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OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL OF METEOROLOGY

REGIONAL METEOROLOGICAL CENTRE, ALIPORE KOLKATA -700027

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PROGRESS REPORT FOR THE MONTH July, 2013

1. ¨ÉÖJªÉ PÉ]õxÉÉBÄ :

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM has delivered the lecture to newly recruited S.A’s on Use of Doppler radar from 01-07-2013 to05-07-2013 at Alipore.

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM was on tour to H.Q. New Delhi on 08-07-2013 to 09-07-2013 to attend Plan Review Meeting

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM’s had a meeting at AMO Kolkata on 12-07-2013 regarding Technical problems and various miscellaneous office matters

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM’s had a meeting at AMO Kolkata on 12-07-2013 regarding Technical problems and various miscellaneous office matters

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM had a meeting with all group ‘A’ and ‘B’ officers on 17-07-2013 regarding review and action Plan Review Meeting held at New Delhi

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM had attended the meeting of the Rural programme advisory committee on 17-07-2013 with Dy.Director General (programme) at All India Radio regarding (a) Review of the programme Broadcast for during the quarter April to June 2013. (B) Preview of the programmes for rural audience scheduled for Broadcast during the quarter July to September 2013.

Shri D. Pradhan, DDGM had a meeting on 25-07-2013at RMC Kolkata with Shri A.K. Sen, Sc. E’-In charge of M.C. Patna and Shri G.K.Mohanty, Sc. E-In charge of M.C. Ranchi to discuss the different issues related with their stations.

Dr S.C.Sahu,Sc.E -Director- in –Charge,MC Bhubaneswar participated in Meeting of the committee on collection of Bathymetric and other data at SRC Conference Hall, Rajiv Bhawan , Bhubaneswar on 18-07-2013

Shri G.N.Raha,Sc.C,MC Gangtok attended 2nd meeting on preparedness to combat with flood situation organized by NBFCC at TeestaSech Bhavan, Siliguri on 01-07-2013 and 16-07-2013

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Shri G. N. Raha, Sc.C, MC Gangtok attended a meeting with CPWD authorities at Siliguri on 08-07-2013 regarding ongoing construction work at IMD leased plot at Jalpaiguri.

Shri G. N. Raha,Sc.C, MC Gangtok attended a meeting with CPWD authorities at Gangtok on 18-07-2013 for framing draft proposal for construction of OCR Complex work for MC Gangtok at IMD leased plot No. 31in Raj Bhavan Area, Gangtok for seeking onward approval from DGM, New Delhi

Shri A.K.Sen, Sc-E,MC Patna has participated as a specialist on a TV programme titled as “ Masum Vigyan Aur Janasadharan” in Hindi, which was telecast by Doordarshan, Patna at 03-30 PM on 22-07-2013 for 25minutes

Shri A.K.Sen,Sc.E attended a meeting of Crisis Management Group (CMG)of Bihar held under Chairmanship of Chef Secretary Bihar at State Secretariaton 30-07-2013

ShriS.Adhikary, Sc.C participated in Training in Mirror RTH System at ADGM(R),

Pune from 01-07-2013 to 12-07-2013

Shri H.R.Biswas, Sc.C was on tour to deliver lecture in the Forecasting Training course at MTI Pune during 15-07-2013 to 17-07-2013.

S/ShriS.Sengupta, Sc.D, S.Adhikary, Sc.C and A.K.Dasgupta, AM-I attended a meeting on 16-07-13 at RMC Kolkata in connection with outcome of plan review meeting held at HQ,New Delhi

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2. +ÆiÉ®úʴɦÉÉMÉÒªÉ ºÉ½þªÉÉäMÉ:

INTER DEPARTMENTAL CO-OPERATION

Nil

3. EòɪÉǶÉɱÉÉ/ºÉÆMÉÉä¹`Òö/¦ÉɹÉhÉ: WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ LECTURE

Nil

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RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION:

Nil

5. ʴɶÉä¹É ºÉä´ÉÉBÄ B´ÉÆ +ÉÆEòc÷É |ÉnùɪÉ: SPECIAL SERVICES AND DATA SUPPLY

Name of the Station Revenue Earned in Rs. Remarks

RMC Alipore (T.S) 62866 Data supplied to parties

M.C.Bhubaneswar 66315

MC Gangtok 3399 --

ACWC Kolkata 14832 --

MC Patna 9074 --

FMO Jalpaiguri

nil --

Total: Rs =156486

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6. {ÉÚ́ ÉÉÇxÉÖ̈ ÉÉxÉ ºÉä́ ÉÉBÄ :

FORECASTING SERVICES

A.AVIATION:

NAME OF

THE STATION

STATION SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

NON SCHEDULED FLIGHTS

V.V.I.P.

