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Forecasters Guide - (IMD), Pune

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FORECASTING ORGANISATION (NON-AVIATION)<br />

The Organisation for providing different types of non-aviation forecasts and w arnings<br />

is given in the table below :-<br />

S.No. Category/ Meteorological Offices<br />

issuing Weather Forecasting<br />

1. Marine<br />

RSMC New Delhi<br />

DDGM (CW) New Delhi<br />

Cyclone Warning Centres at<br />

Kolkata (Alipore), Mumbai<br />

(Colaba), Chennai<br />

(Nungambakkam), Ahmedabad,<br />

Bhubanesw ar & Visakhapatnam<br />

(6)<br />

Cyclone Warning Centre at<br />

Mumbai, Kolkata & INOSHAC,<br />

<strong>Pune</strong><br />

Global Maritime Distress and<br />

Safety System (GMDSS),<br />

ACWCs Mumbai, Kolkata &<br />

Indian Ocean and southern<br />

hemispheric Analysis Centre,<br />

<strong>Pune</strong>.<br />

Details of Service<br />

(i) Tropical w eather<br />

outlooks and<br />

Tropical cyclone<br />

advisories<br />

(i) Forecasts for Bay<br />

of Bengal & Arabian<br />

Sea.<br />

(ii) Coastal<br />

forecasts<br />

(iii) Cyclone<br />

Warnings<br />

(iv) Port Warnings<br />

Fleet Forecast tw ice<br />

a day, frequency of<br />

bulletins increases<br />

to four during<br />

tropical storm period<br />

for Arabian Sea,<br />

Bay of Bengal and<br />

Indian Ocean upto<br />

10°S (60°E to<br />

100°E). Issuance of<br />

sector wise fleet<br />

forecast of w ind<br />

speed, w ind<br />

direction and<br />

weather over the<br />

regions 5°N - 10°S,<br />

60°E-100°E<br />

Bulletins tw ice a day<br />

are issued for Met.<br />

area VIII N for<br />

Arabian Sea, Bay of<br />

Bengal and Indian<br />

Ocean.<br />

To north of Equator,<br />

the frequency<br />

increases to six<br />

during tropical storm<br />

period<br />

User Interest<br />

Countries in the<br />

WMO/ESCAP Panel<br />

region bordering the<br />

Bay of Bengal and<br />

the Arabian Sea<br />

Ships<br />

Ships, Govt. Deptts.<br />

Maritime<br />

State & Public Ports<br />

Indian Navy<br />

All ships.<br />

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