The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
P. Sunderarajan NEW DELHI: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday announced that the Southwest Monsoon was likely to set in over Kerala on May 30. The forecast was subject to a model error of plus or minus four days. In a press release, the IMD also said the monsoon …
KOCHI: The monsoon is likely to hit Kerala earlier than usual, most probably by the last week of May. With the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting a normal southwest monsoon this year, everybody is waiting for the weathermen to release their forecast on when it would start raining. However, there …
Ahmedabad: Thursday could be the hottest day of the season in the city with prevailing heat wave conditions making life even more difficult for denizens. Rising mercury levels in the state have already claimed two lives in Saurashtra region. In Ahmedabad, temperatures touched a record 44.5 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, …
The south west monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast on June 1. According to preliminary observations made by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here, there is nothing to indicate that the monsoon will arrive before or after the scheduled date.
If the rain gods play truant, the much-awaited decline in food inflation is unlikely to happen N Chandra Mohan / May 8, 2010, 1:05 IST Much like the passage of the four seasons, the south-west monsoon arrives with unfailing regularity. But the amount of rainfall and its spread over time …
Goa Meteorological Department will be installing eight Automatic Rain Gauge (ARG) stations across the State to ensure there is real time mapping of the rainfall.
The Union government proposes to have a National Mission on Monsoon in the hope that a concerted effort will improve monsoon prediction. The dry bed of the Korampallam tank, used for irrigation in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu in October 2009. The year saw a severe drought, with large deficits in rainfall …
Given IMD?s past record on forecasts, the latest one could also go wrong Surinder Sud / New Delhi May 6, 2010, 0:03 IST Can you trust India Meteorological Department
Agartala, May 5: Weather forecasting in India is all set to get more accurate with the met office setting up China-made Doppler radars across the country that can track and predict fast-evolving weather systems such as thunderstorms, cyclones and cloudbursts. The radars, which have been procured from Beijing Metstar Radar …
Considering the importance of the southwest monsoon for the country, the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has proposed National Mission on Monsoon to develop most representative and advanced dynamic model framework for India for forecasting monsoon rainfall and its variability in various space and time scales. A national-level consultation meeting …
This year's south-west monsoon will be normal, says the India Meteorological Department in a forecast issued recently. But that is also what the IMD predicted last April for the 2009 monsoon, which then turned out to be a severe drought. This time the odds favour the IMD forecast being correct. …
BHUBANESWAR: With mercury rising across the State and the Indian Meteorological Department citing strong wind from Rajasthan for the heatwave like condition, are there other factors contributing to the phenomenon? While experts feel that it could be part of the entire global warming effects, others feel that there could be …
There is good news for those reeling under a heat wave. The four-month monsoon season beginning June is likely to bring normal rainfall to the country, and provide huge relief to the government. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which will be making a formal announcement for the season on Friday, …
JORHAT, April 20: While the rest of the country is reeling under a sweltering heat wave, the rain gods seem to have smiled down on the Northeast by keeping temperatures down. The recent rains have taken Assam from a 30 per cent rainfall-deficit State prior to March 19, 2010 to …
Third consecutive season of crop loss for farmers; agriculture dept prepares relief plan Yet another season of dejection stares at the farmers here as they prepare to harvest the Rabi crop, which has been badly hit by drought. According to estimates of the agriculture department, the production is likely to …
