Malaysian Meteorological Department

Malaysian Meteorological Department

Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia جابتن ميتيورولوڬي مليسيا‎
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Agency overview
Formed	1 September 1946; 77 years ago (1946-09-01)
Preceding agencies	Singapore Observation Station (1820) Malayan Meteorological Service (1946) Malaysian Meteorological Service (1965)
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of Malaysia
Headquarters	Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia 3°06′N 101°39′E / 3.100°N 101.650°E / 3.100; 101.650
Parent department	Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES)
Website	https://www.met.gov.my/

The Malaysian Meteorological Department (Malay: Jabatan Meteorologi Malaysia; abbreviated as MET Malaysia) is an agency under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) which is responsible to provide various meteorological, climate and geophysical services to meet the needs of the nation in meteorological, climate and geophysical services for well-being, safety and sustainable development. METMalaysia is responsible for monitoring the onshore, sea and air weather conditions continuously throughout the country. In addition, METMalaysia issues forecasts, advice, weather and ocean alerts and climate surveys to reduce disaster risk. METMalaysia also provides aviation meteorological services to launch aircraft operations and geophysical services to detect earthquakes and tsunami warnings for Malaysia.