The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) will set up a
mobile meteorological observatory at Mount Everest Base Camp to
provide accurate weather forecasts for the visit of the Olympic
torch in 2008.
A group of weathermen will be sent to Mount Everest next month
for rehearsals, the administration announced on Friday.
The flame is expected to reach Everest from the southern slope
and will then be carried down along the northern slope with the
whole process being televised, according to the Beijing Organizing
Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games (BOCOG).
A national climate observatory is expected to be built near
Mount Everest to track long-term climate change, according to the
CMA.
(Xinhua News Agency March 26, 2007)