FLIGHTS

ORAL

BRIEFING

ROUTE FORECAST

AERODROME WARNING ISSUED ( Thunder/lightning )

Chart/(T3/T4)

Chart/(T3/T4)

A.M.O. KOLKATA

120 72//65 nil -- 66

M.C.BHUBANESWAR

-- 45/07 -- -- 36

M.C.PATNA 450 35/05 -- -- --

MC RANCHI 240 60 -- --

B. NON-AVIATION 1) Forecasting:-

a) Day to day, point forecasting of temperature and spatial weather forecasting and warning of severe weather parameters for 24 hrs and 48 hours over GWB, SHWB & Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Bay of Bengal and High seas of Indian Ocean under its jurisdiction and its updating in websites in real time basis and its dissemination to various Govt./ NGOs/ AIR/ TV/ Press/ Media.

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b) Press and Media briefing in real time basis by Director, ACWC, Kolkata / DOs, as and when required.

2) Precipitation:- Collection, Preparation and Dissemination of station wise Daily Rainfall data, Preparation of district wise rainfall data under daily rainfall monitoring scheme (DRMS) of three subdivisions under its control, were sent by FAX / E-mail to:-

a) NHAC, New Delhi and DGM (Hydrology) New Delhi. b) DDGM (WF) Pune, LRF Pune and NCC, Pune and all concerned.

3) District wise weekly and monthly rainfall data were sent by E-mail to :- a) DGM (H) New Delhi, b) ADGM (R),Pune, c) Agrimet, Pune and d) DDGM(WF) Pune and all concerned .

Preparation and updating of daily weather report and weekly weather report and its updating in websites in real time basis. Communication:-

a) HPCS server is working satisfactorily. b) WRF model output is being utilized for forecasting point of view.

Weather Reports were sent to various Govt. and NGOs and Private agencies during the month. . Disastrous Weather& Extreme wx. events reports :- were sent to ADGM ( R ) / DDGM ( WF ) Pune and DGM ( NHAC ) New Delhi respectively upto the month of March '2013 .

7. EþÞòÊ¹É ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxɺÉä́ ÉÉÊ®ú{ÉÉä]Çõ AGROMETEOROLOGICAL ADVISORY SERVICES Details of Bulletins issued:

Name of the station No. of bulletin issued

No of bulletin sent to DDGM (Agrimet), Pune

Broadcast / Telecast

of the bulletin

RMC Kolkata 08 08 AIR & DD Kolkata

MC Gangtok 09 09 AIR Gangtok

MC Bhubaneswar 09 08 AIR Cuttack / DD

M.C Ranchi 09 09 AIR Ranchi

M.C. Patna 09 05 AIR,Patna

● AAS bulletins were sent to Kolkata Doordarshan by AAS Unit, Alipore on regular basis for telecasting the same. ● After downloading forecast of NHAC from ftp site, value added forecast were sent to all AMFUs under RMC Kolkata, and thereafter composite bulletins were prepared after receiving bulletins from AMFUs for each district of the state and sent to DDGM (Agrimet), Pune on real time basis in English version through email for displaying in website (www.imdagrimet.org).\\ ● District wise yield forecast of Boro rice both from Statistical and DSSAT model under FASAL project was forwarded to Pune.

