The Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) () is a government agency responsible for making weather forecasts and observations for
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...
. HNMS was founded in 1931 under the
Ministry of Aviation and its mission was to cover all the meteorological and climatological needs of the country. It is based at the former
Athens International Airport at
Elliniko, and operates under the auspices of the
Hellenic Air Force, staffed by both military and civilian personnel.
Description
Among the primary goals of the HNMS is the weather forecast. At the same time, it also provides valuable information on weather and climate, state services, transport, agriculture, sport, etc.
HNMS employs approximately 565 people, in its main building at Elliniko and in branches throughout Greece, as its weather network covers almost the entire country. The class "A" meteorologists are officers from the
Hellenic Air Force Academy and civilians from universities formed in
meteorology
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,
physics
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,
mathematics
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and
IT. Additional military and civilian personnel of other specialties (administrative, financial, technical, weather observation) complete the staff.
HNMS cooperates with the national weather services of other countries in exchange of meteorological observations,
meteorological satellite data,
weather radar
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information, etc. It is part of
EUMETNET,
EUMETSAT and
World Meteorological Organization
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(WMO).
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Climate of Greece
Governmental meteorological agencies in Europe
Military units and formations of the Hellenic Air Force
1931 establishments in Greece
Elliniko-Argyroupoli