Union Minister Jitendra Singh launches two AI-enabled weather forecast systems under Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

Key facts

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh launched two AI-enabled weather forecast products under the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES): a monsoon advance forecasting system and a high spatial resolution rainfall forecast for Uttar Pradesh (UP), both as a pilot service.
• The monsoon advance forecasting system provides probabilistic forecasts of monsoon progression every Wednesday up to four weeks in advance.
• The high spatial resolution rainfall forecast for Uttar Pradesh (UP) generates rainfall forecasts at one-kilometre spatial resolution up to 10 days in advance using AI-driven downscaling techniques.
• The new systems integrate data from automatic weather stations, Doppler weather radars, and satellite-based rainfall datasets, combining AI models, extended range prediction, and statistical techniques.
• The forecasts will be disseminated through multiple modes including mobile phones, radio, television, print media, and displays at vegetable markets, with Krishi Sakhi and Pashu Sakhi groups communicating at block and panchayat levels.