India, Feb. 11 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
There have been significant improvements achieved in the accuracy of weather forecasts, the dissemination of early warnings, and the delivery of climate services during the year 2025. India Meteorological Department (IMD)'s monsoon forecast for the 2025 southwest monsoon season was highly accurate. The first stage long range forecast, issued in April 2025, for the Southwest Monsoon (June-September) rainfall over the country as a whole was 105% of Long Period Average (LPA) with a model error of ± 5% of LPA and the update forecast issued in the end of May 2025 was 106% of LPA with a model error of ± 4% of LPA. The actual seasonal rainfall for the country as a whole was...