Friday, Mar 24, 2023 03:45 [IST]
Last Update: Thursday, Mar 23, 2023 22:05 [IST]
GANGTOK,: The Meteorological Centre, Gangtok on Thursday observed ‘World
Meteorological Day’ with the theme of ‘future of weather, climate and water
across generation’ here at the Meteorological Observatory sited at Raj Bhawan
complex.
The
day is observed annually on March 23 to commemorate the establishment of World
Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in 1950. As a specialized agency of theUN,
WMO is dedicated to international cooperation and coordination on the state and
behaviour of earth's atmosphere, its interaction with the land and oceans, the
weather and climate it produces and the resulting distribution ofwater
resources.
WHO
is headquartered in Geneva and is a member of United Nations Development Group.
Students
from local schools took part in the day’s activities and exhibition conducted
by the Meteorological Centre, Gangtok to mark the day. They were taken around
the centre where the Met officials briefed them on the gadgets and instruments.
It
was attended by meteorologist SanjoyBhowal, scientist assistant B Chakraborty,
Aarti Gupta, Abhishek Patel, AbhishekParmar and Met observer-III Thakur Prasad
Sharma.
The
students were also briefed on the WMO whose data collection makes getting
accurate daily weather forecast possible. Meteorological data help the people track
climate damage and plan their days besides receiving warnings about natural weather
extremes like cyclones, heat wave, snowfall and heavy rains.