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8. VÉ±É ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ: HYDROMETEOROLOGY

A.FLOOD METEOROLOGY

Daly rainfall data of Ranchi, Jamshedpur, and Daltongunj were sent to NHAC New Delhi by MC Ranchi

Operational watch hours from 0600 hrs IST to 1800 hrs IST daily. This office issues forecast daily under guidance of RMC Kolkata based on plotting / analysis of Surface and Upper air charts and other imageries received through website / DMDD. Weekly and monthly verification of QPF have been sent to DGM (Hydromet), New Delhi, W.S, Pune and RMC Kolkata. Flood alert messages have been sent to DGM (Hydromet), New Delhi and RMC Kolkata.

Weekly Hydromet data in respect of Gangtok &Tadong sent to Agrimet, Pune regularly during the month of July2013

Weekly Rainfall Statistics in respect of all four districts of Sikkim sent to Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority, Gangtok Agrimet, Pune regularly during the month of July2013.

B SCRUTINY / Heavy Rainfall Analysis (HRA) / TABULATION of SR Chart. Name of station / Unit HRA TABULATION

No of stations Month(s) No of stations

Month(s)

HMU Alipore -- -- --

FMO Jalpaiguri 2 12months 2 12months.

DVC Met Unit NIL -- --

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RADAR METEOROLOG 1. Doppler weather radar was operated round the clock. 2. DWR generated raw data at 10 minutes interval was disseminated to central server, New Delhi 3. DWR observations were disseminated to the respective users on routine basis and uploaded to

IMD New Delhi and RMC Kolkata (ACWC) websites at every 10 minutes intervals.

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10. ={ÉOɽþ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ : SATELLITE METEOROLOGY

A. CWDS: Routine test Transmission was issued from CWDS unit of RMC Kolkata for checking the performance of CWDS receiver installed at different field station . One no receiver and one no PSU were locally repaired at CWDS Laboratory

B.DMDD: Name of the Stations Nos. of Pictures received M.C Bhubaneswar Working satisfactorily

M.C.Gangtok -not reinstalled-

F.M.O. Jalpaiguri 1755

AMO Kolkata 2200

M.C. Patna Nil

M.C. Ranchi 90

F.M.O. Asansol 30

C. AWS / ARG

11.+ÉÄEòc÷É |ɤÉÆvÉxÉ: +Éè® ÊxÉ®úÒúIÉhÉ DATA MANAGEMENT AND INSPECTION

A. DATA MANAGEMENT (Scrutiny / Tabulation/ Entry in PC)

Name of the station

Data Scrutinized

P.B. Flight

sheets Checked

Data keyed in PC

MMR

Day

summary

Autographic data

MM

R

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dat

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RMC Alipore (TS) 36 -- …... -- 58 36 nil Nil

AliporeObsy. -- - -

M.C. Bhubaneswar 12 -- -- -- Nil Nil 59 Nil

M.C.Gangtok 03 -- -- --

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M.C.Patna 10 -- -- --

M.C.Ranchi 36

DVC Met Unit 12 -- - - - - - -

- -- -- -- -- -- - -

Data entry on computer (IDESK) by AO , Alipore – sets , by TS , Alipore72 months of synoptic observations .

Surface Climate Broadcast & Check Surface Climate Broadcast for the month of May '13 were sent to ADGM (R), Pune.

B. INSPECTION DVC Met unit inspected 02(Two) nos of stations during June 2013

FMO Asansol has inspected 03(Three) HMO Stations during july2013

HMU Alipore has inspected 08(Eight) Rain gauge stations during July 2013

12. |ÉäIÉhÉ ºÉÆMÉ`öxÉ: OBSERVATIONAL ORGANISATION

DETAILS OF HIGHEST ASCENT (UPPER AIR)

STATION ITEM MAXIMUM HEIGHT DATE AND TIME(UTC)

AMO KOLKATA

RS 003HPA /39.2KM 151200

RW 003HPA /39.2KM 151200

M.C.RANCHI

RS 23..0HPA25.75Km 130600

RW 230 HPA / 25.75KM 130600

MC BHUBANESWAR RS 5.7hpa/35.1Km 231200

RW 5.7hpa/35.1Km 231200

M.O.PORTBLAIR RS 4.9hpa/36.0kms 270000

RW 4.9hpa/36.0kms 270000

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C. RADIATION `

Radiation: (i) Radiation data (Global, Diffuse, Direct & Terrestrial ) has been copied and computed for the month of MAY’2013 (ii) Radiation data (Global, Diffuse, Direct& Terrestrial) has been calculated for the month of MAY’2013 and dispatched to ADGM (R) Pune.

