NAGPUR WEATHER

HELLO FOLKS. DID NOT POST ANYTHING FOR LAST TEN DAYS DUE TO NO MAJOR WEATHER CHANGE (and also due to internet down at my home-courtesy BSNL). THE UPPER WINDS ARE SET TO CHANGE FROM 01ST FEB 2011 FROM Wly TO WNWly, NWly ON 02nd, NNWly ON 03rd AND Nly ON 04th, THEREBY BRINGING DOWN THE MINIMU TEMPS BY TWO TO THREE DEG CEL FROM THE CURRENT LEVEL, LIKELY TO BE IN THE RANGE OF 15(-2/+2) DEG CEL. THE GROUND WIND WILL ADD TO CHILL FEEL THROUGH OUT THE WEEK TILL 04th FEB 2011 AND WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 05 TO 15 Kmph. THE COLD WEATHER IS RECEEDING THROUGOUT THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE AS CAN BE SEEN IN THIS PIC FROM NOAA HERE.

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HISTORY OF INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

HISTORY OF INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT

IN INDIA, THE EARLIEST METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS SEEM TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY “GOLDINGHAM” IN MADRAS (now CHENNAI) AND GOT MUCH APPRECIATION AND “ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL” WAS FORMED IN THE YEAR 1784 BY SIR WILLIAM JONES.

THE METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AS EARLY AS 1793 WERE SYSTEMETAICALLY RECORDED BY PREPARING A METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER IN 1796. THERE WAS NO PROPER SCIENTIFIC USE OF THESE OBSERVATIONS FROM 1796-1860. IN 1857, ACTING ON THE PROPOSAL OF ASIATIC SOCIETY, Col.R STRACHEY THEN APPOINTED A COMMITTEE, WHICH SUBMITTED IT’S REPORT IN 1862 AND HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF UNIFORMITY IN Met. OBSERVATIONS. RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF REPORT, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT THEN ESTABLISHED THE METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT IN 1875, UNDER THE MINISTRY OF REVENUE,AGRICULTURE & COMMERCE, AND Mr. H F BLANFORD WAS APPOINTED AS THE FIRST “IMPERIAL METEOROLOGICAL REPORTER” WITH CALCUTTA (now KOLKATTA) AS HEADQUARTER. PARALLEL OBSERVATIONS WERE ALSO HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE RECORDED SINCE 1841 IN BOMBAY PRESIDENCY IN COLABA, BOMBAY (now MUMBAI). A TEMPORARY BRANCH OFFICE IN THE PREMISES OF TELEGRAPH OFFICE, SHIMLA WAS OPENED IN 1875. NAGPUR CITY OBSERVATORY CAME INTO EXISTENCE ON 01.01.1869 IN THE PREMISES OF MAYO HOSPITAL.

Mr. BLANFORD RETIRED ON 8th MAY 1889 AND HANDED OVER THE CHARGE TO Mr. JOHN ELIOT. ON 01st APRIL 1899, THE DESIGNATION OF IMPERIAL REPORTER WAS CHANGED TO “DIRECTOR GENERAL OF OBSERVATORY”. IT WAS DECIDED IN 1905 TO MAKE THE SIMLA OFFICE AS THE HEAD-QUARTER AND CALCUTTA OFFICE AS THE BRANCH OFFICE. DUE TO OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, THE SIMLA OFFICE (1916) WAS SHIFTED TO POONA (now PUNE) IN MARCH 1928. A FORECASTING CENTRE WAS OPENED IN DELHI IN 1929 AND SHIFTED TO PRESENT LOCATION ON LODHI ROAD, NEW DELHI-3 ON A 30-ACRE LAND IN 1940.

FOR SMOOTH RUNNING OF THE Met. DEPARTMENT, 7 REGIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTRES WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1945 AND WERE LOCATED IN BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, DELHI, KARACHI, LAHORE, MADRAS AND NAGPUR.

CENTRAL OBSERVATORY AT ALIPUR WAS THE FIRST OBSERVATORY IN INDIA TO IMPART TRAINING TO THE OBSERVERS, TO TEST THE INSTYRUMENTS AND STANDARDIZE FOR TAKING SEVERAL TYPES OF OBSERVATIONS.

A ‘NEWMAN BAROMETER’ WAS INSTALLED AT ALIPUR OBSERVATORY AND WAS USED AS A STANDARD BAROMETER. TWO OTHER BAROMETERS FOR SECONDARY USE WERE KEPT IN ALIPUR OBSERVATORY AND ARE STILL IN USE SINCE 1877.

