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2017

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecasted above normal temperature in most parts of the country during _________ summer season.
A
2017
B
2018
C
2019
D
2020
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The climate of India can broadly be classified as a tropical monsoon one. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) designates four official seasons: Winter, from December to early April. Summer or pre-monsoon, from April to June (April to July in north-western India)

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the IMD, the “LPA of rainfall is the rainfall recorded over a particular region for a given interval (like month or season) average over a long period like 30 years, 50 years, etc”.

Detailed explanation-3: -The weather prediction models massively depend on the data gathered by highly specialised kinds of equipment. Different tools like Doppler radars, satellite data, Radiosondes, surface observation centers, computing tools, and advanced weather processing systems are needed to predict and forecast weather developments.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is a statistical model used by IMD for the long range forecasting of South west monsoon season rainfall over the country as a whole. For this a set of 8 predictors (given in below Table) that having stable and strong physical linkage with the Indian south-west monsoon rainfall is used.

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