About the author

Michael Pierre de Villiers (PhD MSc MDip) was born in Durban, South Africa. He was trained to World Meteorological Organization class one meteorologist and multi-discipline weather forecaster in the South African Weather Service where he reached the rank of Director. He served on a weather ship in the South Atlantic. He served on World Meteorological Organization expert teams and was World Meteorological Organization rapporteur for the Africa region. He was also a commercial pilot and flying instructor. More recently he was a weather forecaster in the United Arab Emirates, then in England. Now retired he was a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society (FRMetS) and Chartered Meteorologist (CMet).

2026-06-20