A ‘DINES PRESSURE TUBE ANEMOGRAPH’ (DPTA) WAS INSTALLED AT ALLAHABAD IN 1895. A SHED FOR THERMOMETER WAS MODIFIED IN 1921 AND WAS CALLED AS ‘STEVENSON SCREEN’ AND ANEMOMETERS AND WIND VANES WERE MOUNTED ON ROOF TOP. CONTINUOUS RECORDS OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, HUMIDITY, WIND DIRECTION AND SPEED AND RAINFALL IS AVAILBALE (OF SOME PALCES) SINCE 1871. UPPER AIR OBSERVATIONS USING BALLOONS STARTED IN 1877 WHICH FURTHERE IMPROVED WITH THE HELP OF KITED WERE MEASURED CARRYING METEOROGRAPH IN 1905. PRESENTLY IMD PROVIDES SERVICES RELATING TO METEOROLOGY, SEISMOLOFY AND ALLIED SUBJECTS TO DIFFERENT SECTORS AS FOLLOWS (See picture below):-



Services offered by India Meteorological Department

The milestones of IMD:- 

                                                                                            
The Director Generals of IMD:-



The Director Generals of India Meteorological Department

  
 
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NAGPUR WEATHER

NAGPUR WEATHER

NAGPUR IS PRESENTLY EXPERIENCING A COOL WEATHER. FAIR WEATHER AND CLEAR SKIES WILL GRACE THE NEXT WEEK.THE MERCURY AFTER MAKING HISTORIC FALL IS RISING FROM LAST TWO DAYS AS EXPECTED. FAIRLY WARM (AS COMPARED TO LAST WEEK) WEEK AHEAD. BIT BY BIT THE MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL RISE TO ABOUT 14 (+/-1.5) DEG CEL BY SUNDAY THE 16th JAN 2011. BUT ON MONDAY THE 17th JAN 2011 WILL SEE A FALL OF ABOUT THREE DEG CEL AS COMPARED TO PREVIOUS DAY. SURFACE WINDS OF ABOUT 10 TO 15 Kmph MAY GIVE A FEEL OF CHILL(FACTOR) ON SATURDAY & SUNDAY EVENING (POST NOON).

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The Beauty of Mathematics Part-II

The Beauty of Mathematics



What is 101%.Look at this ... 101%

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint:

What Equals 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100% ?

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100% ?

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to GIVE OVER 100%.

How about ACHIEVING 101% ?

What equals 100% in life ?

Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answer these questions:

If :

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as :

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

If :

H-A-R-D-W-O-R- K

8+1+18+4+23+15+18+11 = 98%

And:

K-N-O-W-L-E-D-G-E

11+14+15+23+12+5+4+7+5 = 96%

But :

A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E

1+20+20+9+20+21+4+5 = 100%

THEN, look how far the love of God will take you:

L-O-V-E-O-F-G-O-D

12+15+22+5+15+6+7+15+4 = 101%

Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that:

GOD IS GREAT

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close, and Attitude will get you there, It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!

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GLOBAL WARMING---WHERE ARE YOU ?

GLOBAL WARMING---WHERE ARE YOU?



DENSE FOG, CHILLY WEATHER CONTINUES UNABATED AND THE COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE INTENSIFYING IN PARTS OF ASIA.

ON JANUARY 07^th 2011, DELHI(4.3) WAS COLDER THAN SHIMLA(5.5).

THE SOUTHWARD JOURNEY OF THE MERCURY CONTINUES AND MANY PLACES IN THE MAINLAND OF MADHYAPRADESH RECORDED SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES. IN REWA 44-YR OLD RECORD WAS BROKEN AND IN RAICHUR (KARNATAKA) 120-YR OLD RECORD WAS BROKEN.

THE NIPPY WEATHER CONDITIONS LEAD TO FOG AND MIST AFFECTING NORMAL LIFE, BEING THROWN OUT OF GEAR. ROOM HEATERS AND FOR THE LESS PRIVILEGED BON-FIRES ARE A COMMON SIGHT.

THE GUANGXI WEATHER BUREAU IN CHINA HAS WARNED ABOUT INTENSE COLD WAVE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CHINA. MILLIONS OF LIVES ARE PARALYSIED DUE TO SLEET AND SNOW, THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND AIRPORTS BEING CLOSED. ITS CASCADING EFFECT IS SHORTAGE OF FOOD SUPPLIES AND PRICE RISE AND SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES BEING CLOSED OWING TO SAFETY CONCERNS.

IF THERE IS NO RELIEF FROM SUCH FREEZING WEATHER, THE ESSENTIAL SUPPLIES, WATER AND ELECTRICITY MAY BEAR A COLD SNAP. THE RESULTING FINANCIAL LOSSES MAY BE IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE BONE PENETRATING COLD WAVE MAY LAST FOR ABOUT A WEEK MORE, ACCORDING TO IMD. AND WE WILL HAVE TO BEAR THE BRUNT OF WEATHER, BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY COLD WAVE RISK MITIGATION PLANS AND THE VAGARIES OF WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW ITS UNPRECEDENTED CALAMITY.

