Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre
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A Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre is one of six regional warning centers that are part of the World Meteorological Organization tropical cyclone programme, and act to observe, name, and forecast tropical cyclones in their respective sections of the world, supplementing the work of the main Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres. Since the regional structure does not always coincide with tropical cyclone basins, the tropical cyclone programme established tropical cyclone committees that extend across the regional bodies.[1]
- Southeast Indian Ocean (south of 10°S). TCWC - Perth / Bureau of Meteorology
- Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria. TCWC - Darwin / Bureau of Meteorology
- Coral Sea. TCWC - Brisbane / Bureau of Meteorology
- Solomon Sea and Gulf of Papua. TCWC - Port Moresby / National Weather Service forecast office, Papua New Guinea
- Tasman Sea. TCWC - Wellington, New Zealand / Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited[2]
- Southeast Indian Ocean (north of 10°S). TCWC - Jakarta / Meteorology and Geophysical Agency of Indonesia
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- ^ Bureau of Meteorology. 1.2 THE GLOBAL TROPICAL CYCLONE FORECASTING NETWORK. Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
- ^ World Meteorological Organization. Tropical Cyclone Programme (TCP). Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
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