CM unveils modern weather forecasting radar

Chief Minister K Rosaiah inaugurated a state-of-the art S-Band Doppler weather radar installed at Meteorological Centre, Begumpet in the city on Saturday.

This is the second of 12 radars planned to be installed at different locations in country during first phase of modernisation of scheme of IMD.

The radar has been installed on a four-storied building constructed at a cost of Rs 4 crore.

The radar would help weather men to study and analyse weather patterns on real time basis within the range of 500 km radius in and around Hyderabad.

The forecasting of weather with a validity period of 1-3 hours would be possible with the radar.

The radar data would be helpful in cloud seeding operations to enhance rainfall in rain shadow districts.