The India Meteorological Department launched two advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based weather forecast systems for better monsoon prediction.
The first system is India’s first AI-enabled block-level monsoon forecasting model for predicting rainfall and monsoon onset at the local level.
The second system provides AI-driven impact-based weather services by combining numerical weather prediction models with Artificial Intelligence technology.
The systems were developed with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting.
The model gives forecasts every Wednesday up to four weeks in advance with an error margin of nearly four days.
At present, the system covers 3,196 blocks across 15 States and one Union Territory, mainly in rainfed regions.