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 …
Vinson Kurian How are western disturbances, currently busy creating weather over northwest India, positioned relative to the track of the volcanic cloud originating from Iceland? The question assumed importance in the context of reports that a south-southeast-bound
Washington: Global temperatures fueled by El Nino seasonal warming last month chalked up the hottest March on record, US weather monitors reported on Thursday.
Its still very early days for a monsoon forecast for this season but at least the available signs as of now are all pointing in the right direction. The good news is that a major deficiency in rainfall, as had happened last year, is an extremely remote possibility. Two crucial …
Hyderabad, April 14: A weather bulletin put out by the Indian Meteorological Department has cautioned people from moving around in the scorching sun between 12 noon and 3 pm on Thursday and Friday, as temperatures are likely to remain high. In Hyderabad, the mercury touched 42.8
A SECOND straight poor summer monsoon is unlikely, India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief said ahead of an official forecast for the rains that are crucial to the economy of the world
Pune In a bid to address improvements needed in weather and climate forecasts with the help of South Asian countries, the South Asian Climate outlook Forum (SASCOF) commenced its first meeting on Tuesday at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology here. The meet , which will conclude on Thursday, will …
Weather records over the past decades suggest that summers in India have become hotter, but scientists today linked the extreme heat in eastern India to the flow of hot and dry winds from India
Ahmedabad First South Asian Climate Outlook Forum in city today Last year, the monsoon forecast was 22 per cent off the mark. This year, however, even before the monsoon forecast for this month, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is set to do forecasting for the entire South Asia region, for …
R. Ramachandran New Delhi: The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) has proposed a National Mission on monsoon towards developing reliable dynamic models for forecasting the monsoon over the next three to five-year period through a multi-institutional effort. Though the focus will chiefly be on seasonal forecast, the mission will include …
The summer of 2010 has just begun, and India is already reeling under extreme temperatures as the mercury climbs unprecedented heights. This unusual rise in summer temperatures could be connected due to global warming says CSE. See Also Report: Global climate in 2009 : WMO www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/node/302056 Report: Daily gridded temperature …
Small and marginal farmers practising agriculture on rain-fed farms will bear the brunt of climate change Surinder Sud / New Delhi April 06, 2010, 0:28 IST The vulnerability of Indian agriculture to climate change is well acknowledged. But what is not fully appreciated is the impact this will have on …
BHUBANESWAR: An unrelenting heatwave continued to scorch western parts of the State, while coastal Orissa experienced humid conditions for the third consecutive day. Three western Orissa towns - Sambalpur, Balangir and Titlagarh - saw the day temperature rising past the 43 degree Celsius while reports of four more sunstroke deaths …
New Delhi: During the course of last month, many Delhiites swore they had never experienced such high temperatures in the capital this time of the year. They were absolutely right. March this year was the second warmest in Delhi since systematic records began in 1901, the Met department said on …
The A&N; Islands were rocked by a strong earthquake on Tuesday night. According to the US Geological Survey, the quake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and was recorded at the north Andaman region, nearly 137 miles north of Port Blair. However, the India Meteorological Department's Andaman unit claimed the …
Pune Last year this time, around three villages and 10 wadis in Pune district was receiving water via tankers. This figure was in unison with the groundwater level in the district that later dropped to an average of 6.17 metres in May last year. This year has been an exception. …
BIG corporate houses are rushing to private weather forecasters for monsoon projections, as they look to finalise their investment and production estimates for next year. Monsoon rains are the lifeline of Asia
Mumbai An Indian-made Doppler radar designed for real time weather prediction, a need felt during the 2005 deluge, is headed for the city, with weather officials optimistic it will be in place before this year
Eswar Singh K R Mysore, Mar 25, DHNS As one more World Meteorological Day passes without fanfare early this week, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Bangalore is quietly on the path of updating and modernisation. The IMD Bangalore is all set for a makeover installing automatic weather stations in every …
EL NINO UNLIKELY TO RECUR; DELAY IN THE ONSET OF SOUTHWEST MONSOON LIKLEY The El Nino condition had started to weaken by November and December, and we expect it to neutral in the next few months.
