• Mobile App “Mausam” for India Meteorological Department was launched by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES). Hence option (c) is the correct answer.
• The Mausam mobile app will be an important tool for the dissemination of weather information and warnings in an attractive and user-friendly manner that will meet the requirements of the public.
• The mobile app has been designed and developed jointly by ICRISAT’s Digital Agriculture & Youth (DAY) team, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, and India Meteorological Department.
Services of application
- • Current Weather: Current temperature, humidity, wind speed, and direction for 200 cities are updated 8 times a day. Information on Sunrise/ sunset and moonrise/ moonset are also given.
- • Nowcast: Three hourly warnings of localized weather phenomena and their intensity issued for about 800 stations, and districts of India by State Meteorological Centres of IMD. In case of severe weather, its impact also is included in the warning.
- • City Forecast: Past 24 hours and a 7-day forecast of weather conditions around 450 cities in India.
- • Warnings: Alerts are issued twice a day for all districts for the next five days in color code (Red, Orange, and Yellow) to warn citizens of approaching dangerous weather. The colour code Red is the most severe category urging authorities to take action, the Orange code prompts authorities and the public to be alert and the Yellow code prompts authorities and the public to keep themselves updated.
- • Radar products: Latest Station wise radar products are updated every 10 minutes.
