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Météo-France is a French public establishment, tasked with the forecasting and study of weather in France. It is also responsible for the issue of weather warnings in France.
The organisation was established by decree in June 1993 and is a department of the Ministry of Transportation. It is headquartered in Paris but many domestic operations have been decentralised to Toulouse. Its budget of around €300 million is funded by state grants, aeronautic royalties and sale of commercial services.
Météo-France has a particularly strong international presence. In addition to its operations in metropolitan France, the agency provides forecasts and warnings for the French overseas départments and collectivities. It has four sub-divisions based in Guadeloupe (with further divisions serving Martinique and French Guiana), New Caledonia, French Polynesia and Réunion. Some of these sub-divisions have particularly important international responsibilities, for example the French Guiana office based at Cayenne-Rochambeau airport maintains facilities at the ESA/CNES Centre Spatial Guyanais spaceport in Kourou which assists with launch campaigns of the Ariane rocket. The Réunion sub-division is the official World Meteorological Organisation designated Regional Specialized Meteorology Center for the provision of forecasts and warnings of tropical cyclones in the south-west Indian Ocean. The French Polynesia sub-division, whilst not the official RSMC for tropical cyclones in the South Pacific, has been mandated by the WMO to issue forecasts and warnings of tropical cyclones for the neighbouring British Pitcairn Islands. The organisation is a leading member of EUMETSAT, responsible for the procurement of Meteosat weather satellites.
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- Météo-France
- Météo-France Antille-Guyane
- Météo-France La Réunion
- Météo-France Nouvelle-Calédonie
- Météo-France Polynésie Française
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