The India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced its stage-2 long-range forecast for southwest monsoon 2024. It has retained its outlook of an above-normal monsoon this year. It expects rainfall in the upcoming monsoon to be at an eight-year high of 106% (with an error margin of +/-5%) of the long-period average of 870mm for the four-month … Read more
Area under paddy is down nearly 35 per cent to 10.77 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing kharif (summer-sown) season . The rice acreage stood at 16.46 lakh hectares in the corresponding period of last year, according to agriculture ministry data. Area under coverage for pulses is higher at 6.54 lakh hectares so far … Read more
Northwest and central India is likely to witness intense heatwave conditions this summer, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned today. Regions such as Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Odisha will experience summers unlike 2020 and 2021, Met officials said during the release of the weather bureau’s Monthly Temperature and Rainfall Outlook for April. … Read more
According to the data from the IMD centre in Shimla, winter has arrived early in the northern state with Keylong in Lahaul-Spiti recording minus 5 degrees Celsius North India may witness the chilliest/ extremely cold winter due to the La Nina that has been emerging in the Pacific Ocean. The La Nina weather pattern causes … Read more
The team looked at what would happen to ENSO when the level of carbon dioxide doubled and quadrupled. Climate Change: There is no doubt that El Nino and La Nina are very important natural climate phenomena occurring over the Pacific Ocean. This is because they impact and influence the weather conditions prevalent all over the … Read more
UNITED NATIONS: The year 2020 was one of the three warmest years on record and rivalled 2016 for the top spot, indicating the pace of the “human-induced” climate change which is now as powerful as the force of nature, the UN weather agency has said. All five datasets surveyed by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) … Read more
There is an approximately 95% chance the La Nina weather pattern will prevail through the Northern Hemisphere winter from January to March, a U.S. government weather forecaster said on Thursday. “Below-average sea surface temperatures (SSTs) extend from the western to the eastern Pacific Ocean, and reflect the continuation of La Nina,” the National Weather Service’s … Read more
These episodes, of El Nino and La Nina, last usually between nine months to a year. Winter 2020: North India may witness colder winter this time! As the winter is approaching the country, the India Meteorological Department has hinted towards a colder winter this year. Talking to news agency ANI, IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra … Read more
Among the states that bear the brunt of cold wave are Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, and Mohapatra stated that it is these states that see the most deaths due to cold.(Reuters/File image) The Director-General of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Mrutunjay Mohapatra said on Wednesday that winter could be colder this season. He stated that … Read more