The Tokyo Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced that it will set up a weather information center during the Games to provide weather information such as weather and temperature to the people involved in the Games.
On the 18th, the Games Organizing Committee announced at a press conference at the Olympic Main Press Center in Koto-ku, Tokyo that the Meteorological Information Center will be located on the same floor as the Main Operations Center.
The Meteorological Information Center provides weather information such as weather, temperature, wind strength and direction to management staff such as competition managers and tournament officials at indoor and outdoor competition venues.
In areas centered on the Tokyo metropolitan area where many competition venues are gathered, intensive observations are carried out with meteorological satellites equipped with the world's highest level sensors that can make observations every 30 seconds. It is said that it is the first time, not the tournament.
In addition, in some outdoor competitions, forecast engineers will be dispatched to the venue to provide detailed explanations, promptly provide information on typhoons and earthquakes that will greatly affect the operation, and strive for safe and smooth operation of the competition. is.
In addition, as a measure against the heat, an air-conditioned lounge for athletes and an ice bath to cool the body will be set up, and a place to provide water and ice will be prepared to share information with athletes and staff. It is said that measures will be taken for each.