Tonga Meteorological Service
The Tonga Meteorological Service is the national
meteorological service of Tonga
.
History
The Tonga Meteorological Service was established in Marconi House in
Nuku’alofa in 1919, primarily as a telegraph office to relay morse code messages from ships.[1]
In 1945, the first Tongan was sent to train as a weather observer in
Fuaamotu Airport Weather Station, but closed down three years later, so in October 1951, two more officers were recruited to form the Nuku’alofa weather office.[1]
It became the Tonga Meteorological Service when the Tongan government took over its control in 1970, although New Zealand was active until 1986 in allocating funds and paying the wages of the meteorologists who worked at the centre.[1]
The service also regularly reports on the weather through Radio Tonga, and provides local weather forecasts.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "History of the Tonga Meteorological Service" (PDF). Tonga Meteorological Service. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ISBN 978-1-74059-061-7. Retrieved 16 June 2011.