About the training In collaboration with the Institute of Remote Sensing and GIS, Jahangirnagar University, we are organizing a technical training for the Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) on the operationalization and use of the High Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT). The training will focus on the use of deterministic and ensemble numerical weather forecasts generated by HIWAT, provide an opportunity to discuss and refine HIWAT as per national needs, and receive feedback from BMD professionals on customization and enhancement of the toolkit’s data visualization capabilities. Objective Demonstrate HIWAT’s data visualization capabilities and receive feedback from users Target audience The training is meant for professionals from BMD and partners working in the field of hydrometeorology, and will include operational forecasters, climate, and disaster researchers. Background NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) developed HIWAT as part of the NASA SERVIR Applied Sciences Team project. We worked with the NASA SERVIR Science Coordination Office, NASA MSFC, and Brigham Young University to further customize HIWAT for the HKH region under our SERVIR-HKH Initiative. After two years of successful demonstration of HIWAT’s capabilities for extreme weather forecasting, BMD will be installing HIWAT at their computing cluster for operational thunderstorm forecasting. With funding support from the Government of Bangladesh, BMD has procured a high-performance computing (HPC) system for the installation of HIWAT. We are working with the NASA SERVIR Applied Sciences Team to install HIWAT in BMD’s HPC system. Resource persons Jonathan Case, NASA Applied Sciences Team (virtual participation) Abdul Mannan, Meteorologist, BMD Bhupesh Adhikary, Senior Air Quality Specialist, ICIMOD Mir Matin, Theme Leader – Geospatial Solutions, ICIMOD Birendra Bajracharya, Chief of Party – SERVIR-HKH, ICIMOD Kiran Shakya, Geospatial Application Development Specialist, ICIMOD Tentative agenda Day 1 – Sunday, 19 December 2021 Time Session Resource person/s 09:30–10:00 Opening session Welcome remarks Workshop overview Introduction to SERVIR-HKH Director, BMD Mir Matin, ICIMOD Birendra Bajracharya, ICIMOD 10:00–11:00 Background and introduction to NASA SERVIR Applied Sciences Team project on thunderstorm monitoring Mir Matin, ICIMOD 11:00–11:15 Break 11:15–12:30 Introduction to HIWAT Bhupesh Adhikary, ICIMOD 12:30–13:30 Lunch break 13:30–15:00 Demonstration of HIWAT’s data visualization capabilities Kiran Shakya, ICIMOD 15:00–15:20 Break 15:20–16:45 Feedback on data visualization Md. Abdul Mannan, BMD Day 2 – Monday, 20 December 2021 Time Session Resource person/s 09:30–09:45 Welcome, logistics, and agenda review 09:45–10:45 Demonstration of HIWAT’s data visualization capabilities Kiran Shakya, ICIMOD 10:45–11:15 Break 11:15–12:30 Discussion and feedback on HIWAT Presentation and discussion moderated by Md. Abdul Mannan, BMD 12:30–13:30 Lunch break 13:30–15:30 Discussion continued – next steps 15:30–16:00 Closing