Entebbe — The Uganda National Meteorology Authority (UNMA), has acquired automatic weather reading equipment that will enable the Authority gather and dispatch faster information to avert the effects of natural disasters. The gadgets worth $2m (Shs6.7b) donated by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the Strengthening Climate Information and Early Warning Systems (SCIEWS) will be shared by UNMA with the Department of Water Resource Management (DWRM), all based in Entebbe. The equipment includes; pluvio precipitation gauges for measuring the amount and intensity of rain and hail; hydra probe for the simultaneous measurement of soil moisture, salinity, and temperature and meteorological balloons for high altitude measurement of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed using a radiosonde.
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