India, Aug. 20 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Since the implementation of the Multi-Model Ensemble (MME)-based forecasting strategy in 2021, the accuracy of monsoon predictions has shown marked improvement for2021-2024. For 2021-2024, the average absolute error of such forecasts has been 2.28% of the Long Period Average (LPA) compared to 7.5% in the preceding four years (2017-2020).

The advanced technology used for monsoon forecast includes the multi-model ensemble technique utilizing global climate forecast systems, including the Monsoon Mission Climate Forecast System of MoES. In addition, the recently launched Bharat Forecast System (BharatFS) has been providing forecasts at a more granular scale. It pres...