The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is a Government of India organisation that is responsible for meteorological observations, weather forecasts, and detecting earthquakes. The IMD is also the Regional Specialized Meteorological Center responsible for forecasting tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. It is located in India’s capital, New Delhi.

There are six regional meteorological centres, each under a Deputy Director General. The six regional centres are located in Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), New Delhi, Kolkata (Calcutta), Nagpur and Guwahati. There are also sub-units in each state capitals.

H.F. Blanford was appointed the first meteorological reporter to the government of India. In May 1889, Sir John Eliot was appointed as the first Director General of Observatories in the earstwhile capital Calcutta. The headquarters were shifted to Shimla, Pune and then to New Delhi.

IMD was also the first organisation in India to have a message switching computer for supporting its global data exchange. In collaboration with the Indian Space Research Organisation, the IMD also uses the Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) for weather monitoring of the Indian subcontinent, being the first weather bureau of a developing country to develop and maintain its own geostationary satellite system.

The IMD at New Delhi is also one of six Regional Specialized Meteorological Centers within the World Weather Watch programme of the World Meteorological Organization, responsible for forecasting tropical cyclone activity in the Indian Ocean north of the equator, including the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

India Meteorological Department Live Weather Forecasts Cyclone Alert Checked in the below link……

http://www.imd.ernet.in/main_new.htm

Live Weather Information is now also available through TOLL FREE No. 1800 180 1717

Live Weather Forecasts Cyclone Alert Pictures Photos checked in the below link….

http://www.imd.gov.in/section/satmet/dynamic/cyc.htm

Cyclone Alert over Arabian Sea

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