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How Australian aborigines read the weather

The Aboriginal people of Australia have been around for at least 50,000 years, overcoming the most adverse conditions. During this period they …

Weather report

Weather watch

The Rs 500 crore forecasting machine

But where's the imagination? And the data?

Automatic warning

Posting humans to inhospitable sites in the Himalaya to monitor snow and wind patterns may soon be unnecessary

Weather watch

Superdoopercomputer at cutprice

Chasing an eccentric monsoon

Monsoon drops in some areas, increases in others

Annual rainfall is declining in some parts of the country and increasing in others. While the overall effect may be negligible, such trends could …

A smog project

Windfall

imd's failure to predict rains could be a blessing for it

Simple yet reliable?

New model to predict monsoons in India

Timeless clues

Clouds have been used to predict weather since ancient times. The method has rekindled the interest of researchers

Inflation fears hold back monsoon forecast

The Indian meteorological department has not made its usually accurate early monsoon forecast this year, reportedly at the behest of the finance …

Weathermen flying high

New parameters

Crash courses

Storm warnings

Coastal cyclone-warning radar technology, usually a matter of hit and miss, is to be upgraded with American help

Flight into the storms

Hazy picture

The agriculture ministry and the Indian Meteorological Department have given contradictory statements on how crops have failed in the past year

Drought may continue

Follow up

Did rains fail?

Or the forecasting system?