Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi

Environment Journalist at Hindustan Times

Environment journalist @htTweets

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Expect thunderstorms, gusty winds over northwest India in next 4-5 days: IMD

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday warned of widespread thunderstorms with gusty winds over several parts of northwest India in the next four to five days as the annual southwest monsoon advances over most parts of the country. “In association with western disturbances, rainfall along with thunderstorm and gusty wind is likely over northwest India for the next 4-5 days,” the IMD said in its evening bulletin.
Heat records set to be broken over next 5 yrs: WMO

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi: There is an 80% chance that a year between 2025 and 2029 will be warmer than 2024, a new World Meteorological Organisation report has warned -- a forecast that shouldn’t exactly be news because the past 11 years are the 11 warmest on record since records begin in 1880. Last year was the warmest on record, and before it, 2023.
HT Syndication: Heat records set to be broken over next 5 yrs: WMO

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Jayashree Nandi

New Delhi, May 29 -- There is an 80% chance that a year between 2025 and 2029 will be warmer than 2024, a new World Meteorological Organisation report has warned - a forecast that shouldn't exactly be news because the past 11 years are the 11 warmest on record since records begin in 1880. Last year was the warmest on record, and before it, 2023.
Kanji Ka Guda: How Aravalli common lands are shared by people, birds and animals

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

These wetlands are created through the collection of rainwater in natural depressions and help irrigate crop land where wheat, mustard, chickpeas, fenugreek among others. “Many animals and birds visit us here. There are big fish in these ponds. Nature is in its bounty because there is water left in these ponds almost all the time. Nobody is allowed to source water beyond the limit among the 100 families that source ,” added Singh.
2024 temp records likely to be surpassed by 2029: WMO report

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

There is an 80% chance that a year between 2025 and 2029 will be warmer than the record-breaking 2024 and an 86% likelihood that another will exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the threshold beyond which climate change will make human life more difficult, a new World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report has warned.
HT Syndication: 2024 temp records likely to be surpassed by 2029: WMO report

1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Jayashree Nandi

India, May 28 -- There is an 80% chance that a year between 2025 and 2029 will be warmer than the record-breaking 2024 and an 86% likelihood that another will exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, the threshold beyond which climate change will make human life more difficult, a new World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report has warned.
Monsoon rain likely to be above normal in most of India, says IMD

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The India Meteorological Department on Tuesday upgraded its monsoon forecast to 106% of the long period average (LPA) for the June-September season, citing the early onset and rapid progress of the southwest monsoon across the country. This represents an upward revision from IMD’s April forecast of 105% of LPA, with the model error margin tightened to ±4% from the earlier ±5%.
Monsoon likely to be ‘above normal’ at 106% of LPA: IMD

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The monsoon rains over India from June to September is likely to be 106% of the long period average (LPA) with a model error of ±4%, indicating that above normal rainfall is likely, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in its updated long-range forecast on Tuesday. In April, the IMD forecast that the annual southwest monsoon rainfall is likely to be ‘above normal’ at 105% of LPA, with a model error of ± 5%.
Weather models forecast slowdown in monsoon advancement in June

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The progress of the southwest monsoon which not only arrived eight days early in Kerala, but also covered large parts of the country including Mumbai on the west coast and almost all of northeast and peninsular India within two days, is likely to slow down after June 2, various models have indicated.
High-resolution Bharat Forecast System launched to address extreme weather events

1 week ago | hindustantimes.com | Jayashree Nandi

The earth sciences ministry on Monday launched a high-resolution (6 km) numerical global model—Bharat Forecast System—for operational forecasts up to the panchayat level, which is expected to help address extreme rainfall events, among other things. The system was inaugurated as India faces extreme weather events.