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A New Weather Portal indiaweatherwatch

A New Weather Portal www.indiaweatherwatch.org. being launched by Department of Science & Technology Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India. Launch of a Weather Portal www.indiaweatherwatch.org. A joint effort of India Meteorological Department

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A New Weather Portal indiaweatherwatch

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  1. A New Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org being launched by Department of Science & Technology Ministry of Science & Technology Government of India

  2. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org A joint effort of India Meteorological Department National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

  3. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org In Public-Private Partnership with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FICCI)

  4. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org • Why a new Weather Portal ? • There was no user friendly web site on Indian weather • Web Sites of Indian weather agencies contain more • scientific information eg. Charts, figures, tables, etc • Synergy required among operational and research • weather agencies in India • There has been great demand from different sectors • and users for such a portal

  5. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org The portal is positioned as a user friendly, application oriented, visually appealing and simply worded - one-stop basic weather information provider for public.

  6. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org • Main Features :Weather Observations • About 200 stations Current Weather Observations on temperature, humidity, current weather situation, etc – to be updated 4 times a day • Today’s Observations from same number of stations on Max. & Min. Temps, Rainfall recorded at 8.30 am- to be updated once a day in the morning • INSAT satellite imagery-updated every 3 hours

  7. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org • Main Features :Weather Forecast • All India Weather Outlook for next 5 days • Zone-wise Weather Forecasts for North & North-west, East & North-east, Central, South and West India • City Forecast for 20 stations on Rain, Max. & Min. temperatures, Clouds, etc for next 5 days.

  8. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org • Main Features:Agro-advisories for Farmers • Agro-meteorological Advisory Bulletins • (AABs) from 107 Agromet Advisory Service (AAS) Units of NCMRWF • AABs in both English and Vernacular Languages • AABs contain weather during preceding week, forecast for next 4 days and farm advisory on major agricultural operations viz. sowing, harvest, pesticide/fertilizer applications , Irrigation scheduling, etc • [To be fully operational from June]

  9. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org • Other Features: • Weather News • FAQs • Explanation of weather & climate • related terminology

  10. Launch of a Weather Portalwww.indiaweatherwatch.org • Other Features: • Feedback • Discussion Forum • Contact Us • Site search and station search facility

  11. Let us go to…. www.indiaweatherwatch.org

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