Weather and Climate Information Services Early Warning for Southern Africa (WISER-EWSA) testbed 1

This document describes the activities and outcomes of the first Weather and Climate Information Services Early Warning for Southern Africa (WISER-EWSA) testbed (T-1) which took place from 29 January to 9 February 2024. The document follows the structure of the operations plan, examining the different items, reflecting how the plan panned out. The report also captures the reflections of the participants, highlighting what worked well and not so well, lessons learnt, and plans for improvement. The testbed was multi-sited in each location, with testbed offices in the meteorological agencies in each country (Zambia Meteorological Department [ZMD] in Zambia, the South African Weather Service [SAWS] in South Africa, and the National Institute of Meteorology [INAM] in Mozambique) and concurrent community hubs in the urban communities of Kanyama (Zambia), Katlehong (South Africa) and Boane (Mozambique). The main centre, the Testbed Operations Centre (TOC), was at the ZMD offices. The three testbed centres were in contact throughout the day and interacted during the 12:00 and 4:30 pm daily briefings, which were also represented by the WISER-EWSA engagement team to feed inputs from the community hubs