The Cayman Islands National Weather Service

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The Meteorological Office was established in the early 1980's under the Civil Aviation Authority, with the responsibility for the monitoring of meteorological events and provision of meteorological information. The staff currently operates a service for 17 hours daily with a 24-hour service envisaged for the future. The service’s operation includes an Upper-Air Station, Surface Weather Observations, Climatology, Forecasting and Aviation weather briefing.

         The Meteorological Office was officially recognized as the Cayman Islands National Weather Service as of June 1st 2010, operating under the Ministry of District Administration, Works, Lands and Agriculture.         

The office began 2010 with a staff of eleven officers; two Meteorological Officer IV (Entry-level technician or weather observer), three Meteorological Officer III (Mid level technicians or Climatologists or instrument technician), one Meteorologist II (Senior technician or Forecaster), two Meteorologist I (Senior forecasters), Chief Meteorologist, Administrative Manager and the Director General of Meteorological Services.