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'{{Unreferenced|date=June 2008}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox Government agency |agency_name = Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) |logo = Logo der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft.svg |logo_width = 300 px |logo_caption = |seal = |seal_width = |seal_caption = |jurisdiction = [[Federal administration of Switzerland]] |headquarters = |employees = 290 |minister1_name = [[Alain Berset]] |minister1_pfo = [[Swiss Federal Council|Federal Councillor]] |parent_agency = [[Federal Department of Home Affairs]] |child1_agency = |child2_agency = |child3_agency = |child4_agency = |child5_agency = |child6_agency = |website = [http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch www.meteosuisse.admin.ch] |footnotes = }} '''MeteoSwiss''' ({{lang-de|MeteoSchweiz}}, {{lang-fr|MétéoSuisse}}, {{lang-it|MeteoSvizzera}}), officially the '''Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology''', is an office of the [[federal administration of Switzerland]]. It employs 290 people at locations in [[Zurich]], [[Zurich Airport]], [[Geneva]], [[Locarno]] and [[Payerne]].it also helped in ww1 and two Originally established as the Central Meteorological Institute (MZA), by 1863 it operated 88 weather stations. Its name was changed in 1979 to ''Swiss Meteorological Institute'' (SMA). Since 1996, it has been operating as MeteoSwiss. Since 2006, its official name is "Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology MeteoSwiss". The office observes the weather around the clock, creating weather forecasts and alerting authorities and population, when strong winds, heavy rainfall, storms or heat waves are forecast. In addition, it provides weather services for the civil, military and [[private aviation]]. The office also carries out a program of research and development to understand the weather and climate in the Alps. They also officially represent Switzerland at the [[World Meteorological Organization]] in Geneva. == Notes and references == {{Reflist|2}} ==External links== * [http://www.meteosuisse.admin.ch Official website] {{National meteorological organisations}} {{Federal administration of Switzerland}} {{Authority control}} {{Portal bar|Weather|Atmospheric sciences|Switzerland}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Meteoswiss}} [[Category:Governmental meteorological agencies in Europe]] [[Category:Federal Department of Home Affairs]] [[Category:Federal offices of Switzerland]]'