Agency Name: | Malaysian Meteorological Department |
Type: | Agency |
Nativename: | Malay: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia |
Preceding1: | Singapore Observation Station (1820) |
Preceding2: | Malayan Meteorological Service (1946) |
Preceding3: | Malaysian Meteorological Service (1965) |
Jurisdiction: | Federal Government of Malaysia |
Headquarters: | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
Coordinates: | 3.1°N 140°W |
Parent Department: | Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) |
Website: | https://www.met.gov.my/ |
The Malaysian Meteorological Department (Malay: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia; abbreviated as MET Malaysia) is an agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) which is responsible to provide various meteorological, climate and geophysical services to meet the needs of the nation in meteorological, climate and geophysical services for well-being, safety and sustainable development. METMalaysia is responsible for monitoring the onshore, sea and air weather conditions continuously throughout the country. In addition, METMalaysia issues forecasts, advice, weather and ocean alerts and climate surveys to reduce disaster risk. METMalaysia also provides aviation meteorological services to launch aircraft operations and geophysical services to detect earthquakes and tsunami warnings for Malaysia.
To become a leading agency in meteorology, climatology and geophysics.
To provide efficient and effective meteorological, climatological and geophysics services for the well-being, safety and sustainable development in order to meet the national and international needs.
Malaysian Meteorological Department