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El Nino sets in as Pacific crosses critical 0.5°C threshold: What it could mean for India's monsoon this yearEl Nino: A major global weather signal, El Niño, has officially begun and the sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific have crossed...
Poweful El Nino may strike; Climate change will make its effects worseThe El Nino weather pattern is forming and expected to bring extreme weather worldwide. Scientists warn climate change will worsen its impa...
GRAP-1 restrictions revoked in Delhi-NCRDelhi air quality: Owing to favourable meteorological conditions, the air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 123, in the 'moderat...
Govt readies contingency plans to counter El Nino threat to kharif season: Shivraj Singh ChouhanThe Indian government is ready for El Nino's impact on the upcoming kharif crop. Contingency plans are being made for affected districts. T...
IMD new monsoon forecast system: How AI will allow weather department in predicting rainsThe India Meteorological Department has launched an AI-enabled monsoon advance forecasting system and a high-resolution spatial rainfall fo...
Delhi to add 13 more air quality monitoring stations this yearDelhi is set to receive 13 new air quality monitoring stations this year. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee is developing 10 of these, ...
PM Modi to inaugurate high-performance computing system for weather research at IITMThe new high-power computing systems -- named 'Arka' and 'Arunika' -- are expected to significantly enhance the accuracy and lead time of p...
Global warming link to intense rains in India's Himalayas: ScientistsScientists have attributed the increasing intensity of torrential rains in India's Himalayas to a clash of weather systems caused by global...
Delhi's AQI severe; CAQM says rapid improvement likely, no need for stricter curbsNon-polluting activities such as plumbing, carpentry, interior decoration and electrical work are allowed. The next stage -- 'severe plus' ...
Tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea: Why are they increasing?This is the first time since the start of satellite records in 1980 in India that there have been four consecutive years of pre-monsoon cyc...
IMD, IITM to monitor New Delhi's fog for better forecastsIMD and Pune-based IIITM will set up instruments at the Indira Gandhi International Airport and at Pusa Institute for starting observations...
- Temperature rise more in winter months than in summer
The warmth of winter months has increased significantly over the past 100 years.
South peninsula to get rains till September end: Indian Institute of Tropical MeteorologyAccording to latest extended range forecast of Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, rainfall is expected to improve over so...
- International climate office to be set up in Pune
An International Climate Variability and Predictability project office would be set up in Pune for implementation of intra-seasonal, season...
Sea surface temperatures to predict rainfallA team from IITM and IISER, Pune used historical meteorological data and modern modelling techniques to predict monsoon pattern.
Monsoon may fall short in September, says IITM modelThe MeT though has issued monthly forecasts only for July and August, the period that gets the bulk of the monsoon showers and is most crit...
Progress of monsoon will be delayed: Indian Institute of Tropical MeteorologyIITM's real-time monsoon forecast predicts that a low pressure system would form over Bay of Bengal around May 25 and move northwards.
Weathermen to use most-powerful computing system to forecast weather in 2014Weathermen to use the most powerful computing system at their disposal 790 TF to predict weather this year.
- Breathless? Blame it on temperature, trapped pollutants
People living in Hadapsar, Katraj, Bhosari and Shivajinagar may be more susceptible to respiratory infections such as asthma and chronic br...
- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation may defer cloud-seeding experiment
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to defer the cloud-seeding experiment, which was slated to be carried out from September...