MEANWHILE, NAGPUR WEATHER OBSERVATORY, ESTABLISHED ON 01.01.1869 AT MAYO HOSPITAL AS A CLASS-IV-B OBSERVATORY AND SHIFTED TO PRESENT SITE ON 19.04.1948 AS A CLASS-I OBSERVATORY RECORDED TODAY ON 07^th JANUARY 2011 A MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 5.7 DEG CEL, THE SECOND LOWEST TEMPERATURE IN THE HISTORY. INCIDENTLY TODAY IN 1937 THE LOWEST EVER MINIMUM TEMPERATURE WAS RECORDED AS 3.9 DEG CEL. AND TOADY LAST YEAR IN 2010 WAS THE COLDEST DAY OF THE RESPECTIVE SEASON. IN NAGPUR. ON FIVE OCCASSIONS IN THE PAST DECADE i.e. IN 2001,2004,2007,2008,2009 THERE WAS NOT A SINGLE DAY IN JANUARY WHICH COULD SEE A TEMPERATURE DROP EVEN UPTO 8 DEG CEL

IF WE FURTHER CONTINUE TO WITNESS THE ONSLAUGHT OF WINTER,  WE MAY HAVE TO ISSUE A SEARCH WARRANT FOR GLOBAL WARMING TO EXTEND ITS GRATITUDE TO GIVE US MUCH NEEDED RESPITE AND WARMTH.

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KNOW ABOUT NOKIA

10 things you don't know about NOKIA

1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."

2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.

4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).

5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.

6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.

7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).

8. Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600).
9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.

10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.

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The Beauty of Mathematics

The Beauty of Mathematics

1 x 8 + 1 = 9

12 x 8 + 2 = 98

123 x 8 + 3 = 987

1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876

12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765

123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654

1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543

12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432

123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321

1 x 9 + 2 = 11

12 x 9 + 3 = 111

123 x 9 + 4 = 1111

1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111

12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111

123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111

1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111

12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111

123456789 x 9 +10= 1111111111

9 x 9 + 7 = 88

98 x 9 + 6 = 888

987 x 9 + 5 = 8888

9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888

98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888

987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888

9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888

98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888

1 x 1 = 1

11 x 11 = 121

111 x 111 = 12321

1111 x 1111 = 1234321

11111 x 11111 = 123454321

111111 x 111111 = 12345654321

1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321

11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321

111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321

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MEETING WITH SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCE, FOR FCS.

DEAR ALL IMDNGSSA MEMBERS,

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT AN EMAIL RECEIVED FROM Shri RIZWAN AHMED INFORMING ABOUT A LETTER SUBMITTED TO SECRETARY MoES FOR URGENT ON Flexible Component Scheme (FCS), FEW HOURS AGO AND IS BEING PRESENTED HERE AGAIN FOR YOUR QUICK REFERENCE.



Letter from IMDNGSSA, to Secretary MoES



THANKS AND REGARDS.

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INDIA’S PRIDE ‘CIRUS’ SHUTDOWN

REACTOR SHUT DOWN

THE CIRUS REACTOR WAS SHUT DOWN PERMANENTLY ON FRIDAY MIDNIGHT i.e. ON 31st DEC 2010.

THIS 40 MW REACTOR, OPERATING AT A CAPACITY FACTOR OF 50-80% WAS PRODUCING 6.5-10.5 Kg OF PLUTONIUM PER YEAR AND USED NATURAL URANIUM FUEL WHILE USING HEAVY-WATER(DEUTERIUM) AS A MODERATOR (a medium that reduces the speed of fast neutrons and turning them into thermal neutrons which are capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction) PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE FIRST NUCLEAR TEST IN POKHRAN-I (codenamed SMILING BUDDHA) IN 1974.

THE FIRST NUCLEAR CHAIN REACTION (CRITICALITY) WAS ATTAINED ON 10th JULY 1960.

