Estonian Weather Service | |
Native Name: | Riigi Ilmateenistus |
Type: | department |
Preceding1: | Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute |
Jurisdiction: | Government of Estonia |
Headquarters: | Tallinn, Estonia |
Chief1 Name: | Taimar Ala |
Chief1 Position: | Director of the Estonian Environment Agency |
Chief2 Name: | Svetlana Pudova |
Chief2 Position: | Data Management And Monitoring Function Manager of the Estonian Environment Agency |
Parent Department: | Estonian Environment Agency |
Parent Agency: | Ministry of the Environment |
The Estonian Weather Service (Estonian: Riigi Ilmateenistus) is the Estonian national meteorological service.
Estonian Weather Service is a department part of the Estonian Environment Agency, which in turn is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Climate.[1]
Estonian Weather Service is a member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
Before 1 June 2013, the department was a separate agency on its own known as the Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (EMHI).[2]
Estonian Weather Service's webpage offers a 4-day-forecast (also in Russian and English), week forecast and month forecast (only in Estonian). Page also has a radar, model forecast and warnings.