Thirty more weather stations to be installed

The Guyana Hydrometeorologi-cal Office is to install 30 more Automated Weather Stations (AWS) to its current stock across the country to supplement and verify radar data.

According to the Government Information Agency (GINA), the Hydromet Office currently has only 14 AWS through which it monitors weather patterns. In addition to the AWS, GINA said that there are seven meteorological observatories/synoptic stations, 60 water level stations and 148 rainfall stations.

Minister of Agriculture, Dr Leslie Ramsammy was reported as saying that the Hydromet Office has also