THE CIRUS (CANADA INDIA REACTOR UTILITY SERVICES) WAS AN ICONIC SYMBOL OF INDIA’S INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAMME FOR CIVIL AND MILITARY. THE PLUTONIUM FROM ITS SPENT FUEL WAS USED AS A PART OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAMME OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY. THE BARC (BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE) MAINTAINS THAT URANIUM FUEL WHICH IT PROCURED INDEGENOUSLY HAS BEEN FULLY UTILISED BY SLOWLY DRAINING OUT OF HEAVY WATER IN THE MODERATOR. HOWEVER, THE PUMPS STILL CONTINUE TO RUN TO REMOVE THE DECAY HEAT AND ALL OTHER PROCESSES TO REMOVE THE RESIDUAL HEAT FROM THE CORE FO THE REACTOR WILL BE KEPT OPERATIONAL FOR SOME MORE TIME, PROBABLY UPTO ONE YEAR. AFTER DECONTAMINATION, THE REACTOR WILL NOT BE DEOMMISSIONED AND WILL BE USED FOR STUDENTS’ TRAINING. ALSO A PLAN TO CONVERT IT INTO A NEUTRON PRODUCING SYSTEM FOR SUB-CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS IS ON THE ANVIL. THIS FIFTY YEAR OLD NUCLEAR REACTOR, COULD HAVE LIVED FOR TWENTY MORE YEARS, WAS SHUT DOWN IN SEPTEMBER 1997, REFURBISHED, AND RESUMED IN 2005(SCHEDULED TO RESUME IN 2003), BEFORE PERMANENTLY SHUTTING IT DOWN.

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NOSTALGIC RBI MOVE

NOSTALGIC RBI MOVE

AN ICONIC DECISION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MAY HURT MANY SENTIMENTS FROM JUNE THE 30th, 2011.

THE COINS OF VALUE DENOMINATION 1-(ONE) PAISE, 2-(TWO) PAISE, 3-(THREE) PAISE, 5-(FIVE) PAISE, 10-(TEN) PAISE, 20(TWENTY) PAISE AND 25(TWENTY-FIVE) PAISE WILL NO LONGER BE A VALID DENOMINATION.

EVEN THOUGH THESE COINS VANISHED LONG TIME AGO, WHATEVER COINS WERE MINTED AND WERE IN CIRCULATION WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN TRANSACTIONS. THE MINTING OF THESE COINS WAS STOPPED BECAUSE; THE COST OF MINTING THEM WAS MORE THAN THEIR FACE VALUE. NOW THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA HAS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW THEM FROM CIRCULATION ALTOGETHER AND WILL CEASE TO BE A LEGAL TENDER IN THE COUNTRY AND THE MINIMUM DENOMINATION COIN THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AS A LEAGL TRANSACTION WILL BE 50-(FIFTY) PAISE COIN. ALSO THESE DENOMINATIONS (1,2,3,5,10,20,25 PAISE) WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED FOR PAYEMNT ON ACCOUNT i.e. THE ENTRIES IN BOOKS OF ACCOUNTS, PRICING OF PRODUCTS, TAXES, SERVICES ETC. WILL BE ROUNDED OFF TO FIFTY PAISE OR WHOLE RUPEE FROM THE DATE THE PROCEDURE FOR CALL-IN WOULD BE NOTOFIED BY THE RBI. THE FINANCE MINISTRY HAS REALLY WIPED OUT WHATEVER LITTLE VALUE THESE COINS HAD. NOW NOBODY CAN CALL AS ‘CHAVANNI CHAAP’; AS THIS WILL ALSO BECOME HISTORY.

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WELCOME 2011

WELCOME-2011

GREETINGS

I WHOLE HEARTEDLY WISH TO ALL THE READERS OF MY BLOG A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011.

ANOTHER YEAR AND ANOTHER CHANCE TO GIVE A NEW START TO OUR LIVES. THIS TIME LEAP OVER OLD BARRIERS TO HAVE A REAL BREAKTHROUGH.
MAY GOD BLESS US ALL WITH A LOT OF HAPPINESS, JOY, PROSPERITY, SUCCESS, AND ABOVE ALL PEACE (WHICH ENTIRE MANKIND IS IN SEARCH OF).
THE WORDS BRIGHT, BLISSFULL, MINDBLOWING, TERRIFIC, EXTREMELY, GREAT HAS NO MEANING, IF THERE IS NO PEACE.

THE YEAR 2011 IS UNIQUE IN MANY WAYS. LOOK OUT HERE :-

1-1-11, 11-1-11, 1-11-11, 11-11-11, 9-10-11, 13-12-11, 7-9-11, 5-8-11, 3-7-11, 1-6-11.

AND WHAT MORE, THIS YEAR IS A REPEATITION OF YEAR 2005—WATCH THE DAYS AND DATES MATCH EXACTLY.
EARLIER A ONE NUMBER IN ITS DATE MONTH AND YEAR WAS 4 TIMES IN 2001, WHEREAS IT IS 6 TIMES IN 2011. THIS COMBINATION OF DATE MONTH AND YEAR COMES ONCE IN A CENTURY. NEXT TIME IT WILL BE AFTER 100 YEARS IN 2111. THIS IS THE UNIQUENESS OF THE YEAR 2011.