Place and date of the session
The Sixth WMO International Workshop on Tropical Cyclones
(IWTC-VI) will be held in San José, Costa Rica, from 21 to 30 November
2006. The venue for the workshop will be:
Ramada Plaza Herradura Hotel
San José, Costa Rica
Tel: (506) 209-9800
Fax: (506) 293-2713 or (506) 293-0136
http://www.ramadaherradura.com/ramada/ramada.htm
The hotel is located 5 miles from the Juan Santamaria
International Airport toward San Jose downtown.
Working languages
The working language of the workshop will be in English only.
Documentation
The pre-session workshop documents will be in English and will be distributed to participants before the workshop proper.
Local SecretariatAny
additional information concerning the arrangements for the workshop may
be requested from:
Dirección General
Instituto Meteorológico Nacional
Apartado postal 5583-1000
San José, Costa Rica
Tel.: (+506) 222-56-16 ext. 106/108
Fax: (+506) 223-18-37
E-mail: ymunoz@imn.ac.cr
Costa Rica, a country in Central America, is easily reached by regular flights from American cities such as Toronto, Miami, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, as well as European cities including Madrid, Barcelona and Frankfort. More information is available at the web site of Costa Rica Tourism Board (http://www.visitcostarica.com/ict/paginas/be2/bebusquedavuelos.asp).
Immigration requirements
A country list of visa requirements is available at : http://severe.worldweather.org/iwtc/visaRequirements.pdf
Hotel accomodation
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Ramada Plaza Herradura Hotel on behalf of the IWTC-VI participants. The room rates, including breakfast, lunch, taxes and tips (maid and bellboy) are:
Single room: US $120.00 Double
room: US $144.50
Participants who will be provided with financial support by WMO should
stay at the Ramada Plaza Herradura Hotel. Reservations and subsequent
payments to the said hotel for the WMO sponsored participants will be
made by WMO.
A hotel reservation form should be completed and sent to WMO with a copy
to the Local Secretariat no later than 15 September 2006.
The hotel reservation form is available at http://severe.worldweather.org/iwtc/hotelReservForm.pdf.
Currency
The currency used is the Colon. Its parity with the US Dollar is approximately 510 Colones.Transportation from and to the airport
The Hotel provides free transportation to and from the International Airport according to the following schedule; participants are required to send their arrival dates and flight numbers on the hotel reservation form to the Local Secretariat:| Hotel Departure | Airport Departure |
| 5:00 a.m. | 5:30 a.m. |
| 6:00 a.m. | 6:30 a.m. |
| 7:00 a.m. | 7:30 a.m. |
| 8:00 a.m. | 8:30 a.m. |
| 9:00 a.m. | 9:45 a.m. |
| 10:00 a.m. | 10:45 a.m. |
| 11:00 a.m. | 11:15 a.m. |
| 12:15 m.d. | 12:45 p.m. |
| 1:30 p.m. | 2:00 p.m. |
| 2:15 p.m. | 2:45 p.m. |
| 3:00 p.m. | 3:45 p.m. |
| 4:00 p.m. | 4:45 p.m. |
| 6:00 p.m. | 6:45 p.m. |
| 7:00 p.m. | 7:45 p.m. |
| 8:00 p.m. | 8:45 p.m. |
| 9:00 p.m. | 9:45 p.m. |
"Taxis Unidos Aeropuerto Juan Santamaría" (orange cars) provide transportation service from the airport to the hotel at the rate of US $13.
Average climate in San José (during 21-30 November period)
| Precipitation | 3.0 mm |
| Humidity | 86% |
| Relative temperature | 20.5°C |
| Maximum temperature | 24.4°C |
| Minimum temperature | 16.7°C |
| Days with precipitation | 4.0 |
Latest weather forecast for San José is available at http://www.worldweather.org/171/c01113.htm
Other
The electric supply in Costa Rica is 110V 60 cycles.