Estonian Weather Service
{{Short description|Estonian national meteorological service}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Estonian Weather Service
| native_name = Riigi Ilmateenistus
| type = department
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| formed = {{Start date and age|2013|06|01}}
| preceding1 = Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute
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| jurisdiction = Government of Estonia
| headquarters = Tallinn, Estonia
| coordinates = {{Coord|59.423985|24.6997|region:EE_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| chief1_position = Director of the Estonian Environment Agency
| chief2_name = Svetlana Pudova
| chief2_position = Data Management And Monitoring Function Manager of the Estonian Environment Agency
| parent_department = Estonian Environment Agency
| parent_agency = Ministry of the Environment
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| website = {{URL|1=http://www.ilmateenistus.ee/?lang=en}}
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The Estonian Weather Service ({{langx|et|Riigi Ilmateenistus}}) is the Estonian national meteorological service.
Estonian Weather Service is a department part of the Estonian Environment Agency, which in turn is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Climate.{{cite web|title=Kontaktid|url=http://www.keskkonnaagentuur.ee/et/kontaktid|publisher=Estonian Environment Agency|access-date=21 February 2016|archive-date=16 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516084113/https://www.keskkonnaagentuur.ee/et/kontaktid|url-status=dead}}
Estonian Weather Service is a member of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).
Before 1 June 2013, the department was a separate agency on its own known as the Estonian Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (EMHI).{{cite web|title=Contact|url=http://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilmateenistus/kontakt/?lang=en|publisher=Estonian Weather Service|access-date=21 February 2016}}
Estonian Weather Service's webpage offers a 4-day-forecast (also in Russian and English), week forecast and month forecast (only in Estonian). Page also has a radar, model forecast and warnings.
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External links
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Category:Governmental meteorological agencies in Europe
Category:Organizations based in Estonia
Category:Research institutes in Estonia
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