Strengthen Masula Radar station, State urges Centre

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Ministry of Earth Science
19-November, 2018 16:12 IST
Deep Depression over Southeast Arabian Sea weakened into a depression

Well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal

(i) The Deep Depression over Southeast Arabian Sea moved westwards with a speed of 22 kmph during past 06 hours, weakened into a depression and lay centered at 1130 hrs IST of today, the 19th November, 2018 over Southeast Arabian Sea near latitude 11.2°N and longitude 65.8°E, about 730 km west-northwest of Agatti and 1300 km east-southeast of Socotra. It is likely to move nearly westwards and weaken into a well marked low pressure area during next 48 hours.


(ii) The well marked low pressure area over central parts of south Bay of Bengal persisted over the same region at 1130 hours IST of today, the 19th November, 2018. It is very likely to move westwards and is likely to intensify into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours.

Forecast track and intensity are given in the following table:



Date/Time(IST) Position (Lat. 0N/ Long. 0E)) Maximum sustained surface wind speed (Kmph) Category of cyclonic disturbance
19.11.18/1130 11.2/65.8 45-55 gusting to 65
Depression

19.11.18/1730 11.3/64.8 45-55 gusting to 65
Depression

19.11.18/2330 11.3/63.9 40-50 gusting to 60
Depression

20.11.18/0530 11.4/62.9 40-50 gusting to 60
Depression

20.11.18/1130 11.4/62.0 35-45 gusting to 55
Depression

20.11.18/2330 11.3/60.2 35-45 gusting to 55
Depression

21.11.18/1130 11.2/58.4 25-35 gusting to 45
Well Marked Low Pressure Area

Warnings:

1. Wind warning:

• Squally wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely to prevail over Southeast Arabian Sea to the west of Lakshadweep area during next 12 hours and decrease thereafter.
• Squally wind speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is very likely to prevail over central parts of south Arabian Sea on today, the 19th November and 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph over southwest Arabian Sea on 20th November, 2018.

1. Sea condition

Sea condition will be rough to very rough over Southeast Arabian Sea to the west of Lakshadweep area during next 12 hours and over central parts of south Arabian Sea on today the, 19th November and over southwest Arabian Sea on 20th November.

1. Action Suggested:

• The fishermen are advised not to venture into Southeast Arabian Sea to the west of Lakshadweep area and over central parts of south Arabian Sea on today, the 19th November and over southwest Arabian Sea on 20th November, 2018.

(ii) Well marked low pressure area over Bay of Bengal The well marked low pressure area over central parts of south Bay of Bengal persisted over the same region at 1130 hours IST of today, the 19th November, 2018. It is very likely to move westwards and is likely to intensify into a depression over southwest Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours.



Warnings:

1. Heavy rainfall warning:

• 19th November, 2018: Rainfall at many places with heavy falls likely at isolated places over coastal Tamilnadu & Puducherry.
• 20th November, 2018: Rainfall at most places with heavy falls at a few places with isolated very heavy falls over coastal Tamilnadu & Puducherry and isolated heavy to very heavy falls over south coastal Andhra Pradesh, south Rayalaseema, south interior Karnataka and isolated heavy falls over Kerala.
• 21st November, 2018: Rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at isolated places likely over Tamilnadu & Puducherry, south Rayalaseema, south interior Karnataka and isolated heavy falls over Kerala.

1. Wind warning

• Strong wind speed reaching 35-45 kmph gusting to 45 kmph is likely to prevail over Southwest Bay of Bengal today, the 19th November, 2018 and 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph is very likely to prevail over the same area, Gulf of Mannar and along & off Tamil Nadu coast on 20th & 21st November 2018.

1. Sea condition

Sea condition will be moderate to rough over Southwest Bay of Bengal today, the 19th November, 2018 and rough to very rough over the same area, Gulf of Mannar and along & off Tamil Nadu coast on 20th & 21st November 2018.

(iv) Action Suggested:

The fishermen are advised not to venture into Southwest Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar and along & off Tamil Nadu coast on 20th & 21st November 2018.



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Committee on Economic Affairs
22-November, 2018 13:25 IST

i) Implementation of the umbrella scheme "Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services"; ii) Sub-schemes to continue during 2017-20; and iii) National Facility for Airborne Research(NFAR) to be set up


The Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of the nine sub-schemes of the umbrella scheme "Atmosphere & Climate Research-Modelling Observing Systems & Services (ACROSS)" during 2017-2020 at an estimated cost of Rs. 1450 crore. It will be implemented by the Ministry of Earth Sciences through its institutes namely India Meteorological Department (IMD), Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service(INCOIS).

Committee on Economic Affairs also approved establishment of National Facility for Airborne Research (NFAR) with a financial commitment of Rs 130 crore during 2020-21 and beyond.


Impact:

• The scheme will provide improved weather, climate and ocean forecast and services, thereby ensuring transfer of commensurate benefits to the various services like Public weather service, disaster management, Agro-meteorological Services, Aviation services, Environmental monitoring services, Hydro-meteorological services, climate services, tourism, pilgrimage, power generation, water management, Sports & adventure etc.

Generating employment opportunities:

• A sizable number of scientific and technical staff along with requisite administrative support, thereby generating employment.
• To ensure last-mile connectivity of the weather based services to the end -user, a large number of agencies like the Krishi Vigyana Kendras of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Universities and local municipalities are roped in thus generating employment opportunities to many people.
  
  

Details:

• ACROSS scheme pertains to the atmospheric science programs of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and addresses different aspects of weather and climate services, which includes warnings for cyclone, storm surges, heat waves, thunderstorms etc.
• Each of these aspects is incorporated as nine sub-schemes under the umbrella scheme "ACROSS" and is implemented in an integrated manner through the aforesaid four institutes.
• The ACROSS scheme consists of nine sub-programmes which are multi disciplinary and multi institutional in nature and will be implemented in an integrated manner through IMD, HIM, NCMRWF and INCOIS.
• As the objective of the ACROSS scheme is to provide a reliable weather and climate forecast for betterment of society, the scheme will aim at improving skill of weather and climate forecast through sustained observations, intensive R & D, and by adopting effective dissemination and communication strategies to ensure its timely reach to the end-user of all services like Agro-meteorological Services, Aviation service, Environmental monitoring services, Hydro-meteorological services, climate services, tourism, pilgrimage, mountaineering etc.,

Background:

The Ministry of Earth Sciences has a mandate to carry out research and development activities to develop and improve capability to forecast weather, climate and natural hazard related phenomena. Towards this direction, MoES has taken several initiatives to formulate specific schemes like augmentation of observing systems and infrastructure, understanding processes through special campaigns, weather and climate modelling, monsoon-research, climate change science & climate services etc. These schemes involve multi-institutes wherein each unit has a designated role for accomplishing the aforesaid tasks. As a result, all these schemes with specific objectives and budget are implemented in an integrated manner and are put together under the umbrella scheme "ACROSS".

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