The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall alert for six districts of Himachal Pradesh. These districts include Kangra, Mandi, Sirmaur, Solan, Shimla, and Sirmaur where the weather office has issued an orange alert for the next two days. According to Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Senior Scientist at the Meteorological Centre,…
Rain lashed parts of Delhi on Sunday morning as the India Meteorological Department predicted light to moderate rain accompanied by thunderstorms likely to occur over Delhi during the next two days. IMD Delhi in a press release stated, “Generally cloudy sky. Light to moderate rain accompanied with thunderstorm/lightning likely to occur over Delhi during next…
PUNE: The statistical models used by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had failed to predict all the three droughts in India in the last decade. Though statistical models will still be used for monsoon forecast, the ministry of earth sciences is putting more emphasis on dynamic models. M Rajeevan of National Atmospheric Research Laboratory said,…