMC) | Disaster management | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Climate Change Reference Atlas. Atlas in pdf format. Information about CC and its national, regional and local impacts. Data behind the Atlas includes climate model data | Provision of accessible climate basis for national and local scale climate change impacts, adaptation and response planning. Climate model data | PDF: http://www.weathersa.co.za/home/climatechangeatlas | General public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Global Producing Centre Provision of global seasonal climate forecasts | Seasonal climate forecasts on a global scale. Climate model data | Lead centre of GPC-MMS Maps | General public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Solar energy atlas (make sure that it is public good). Long-term mean of GHI and DNI maps | Maps of long-term mean of GHI and DNI Product is static | Maps. Research | General public. Energy | Public | 2,3 | |
| Services/Industry Services | Weather forecasts. N/A | Next day forecast: Minimum and maximum temperatures, rain, weather conditions, wind and wind speed; Herald forecast (3 days forecast), map with weather condition for the day, sun rise and sun set. Tides, rain probability; Radio forecast. Forecast data | Various including print media, tv, radio, web, social media; +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Air Quality Data. Air quality parameters includes NO2, SO2, CO, H2S and O3 and particulate matter (PM2.5 & PM10) | Data of trace gases and particulate matter. Trace gas measurements | Various. Air Quality through Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Climate data. Data as provided for Industry can also be provided for educational purposes | Various. Historical climate data | Various. Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General Public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Lightning products. Lightning Threat Index (LTI) utilising model data to forecast the occurrence of lightning, Lightning. Climatology: based on historic lightning data we can provide the information on high risk areas | Various. Historical lightning data | Various. Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General Public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Nowcasting warning and notification service 1 to 5 day forecast of severe weather including storm tracking, and relevant notifications | N/A. Radar, Satellite, Model data | Various. Various incl. print media, tv, radio, web, social media; +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Rainfall products. Convection Rain Rate (CRR): real-time satellite-based rainfall estimation adapted from the Nowcasting Satellite Application Facility (SAF), Hydro Estimator (HE): real-time satellite and model-based rainfall estimation, Rapidly Developing Thunderstorm (RDT): monitoring of the growing / decaying phases and movement of thunderstorms | N/A. Real-time radar, satellite, observational data | Various. Forecasting: +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Severe Weather Forecasting Demonstration (SWFDP). Various severe weather information maps and products | Various. Real-time rainfall | Various. SWFDP website; +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Severe Weather Warnings. Location and movement of convective clouds, radar rainfall product: real-time update of rainfall, hail mass aloft, gusts | Various. Real time radar and satellite data | Various. Forecasting: +27 12 367 6041 | General Public. All Sectors | Public | ||
| Products and Services/Industry Services | Statistical Reports. Historical Stats: District rainfall and provincial rainfall summary | Average rainfall for 94 rainfall districts, 9 provinces. Historical rainfall data | Various (text, graphs etc). Climate Service: info4@weathersa.co.za | General public, climate research | Public | 2,3 | |
| Weather Apps | WeatherSMART Easy to use application for daily location-based information | Location based forecasting information. Forecast data, radar data | APP. APP (iStore, Google Store) | General public. All Sectors | Public | 2,3 | |
| Web products | WeatherSA. Comprehensive website providing information on products and services | Provision of contact information to access channels for data and products. Various | Website: www.weathersa.co.za | General public, all sectors | Public | 2,3 |
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