High-tech Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), which would give prior information on climatic conditions and rainfall, is less likely to be installed here this monsoon by the Meteorological Department (Met). The Met had decided to install the radar post July 26, 2005 deluge in the metropolis.
High-tech Doppler Weather Radar (DWR), which would give prior information on climatic conditions and rainfall, is less likely to be installed here this monsoon by the Meteorological Department (Met). The Met had decided to install the radar post July 26, 2005 deluge in the metropolis.
Although Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has issued a directive to get the new radar up and running by June 30, RV Sharma, Deputy Director General, IMD Mumbai, said, "A few officials from a Chinese company would come here to install the equipment soon. However, we do not have any details as to when they are coming."
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"From our side we have told them to come and install the radar but even if they come soon it would take a month or a month and half to install the radar," Sharma said.
The first DWR on the western coast would be installed on top of a 16-storey building at Colaba, south Mumbai, he said, adding, "Before installing the radar we need to carry out some civic work. Also, if the weather is windy it will be difficult to install the radar."
"The radar, the first on the western coast, would enable the weathermen to make better prediction about rains in the city and issue cyclone or thunderstorm warnings. But it is not the sole tool that IMD depends on to predict about monsoons and other things," Sharma said.
The Maharashtra Maritime Board has predicted that a high tide of up to 5.05 m, the highest in 100 years, will hit the city's coastline on July 24.
Civic officials say the metropolis is likely to get flooded if the hide tide is coupled with heavy rainfall. The officials have, however, claimed that they are all geared to face the situation.
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