Meteorological Service Jamaica

Meteorological Service Jamaica During the 40’s, a formal meteorological service was developed in Jamaica as an adjunct of the British Government’s Air Ministry. This was during the 2nd World War and meteorological activities were expanded to include synoptic weather forecasting, particularly for aviation and marine interests. The early 50’s saw meteorological activities coming under a centralized Caribbean Meteorological Service, a colonial meteorological organization formed in 1951 and later taken over by the West Indies Federal Government with headquarters in Trinidad.