Summary:
The radiation recorder, sunshine recorder and shade ring, atop the CWC building, raised the curiosity of students. “The theme of this year’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Day is ‘Weather-ready, Climate-smart’. Balloons with radiosonde instruments are released into the air to measure wind speed, wind direction, temperature and pressure at ‘standard levels’ like 1.5 km, 2.4 km and so on. A scientist explaining the instruments to students at the Cyclone Warning Centre on Friday. The variations in the maximum/minimum temperatures today and yesterday and the departure from the normal temperature are plotted in the ‘change chart’..