PRESS RELEASE: RAINFALL/THUNDERSTORM WITH HAILSTORM ACTIVITY LIKELY OVER NORTHWEST INDIA ON 03 APRIL AND SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION THEREAFTER.

Press Release: Rainfall with thunderstorm/hailstorm over Western Himalayan Region & East India today, the 01st April and a over Northeast India on 01st & 02nd April

Press Release: Updated Seasonal outlook for Hot weather Season (April to June) 2023 and Monthly Outlook for April 2023 for the Rainfall and Temperature

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति: गर्मी के मौसम (अप्रैल से जून) 2023 के लिए अद्यतन ऋतुनिष्ठ दृष्टिकोण और वर्षा और तापमान के लिए अप्रैल 20

Virtual Press Conference on “Updated outlook for hot weather season (April, May & June) and for the month of April 2023”

Current Weather Status and Extended Range Forecast for next two weeks (30th March-12th April 2023)

Press Release: Current Weather Status and Extended range Forecast for next two weeks (23March-5 April 2023)

Press release on Climate Summary for the month of February 2023

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति : गर्म मौसम (मार्च से मई) 2023 के लिए ऋतुनिष्ठ दृष्टिकोण तथा मार्च 2023 के लिए वर्षा और तापमान हेतु मासिक

PRESS RELEASE ON SEASONAL OUTLOOK FOR HOT WEATHER SEASON (MARCH TO MAY) 2023 AND MONTHLY OUTLOOK FOR MARCH 2023 FOR THE RAINFALL AND TEMPERATURE:

Spokesperson of IMD to brief press and electronic media on weather forecasting.

Recruitment of Scientific Assistant in IMD

Monsoon Information

Withdrawal of SW Monsoon

  1. Withdrawal from extreme north-western parts of the country is not attempted before 1st September.
  2. After 1st September:
    The following major synoptic features are considered for the first withdrawal from the western parts of NW India.
    1. Cessation of rainfall activity over the area for continuous 5 days.
    2. Establishment of anticyclone in the lower troposphere (850 hPa and below).
    3. Considerable reduction in moisture content as inferred from satellite water vapour imageries and tephigrams.
Further Withdrawal from the Country
  1. Further withdrawal from the country is declared, keeping the spatial continuity, reduction in moisture as seen in the water vapour imageries and prevalence of dry weather for 5 days.
  2. Withdrawal of SW monsoon is from the southern peninsula and hence from the entire country only after 1st October, when the circulation pattern indicates a change over from the southwesterly wind regime.