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Tuesday, December 2, 2025
TopicWeather forecasting

Topic: Weather forecasting

Clouds with moderate fog cloak Delhi skies on Republic Day

The minimum temperature settled at 12.8 degrees Celsius, the highest this month so far. The national capital is likely to see cloudy skies for the next 4-5 days

Normal monsoon likely in Aug-Sept, but deficiency expected in Bihar, Northeast, says IMD

The second half of the southwest monsoon is expected to be ‘normal’ for the country as a whole, but regional variations will persist, Indian Meteorological Department predicts.

China aims to build world’s highest automatic weather station on Mt Everest

Engineers working to set up the station said the meteorological system is of great significance for monitoring melting glaciers and mountain snow at high altitudes.

IMD predicts heatwave to persist for next 6 days in Delhi, temperature to soar 42 degrees

India recorded its warmest March in 122 years with a severe heatwave scorching large swathes of the country in the month.

Southwest monsoon revives, rainfall to increase in south, central India, IMD says

IMD director said a low pressure is likely to form over west-central Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, however, subdued activity is likely to continue over north India.

Southwest monsoon arrives over Kerala, IMD says

After a delay of two days, Kerala receives its first shower of the southwest monsoon. This marks the commencement of the four-month rainfall season in the country.

Why Kerala is spending Rs 1 crore on private weather agencies despite IMD providing data

Kerala officials say IMD data is not refined or specific enough to provide alerts at the block level, impeding disaster management. 

Himachal’s Manali, Kufri at sub-zero temperature as cold wave intensifies

Minimum temperature dropped 1-2 degrees below normal limits at many places. The Met department forecast rain and snowfall in the high and mid hills on 4 and 7 February.

Severe cold in warm winter, floods in normal monsoon — why IMD gets its forecasts so wrong

Lack of infrastructure, complex nature of weather, and poor coordination make forecasting weather a tough proposition, not only in India but across the world.  

The secret culprit in why Indian forecasters got rain numbers wrong: Clouds

India received 10% more rainfall this monsoon although the country was originally predicted to receive only 94%.

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