C. SEISMOLOGY

Name of the Station No of shocks received

A.O. ALIPORE NA

SEISMO TADONG 04

M.C. BHUBANESWAR 21

MO PORT BLAIR 23

SEISMO BOKARO -

13.¤Éxnù®úMÉɽþ ¨ÉÉèºÉ¨ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ: PORT METEOROLOGY Ships visited during the month:

Station Foreign Indian Index correction card supplied

Barometer adjusted

Comparison/Calibration of Barometer

MO Portblair

-- -- -- 4

M.C.PATNA RS Nil --

RW Nil

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14. |ɶÉɺÉÊxÉEò : ADMINISTRATION

1. ESTABLISHMENT:

R.T.I

Sl. No. Items Nos.

1 No. of RTI applications received during the month 04

2 No. of RTI applications under process 04

3 No. of cases in which replies sent

Interim Reply

Nil

Final Reply ( including return of applications )

NIl

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4 a

Number of RTI First Appeals received during the month.

NIl

b Number of cases in which FAA has issued decision during the month

Nil

5 CIC hearing ( if any) took place in the month Nil

6 Amount of charges collected during the month Nil

(1received from HQ,1 received from other office,2 applications without proper fees)

7 Number of cases in which any disciplinary action taken against officials under the provision of the Act

Nil

2. CASH SECTION:

SL.NO NAME OF SEAT

NATURE OF JOBS CLEARED NUMBER OF BILLS /CASH CLEARED DURING THE MONTH

01 ALL PAY SEAT

(a) Regular Pay Bills 104

102

(a) cleared G.P.F. Part final withdrawal, Advance & G.P.F. Final Payment to retired employee.

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02 G.P.F. SEAT

(b) Correspondences done, if any

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GENT

1. Prepared Contingent Advance & Adjustment Bills.

38

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SEAT 2. Recoupment from Station Imprest/ paper

15

3. Wages 10

4. Telephone Bills 68

5. Electricity Bills 11

6. Rent & taxes 15

7. Payments made to different parties against Pre- receipted Bills

48

8. Correspondences done. 00

04 MEDICAL (a) Bills processed & submitted to P.A.O.

80

(b) Issued “Permission Letter” for C.G.H.S./AMA Pathological Test & Emergency Indoor Treatment.

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(c) Different correspondences made. 03

05 L.T.C. SEAT

(a) Processed & submitted L.T.C. Advance cases & Adjustment cases to P.A.O. to P.A.O.

20

(b) Cleared E.L. encashment cases for availing L.T.C.

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06 T.A. SEAT (a) Processed TA/DA Advance and Adjustment cases and submitted to P.A.O. for Payment.

75

07 HBA SEAT AND D.C.R.G. SEAT

(a) Cases Processed 09

(b) Interest Calculated 02

(c) D.C.R.G. cases cleared 27

(d) Different correspondences made 00

08 O.T.A. SEAT (a) Bills processed & submitted to P.A.O.

09 CASHIER SEAT

RECEIPTS

(a) Cash Transaction through R.T.G.S.(E-Payment)

1) Salary has been disbursed.

2) Others has been disbursed

100%

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80%

PAYMENTS

(b) Cash Transaction through E.C.S.(Electronics clearing system)

30%

(c) Other work: - Maintenance of Cash Book, Challan Register, Undisbursed Register as routine work.

10 BUDGET SEAT

(a) Headwise Booking of passed bills (both Plan & Non-Plan)

592

(b) Booking of Challan deposited into Bank

(c) Preparation fo Monthly Progressive Expenditure Statement according to the sanctioned Budget Head of A/C (Plan & Non Plan)

(d) Reconciliation of Monthly Progress Expenditure Statement with the P.A.O.’s Figures ( Plan & Non Plan) and all Budget related work as and when required in exigencies.

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(a) Total Dak receipt and its distribution to the concerned seat and entering in the respective register.

400

3. GENERAL SECTION

15. +ÊiÉÊlÉ : VISITORS

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