Below is an article from today’s The Statesman that underscores many of the key issues we at 'SaveTheHills' (STH) have been tirelessly raising, writing about, and advocating for over many years:
The information about DWRs which I have been able to garner from the internet is as under:
As per the above information there are 10 DWRs in the Western Himalayas (RED dots) and ONLY 3 DWRs in the Eastern region (GREEN dots). In this connection, there maybe some conventional (non DWR) older type weather radars about which I could not get information. These will be replaced by DWRs by 2026.
The above information is reproduced below in a map form:
The above information is reproduced below in a map form:
Many years ago, I attended an IMD workshop at Baluatar in Gangtok, where I raised the need of a DWR in the Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas. I was told that then that a DWR had been earmarked for Sikkim by IMD but as can be seen nothing materialized over the years and now a DWR is being installed in Malda (W Bengal) which will certainly give adequate inputs/warning for North Bengal but may not be effective for the mountainous regions because of signal loss and shadowing.
In this regard, Nepal has 3 weather radars but I could not locate their data and Bhutan has none.
About IMD Automatic Weather Station website
I have already partly covered this in my blog of yesterday but if you try and access the IMD AWS site (http://aws.imd.gov.in:8091/internal/login.php) today, you will be greeted with this sign
In this regard, Nepal has 3 weather radars but I could not locate their data and Bhutan has none.
About IMD Automatic Weather Station website
I have already partly covered this in my blog of yesterday but if you try and access the IMD AWS site (http://aws.imd.gov.in:8091/internal/login.php) today, you will be greeted with this sign
Whereas just a few months ago, the IMD AWS information for the whole country was freely available for anyone, now it is 'internal information' only available to IMD or government officials.
Each state has a separate password to gain access to weather data of the state.
With the inputs which I have given you, please read 'The Statesman' article again and wonder which direction our early warning systems for the mountains are pointing.
Praful Rao
SaveTheHills
savethehills@gmail.com
9475033744
Each state has a separate password to gain access to weather data of the state.
With the inputs which I have given you, please read 'The Statesman' article again and wonder which direction our early warning systems for the mountains are pointing.
Praful Rao
SaveTheHills
savethehills@gmail.com
9475033744
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