<br/>Weather forecasting by the India Meteorological Department, IMD is all set to improve as it has now acquired better observing equipment and high-end supercomputers to process the data. Government has acquired four High Power Computing Systems to do the necessary number crunching and run high-resolution global, regional and local numerical weather prediction models round-the-clock. <br/><br/>Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences said, the Ministry is also working towards integrating research related monsoon forecasting across the country in an attempt to improve predictions. The installation of the state-of-the-art Doppler Weather Radars is at an advanced stage in Bhuj in Gujarat and Delhi. He said, these radars are capable of picking up evolving wind patterns and enable forecasters in issuing short duration predictions called as nowcasts in weather parlance. <br/><br/>Besides, the IMD has also completed installation of 223 automatic weather stations, 248 automatic rain gauges to help weathermen gather real-time weather data.<br/>