The state-of-the-art S-band Doppler Weather Radar is being installed at the 16-storied Archana Building at Navy Nagar since June.
Even as monsoon draws to an end, the Met department at Colaba is gearing up to test the much awaited Doppler radar which will be fully operational after the two-month long installation procedure by the end of this week.
The state-of-the-art S-band Doppler Weather Radar is being installed at the 16-storied Archana Building at Navy Nagar since June.
According to RV Sharma, deputy director of Mumbai Met department, only work on earthing is left. “Earthing work is going on in full force and we have been told that it will take up to three to four days before it will be fully operational. The delay in installing the radar was mainly due to workers unable to work in the high-rise building where the wind was too strong,” he said.
Currently, the Met department is using satellite pictures and numerical weather prediction models to forecast the rains. Once the radar is installed, it will be able to forecast the height of the cloud, direction, speed, wind activity inside the cloud etc. “The radar will be able to locate cloud activity of around 250 km from the area. We will also be able to accurately predict the intensity of the rainfall. The regional centres located in the eastern coast of the country such as Kolkata, Chennai, Visakhapatnam are predicting weather with the help of Doppler radar. It is immensely helpful and will bring more information to us enabling better forecast in the city,” he said.
The radar will initially be tested for experiments by the Met department. “We are gearing up to test the various functions before we use it for weather forecasting. The system has to be programmed before put to full use. We will be able to predict the weather more accurately from next monsoon,” said Sharma.
With the city receiving heavy rainfall throughout monsoon, the radar will be used only towards the fag end of the monsoon. “The radar would have been more valuable during rains, but we can estimate the weather conditions of even the neighbouring cities through the radar,” said Sharma.
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