Word Meteorological day
23  March 2007

Every year, o­n March 23, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) its 187 Members and the worldwide meteorological community celebrate World Meteorological Day.
This Day commemorates the coming into force, o­n that date in 1950, of the WMO Convention which set up the World Meteorological Organization. Afterwards, in 1951, WMO became a specialized agency of the United Nations System.
WMO decided that the theme for the year 2007 would be “Polar meteorology: understanding global impacts”, in recognition of the importance of, and as a contribution to, International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-2008, which is being co-sponsored by WMO and the International Council for Science (ICSU).
To ensure that researchers can work in both polar regions during the summer and winter months, the event will be held from March 2007 to March 2009. The fundamental feature of the IPY is an intensive burst of internationally coordinated, interdisciplinary scientific research and observation focused o­n the Earth’s polar regions and their far-reaching global effects.
As usual, World Meteorological Day will be celebrated in Romania by the National Meteorological Administration of Bucharest (Sos. Bucuresti-Ploiesti no. 97) o­n Friday, 23 March 2007, at 12:00 a.m., in Stefan Hepites room, and also by the Regional Meteorological Centres across the country.