Srinagar, Dec 10: In addition to the three Doppler Weather Radars already installed in Srinagar, Jammu and Banihal, Jammu and Kashmir is set to receive four new Doppler Weather Radars for South Kashmir, North Kashmir, the Chenab Valley and the Pir Panjal range to ensure better coverage and more accurate short-range alerts, Director of the Meteorological Centre, Dr. Mukhtar Ahmad, informed, as per media reports.

Mukhtar further informed that, in the coming years, the department will expand its observational network by installing around 80 automatic weather stations, along with automatic rain and snow gauges, across J&K.

He said these additional radars will give us “better coverage and more accurate short-range alerts.”

“This will strengthen our data collection,” He added.

He added that

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