Union MOS (independent fee) country Sciences Jitendra Singh, along with the Secretary of the Ministry of the Earth Sciences (MOE) M. Ravichandran, CEO of the Meteorological Department of Meteorology (DGM) Dr. MRUTYUNJAY MOHAPATRA and others, during the opening of the “Bharatian system”, in May 26, 2025. Photo Credit: Neither
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday (May 26, 2025) accepted the Bharat prediction system (BFS), which promises a finely tuned and more accurate predication of the rain to the Panchayat level.
Improvements will be largely visible in the “short-term and medium” predictions (three- and seven-day delivery times) issued by IMD, but not in long-range forecasts, usually served in advance.
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BFS has been tested since 2002 and has proven a “remarkable improvement” in advance warning of severe precipitation, said M. Ravichandran, Secretary, Ministry of Sciences of Earth (MOE). BFS was developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), part of MOE. IMD is also MOE.
Improvement of forecasts is due to the fact that IITM significantly improves existing weather prognosis models and also uses more powerful computing capabilities. To analyze contemporary weather forecast models, the globe cuts 12 km on the grid square; The newer BFS model breaks it to a four-fold improvement. “India is the only country that will now provide the weather forecasts at 6 km x 6 km. Until now we have been able to provide forecasts at the block level five days in advance; now we can give up the level of Panchayat or several villages. This is useful.
Science Minister Jitendra Singh said: “Efforts are Indian, technology is Indian and recipients are Indian. This is the truth of Atmanirbhart. This system will also benefit other tropical regions that face the most complex and complex weather.”
Another significant change, said Mr. Ravichandran, using a new “grid structure”. Previously, the weather models would break globe into grids of the same size. “We are now using the grid structure called triangular-cubic vineyedral (TCO).
However, the new system would not yet be able to significantly improve the prognosis of phenomenon, such as sudden, serious thunderstorms. “We have different models for it. In the coming year we are going to install 34 Doppler weather, which adds to an existing 53,” Mohapatra added.
The improved prognosis system is made possible with high -performance computer systems “ARKA” and “ARUNIKA” found in IITM, PUNE and National Center for Middle Association, Delhi.
The IITM system is equipped with a capacity of 11.77 FLOPS PETA and 33 storage petabytes, while the NCMRWF has 8.24 FLOPS PETA with 24 storage petabytes. In addition, there is a specialized separate system for applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning with a capacity of 1.9 FLOPS PETA. PETA-FLOP is one quadrillion with a movable point operation per second.
Published – May 26, 2025 22:39
