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Celebration of World Meteorological Day 2025

India Meteorological Department  Celebrated   World Meteorological   Organization  (WMO)  Day  at Dimapur Government College

India Meteorological Department (IMD)  commemorated  World Meteorological   Organization  (WMO) Day on 24th March, 2025  at Dimapur Government College (DGC)   with a theme  “Closing the Early Warning Gap Together”. The program was organized by Meteorological Centre (MC) Kohima   in collaboration with  Green Campus Committee, DGC. Mr. Nalnish Kumar Chaudhary, Scientist D and Head, MC, Kohima   delivered a  talk  on the designated  theme. He highlighted the role of WMO and IMD   towards the  global and national effort to enhance   space and time accuracy of  weather forecasting  coupled with  early severe weather warning, if any.   He further dwelled  upon the history of IMD and its role as a  service provider to the various agencies   for overall  betterment of  the society.

Mr. Nalnish Kumar Chaudhary elaborated  on the current services provided  by  MC, Kohima namely, (i) Three hours nowcasting  (ii) Seven day district wise  rain forecast (iii) Five days district wise  severe  weather warning (iv)  Impact based forecast (v) Aviation  related  services at Dimapur airport (vi) Agromet service  (vii) City forecast  etc.  He further discussed about  future plans of MC, Kohima  such as  (i)  to provide block level  rain forecasting  and weather warning. (ii) to increase  observational network  to various districts  of Nagaland  and (iii) to install   X-band  Doppler Weather Radar  at  Dimapur Govt College.

He affirmed  that these increased  observational  facilities will   enhance   forecasting and nowcasting capability  of the organization  over Nagaland.  He further emphasized that the generated data  can be utilized by the academic community  and policy makers  of the state.  During the program, video clips of the activities of  WMO,  IMD and MC Kohima  were screened. The program culminated with  demonstration of   instruments  to measure various atmospheric parameters.

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