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Updated: May 12, 2026 16:36 IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr Jitendra Singh, on Tuesday launched two superior weather forecasting systems developed beneath the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), geared toward offering hyper-local, AI-enabled and impact-based weather providers throughout the nation.
The newly launched systems embrace India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) first Artificial Intelligence-enabled “Forecast of Monsoon Advance over Different Parts of the Country” and a “High Spatial Resolution Rainfall Forecast for Uttar Pradesh” as a pilot service.
The merchandise have been collectively developed by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF).
Addressing the launch occasion in New Delhi, Jitendra Singh mentioned India’s weather forecasting capabilities had undergone a significant transformation within the final decade with using superior applied sciences, knowledge integration and fashionable modelling systems.
“IMD has today become an integral component of governance, disaster preparedness, agriculture planning and everyday public decision-making,” the Minister mentioned.
He additional acknowledged that the newly launched systems marked a shift from standard forecasting to “impact-based and decision-support forecasting” able to delivering exact and actionable info to farmers, catastrophe managers, directors and residents.
According to the Ministry, the AI-enabled monsoon forecasting system will present probabilistic forecasts of monsoon development each Wednesday up to 4 weeks upfront. The service has been designed to assist farmers throughout 16 states and greater than 3,000 sub-districts by the dissemination community of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare.
The second product — a excessive spatial decision rainfall forecast system for Uttar Pradesh — has been developed as a pilot initiative to generate rainfall forecasts at 1-km spatial decision up to 10 days upfront.
Officials mentioned the system integrates knowledge from Automatic Rain Gauges, Automatic Weather Stations, Doppler Weather Radars and satellite-based rainfall datasets utilizing AI-driven downscaling methods.
Highlighting the enlargement of India’s weather infrastructure, Jitendra Singh mentioned the nation had solely round 16 to 17 Doppler Weather Radars practically a decade in the past, whereas the quantity has now elevated to about 50, with one other 50 deliberate beneath Mission Mausam.
“Changing climate patterns and increasing extreme weather events have made precise and timely forecasting more important than ever before,” he mentioned.
The Minister added that weather advisories and early warnings are actually being disseminated by cell purposes, SMS alerts, WhatsApp, Kisan portals, tv and different digital platforms to enhance public outreach and last-mile connectivity. (ANI)