MOUNTAIN WEATHER AND CLIMATE IN THE MEDIA

Information about mountain weather and climate is an essential part of a whole set of information for the end users the NMHS prepares regularly. We are trying to make the best use of all the available media taking into account their peculiarities, but how much interest show from NHMS independent media for mountain climate and weather? How to reach and approach public/users in the most efficient way? Are we able to provide enough and adequate information about peculiar and rapidly changing weather in the mountains to the end users? Is there a need for indices describing the impact of the atmosphere on human beings and not only values of single weather variables? Do we simplify too much? Information gets its real value only when being used, thus it has to be tailored up to the users needs and delivered when needed. Differences even at a very short distance could be significant, great variability and strong gradients require quite dense network. Do we pay enough attention to measurements in the mountains