Standing International Road Weather Commission

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SIRWEC exists to encourage meteorologists, weather forecasters, highway engineers, road masters and others, who are interested in road weather problems, to exchange ideas to make our roads safer to drive on in all weather conditions.

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In Memoriam Erkki Nysten Meteorologist Erkki Nysten passed away 21 January 2012 in Kuopio, Finland, at the age of 63. He was known as one of the founders of the SIRWEC organization, and he acted as the president of SIRWEC in 1986-1987. He was also one of the first TV meteorologists in Finland.
His warm and friendly presence is missed.

Vice presidents of SIRWEC Yrjö Pilli-Sihvola, Pertti Nurmi


SIRWEC News  (hover over news items to pause scrolling (Internet Explorer & Firefox))

31/03/10 - Announcement - SIRWEC is pleased to announce that Finland will be host to the 2012 SIRWEC conference, which will be co-hosted by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Finish Transport Agency

31/03/10 - Announcement - SIRWEC is pleased to announce that the role of SIRWEC Vice President for the current term is to be co-shared between Mr.Yrjo Pilli-Sihvola and Mr Pertti Nurmi

19/06/10 - Dates for the next SIRWEC conference confirmed - The next SIRWEC conference will be in Helsinki, Finland, 23-25 May 2012

06/05/11 - Executive committee meets in Helsinki, Finland to discuss preparations for SIRWEC 2012

06/05/11 - Official SIRWEC 2012 website launched: www.sirwec2012.fi

19/05/11 - First call for papers for SIRWEC 2012

02/10/11 - Final call for papers for SIRWEC 2012
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