27-08-2004

New weather radars at Mangla, Sialkot

via www.dawn.com

Doppler radars are used all over the world for their ability to continuously monitor weather systems, helping officials find out the convergence and divergence of air mass which is essential for detecting concentration of moisture resulting in cloud burst or heavy downpour over a specific area even before the rain starts.

They help gain more time for issuing an advance flood warning and eliminate chances of any false alert. Another quality is the three-dimensional images of cloud – measurement of its length, width and height- which is not possible with traditional radars…