New Delhi: Lodhi Road recorded the lowest minimum temperature at 3.7 degrees Celsius and the cold wave on Tuesday, while the sports complex station in East Delhi reported the highest minimum temperature of 9 degrees Celsius.
With the capital recorded many extreme weathers one day in the last year and a half in some parts of Delhi, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) is developing an urban meteorological service for Delhi-NCR to estimate the impact of the weather in certain places in places.
For example, if there is rain moderate-to-severe, met department will provide a list of “hotspots puddle”.
“In the rainy season this year, it appears that the Lodhi Road recorded ‘Heavy’ Rainy Day, while Safdarjung station, within a few kilometers, saw light rain.
We are currently expanding our system to provide estimates of the impact of weather on the bag-bags-pocket pockets of a particular city, “said an official meet.
IMD compiles the data from the various agencies on the topography of the city, street and residential structures to provide the weather forecast based on impact.
RK Jenamani, senior scientist at IMD, told TOI, “We are drawing exposure data of high resolution from the various agencies.
We collect data from the Traffic Department in the areas which witnessed Snarl Traffic Large and from other institutions in low-lying areas.
We also collect housing data given the socio-economic conditions of society.
“He added,” our idea is to find out how many slums, multiplex or the house is in a cluster so that if there is extreme weather events, we may be able to provide counsel prior to the public about the places vulnerable in the city.
” Meetings Department said it was promoting data on the GIS platform to provide impact-based weather forecast.
“Once we get a detailed topographic Delhi, we can identify areas vulnerable to cold wave, cold day, heatwave or rain moderate to severe.
We will issue appropriate counsel to avoid urban pockets in case of extreme weather events,” said Jenamani.
Current weather department issued a public advisory.