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NAGPUR WEATHER

FAIR WX CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN NAGPUR AND WILL CONTINUE IN THE ENSUING WEEK ALSO. DAY TEMPS ARE SET TO RISE AND THE MAX TEMP WILL BE IN THE RANGE OF 35(+1/-2) DEG CEL AND THE MIN TEMPS IN THE RANGE OF 16(+2/-1.5) DEG CEL. PARTLY CLOUDY SKY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM 08th FEB 2011 AND THE UPPER WINDS WILL BE WESTERLY AT 500mb LEVEL. THE LOWER LEVEL WINDS WILL BE SWly BRINGING IN A BIT OF MOISTURE AND RESULTING IN A BIT MORE CLOUDING ON 13th AND 14th FEB 2011. GROUND WIND IN THE RANGE OF 12-14Kmph WILL ADD TO THE FEEL OF PINK WINTER (aka GULAABI-THANDI).

HERE IS A PIC OF 'YASI' THE SEVERE TROPICAL CYCLONE IN AUSTRALIA ON 03rd FEB 2011. THE CAT-5 CYCLONE WAS EXTREMELY DEVASTATING, AFTER THE YEAR 1918 WITH WIND SPEEDS OF 285Kmph, WHICH RIPPED APART ROOFS OF SEVERAL THOUSAND HOUSES IN QUEENSLAND AND SEVERAL OTHER PLACES IN AUSTRALIA.

THE CAT-5 TROPICAL CYCLONE 'YASI' HITS AUSTRALIA



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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):-



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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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