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| Formed | 1877 |
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| Jurisdiction |  Mexico |
| Headquarters | Mexico |
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| Parent department | Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources |
| Parent agency | National Water Commission |
| Website | https://smn.conagua.gob.mx |
TheServicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN; "National Meteorological Service") isMexico's national weather organization. It collects data and issues forecasts, advisories, and warnings for the entire country.
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 atChapultepec Castle, then encompassing six observatories. In 1901, the Servicio Meteorologia Nacional was formed with 31 sections for eachstate and 18 independent observatories which reported back to the central office inTacubaya via telegraph. It joined theWorld Meteorological Organization in 1947. By 1980, the organization included 72 observatories, of which eight launchedweather balloons andradiosondes, and five radars serviced the country. In 1989, it became a subagency of the General de Administracion del Agua.[1]
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 theGulf of Mexico, snowfall, and excessive rainfall.[2] Surface analyses for the region are drawn by theTropical Prediction Center which are incorporated onto theHydrometeorological Prediction Center analysis and then linked to bySMNArchived 2013-04-23 at theWayback Machine on their website.[3] They issue their own tropical cyclone reports that describe the impact of storms on Mexico, which are then relayed to theU.S.National Hurricane Center and theWorld Meteorological Organization.
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