Current Context: Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh launched the Bharat Forecast System, an indigenously developed high-resolution weather forecasting model, marking a significant advancement in India’s meteorological capabilities.

ABOUT:

Bharat Forecast System:

• Developed by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune.
• One of the world’s first indigenous high-resolution weather forecast models.
• Uses the ‘Triangular Cubic Octahedral Grid model’ for real-time weather modelling.

Technological Advances:

• Improves weather forecast resolution to 6 km from the earlier 12 km.
• Provides more precise village-level weather predictions.
• Demonstrated a 30% improvement in forecasting extreme rainfall events.
• Shows a 64% enhancement in prediction accuracy in core monsoon zones.