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 …
A recent report by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has pointed out that 2009 received the third worst rainfall since 1901, behind 1918 when there was a 25 per cent deficiency and 1972 when the deficiency was 24 per cent of the Long Period Average. The report, released in January, …
Pune The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has embarked on a nationwide project to install automatic rain gauge stations across the country to ensure there is real time mapping of the rainfall. The project that began four months ago is part of its efforts to modernise and enhance weather mapping capabilities …
As part of its modernisation programme aimed at enhancing weather monitoring facilities, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is installing a network of 187 automatic rain gauge stations across the state. When installed, the network would help in accurate collection of rainfall data from various parts of the state. It would …
The more one irrigates his lands, lower the amount of rainfall he can expect in the coming years. While agricultural lands are seeing drier weather, Indian cities are getting short but intense periods of rain and the subsequent water logging. This is the irony that a group of researchers explain. …
In a few months, Delhiites would not have to check the news channels or wait for the morning newspaper for weather details. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is getting 17 outdoor display boards for the city to give out real-time temperature, a satellite map of India, along with air quality …
The Meteorological Department today installed a super-computing device, which will upgrade its short-range weather prediction to seven days. The IMD, which turned 135 today, inducted a High Power Computing System (HPCS) at its headquarters that will help weathermen make predictions about rain, fog, smog and cyclone situations at least seven …
On the occasion of the 135th Foundation Day of the indian meteorological department (IMD), minister for science and technology and earth sciences Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated India's first mega computer (IBM P6) which will go long away in providing accurate weather predictions. Speaking on the occasion, the minister said the this …
P. Sunderarajan THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The India Meteorological Department is set to introduce an additional feature to its forecasts during monsoon. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, said here on Tuesday that from this year, farmers would also get forecasts of active and break phases of monsoon 10-15 days in advance. …
P. Venugopal THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the problem of climate change now turning into an increasing reality, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is working on the development of a model that can forecast the subtleties of the phenomenon with a fair degree of accuracy into the next five or 10 years, according …
Pune Refusing to put the blame on the officers of India Meteorology Department (IMD) for the wide deviation in the prediction of rains, Minister of State for Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday said it would be inappropriate to pull up someone for weather prediction. Chavan visited the IMD, Pune, …
Some worrying incidents of climate change: By 2050, the per capita share of water will reduce from 2290 to 1550 cubic metre per person in India, marking the country with all its water resources as a water scarce country. A thousand miles away from Copenhagen, climate change experts in Delhi …
New Delhi: With the minimum temperature falling to 10.7 degrees Celsius for the second time this week, the lowest in the season, Delhiites have formally declared winter. The maximum fell to 24.2 degrees Celsius, four degrees below normal. The Met department said this was due to snowfall in Himachal and …
The IMD overlooked and ignored data on Cyclone Phyan, leading to the loss of almost a hundred lives, says SUJAY GUPTA Disaster is often the distance between a cosy bedtime story and an early morning wake-up call. On the intervening night of December 10 and 11, Goa was on the …
Cyclone Phyan spared Mumbai when it was at its fiercest but its dying residue has made eastern India warmer and turned the region around Calcutta into a temperature hotspot that may precipitate respiratory illnesses. The minimum temperature in Calcutta today was four degrees above normal at 22.6 degrees Celsius, making …
Worried about driving blind on a foggy winter morning? Help will soon be an SMS away. The weatherman has decided to start a service providing point to point information about fog and visibility through cellphone messages. The project will begin in Delhi and then be replicated in other parts of …
