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[[Category:Japan weatherbox templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Japan weatherbox templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.
The system began operating on 1 November 1974, and currently comprises 1,300 stations throughout Japan (of which over 1,100 are unstaffed), with an average separation of 17 km (11 mi). Observations at staffed stations cover weather, wind direction and speed , types and amounts of precipitation , types and base heights of clouds, visibility ...
This included providing cloud images for television from Japan's first meteorological satellite Himawari. [6] In October 1991 it provided the world's first weather forecast using entirely 3D CGI graphics to "News Station" (TV Asahi). In 1993 it produced a program for TV Tokyo, Weather Paradise. [7]
IIiii: weather station identification code; II for a block number allocated (by the WMO) to a country or a region of the world, for example 02 for Scandinavia or 72 and 74 for the continental US; iii is the code of an individual station within a block. (For example, 02993 is the code of the weather station on Märket, 74794 of Cape Canaveral). [4]
A late arrival of fall-like weather will also delay the timing of peak colors. The best time to view fall foliage extends from the end of September through October, and reservations at popular ...
Meteorological organizations in Japan have their origins in the 1870s, when the first weather stations started being established in the country. [1] One of these was the Tokyo Meteorological Observatory (東京気象台, Tōkyō Kishō-dai), which since 1956 has been known as the Japan Meteorological Agency (気象庁, Kishō-chō).
Autumnal Equinox Day (秋分の日, Shūbun no Hi) is a public holiday in Japan that usually occurs on September 22 or 23, the date of Southward equinox in Japan Standard Time (autumnal equinox can occur on different dates for different time zones). Due to the necessity of recent astronomical measurements, the date of the holiday is not ...
Most meteorological agencies in East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand use the satellites for their own weather monitoring and forecasting operations. Originally also named Geostationary Meteorological Satellites ( GMS ), [ 1 ] since the launch of GMS-1 (Himawari 1) in 1977, there have been three generations, including GMS, MTSAT ...