Telangana State Development Planning Society TSDPS Planning Department

Telangana State Development Planning Society (TSDPS) Planning Department, Ground Floor, North-Block, Ganaanka Bhavan, Khairtabad, Hyderabad – 500004. tsdps. plg@gmail. com

Ongoing Activities: TSDPS Activities ØWeather Activities Data Management - 863 AWS data retrieval & dissemination Ø Analysis Reports and Spatial maps of weather parameters ØDynamic Real time data dissemination through website ØDevelopment – Conducted surveys on Perception of Public Distribution System, Agriculture Loan waiver, TS i. PASS, Kalayana Lakshmi (Shadi Mubarak) and Skill Gap Assessment in MSME sector of Telangana (On going) Ø(www. tsdps. telangana. gov. in) ØMaintenance of Gauging Network ØWeather Forecasting (WRF model) – regular 3 -days weather forecast generation Convergence Activities: ØNear Real Time Drought Monitoring in collaboration with TRAC ØIntegration of AWS, DE&S and IMD rainfall through NIC. ØMonitoring of Sustainable Development Goals with DR. MCR HRDI Proposed Activities: ] ØClimate Change Studies – Urban Flooding ØMo. U with different National and International Institutions for Research studies – Asset Mapping in the state with NRSC & TRAC, Telangana Heatwave Atlas with UNICEF, Tribal infrastructure and action plan with Dept. of Tribal Welfare, through DKICs

Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) ØTelangana state development planning society (TSDPS) was established by the Planning Department, Government of Telangana to continue the services of existing hydro –metrological projects in Telangana after AP reorganization act 2014. ØAn automatic weather station (AWS) is defined as a “Meteorological Station at which weather observations are made and transmitted automatically”. ØAWS captures weather parameters such as temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction, pressure and rainfall sensors. ØTo facilitate the weather data collection, 831 AWS stations were installed in batches: 2008 -09 and 2011 -12. ØIntegrated AWS+DES+IMD mandal wise rainfall data generation is started during 2017, disseminated mandal wise rainfall status through online.

AWS Locations in Telangana SNo Maintained by TSDPS (510) and Azista (14) With in AMC (339) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 No. of AWS Mandals Adilabad 18 19 Bhadradri 23 26 Hyderabad 16 17 Jagtial 18 29 Jangaon 13 20 Jayashankar 20 29 Jogulamba 12 19 Kamareddy 22 29 Karimnagar 16 25 Khammam 21 38 Komarambhem 15 18 Mahabubabad 16 21 Mahabubnagar 26 41 Mancherial 18 23 Medak 20 34 Medchal 14 20 Nagarkurnool 20 33 Nalgonda 31 56 Nirmal 19 26 Nizamabad 27 39 Peddapalli 14 19 Rajanna 13 21 Rangareddy 27 50 Sangareddy 26 33 Siddipet 22 35 Suryapet 23 33 Vikarabad 18 29 Wanaparthy 14 17 Warangal_Rural 15 21 Warangal_Urban 11 16 Yadadri 16 27 District Total 584 863

AWS Data Flow Model Ø Data from AWS stations are transmitted through GSM Technology in an encrypted form. The received raw data is decrypted in real time and retrieved at TSDPS data center. Quality checks are performed on this raw data to eliminate error values and disseminate to various technical units

Quality Control Checks ü ü ü Completeness of data v Raw data received on hourly basis is checked at the time of recording v Top hours v Eliminating erroneous data v 24 hourly packets Separating sensor-wise data v Running queries to separate data sensor wise v Preparing summaries station-wise and sensor-wise v Providing summaries to mapping unit for generating maps v Authorizing data for uploading on web Check for Climatological consistency v Verifying temperature data with reference to normal temperature ranges ie. , max of max for the day and min of min for the day Time consistency check v To verify the rate of change of instantaneous data Internal consistency check v Checking internal consistency of data are based on the relation between two parameters like when there is rainfall, the temperature will fall and humidity will rise Spatial check v Comparing the rainfall values with reference to DES manual rain gauge data/TSDPS AWS data

Data Users Ø Agriculture Department - For crop management and planning Ø Agriculture Insurance Company - WBCIS : All parameters for weather based insurance Ø Agriculture University - All parameters for calculation of MAI (Moisture Aridity Index) and other research activities. Ø GHMC & HMDA - Urban flood Monitoring and Traffic Management. Ø Irrigation Department – Sharing of rainfall data for Reservoirs and dams Water Management. Ø Disaster Management - Weather data to issue alerts to district officials. Ø Universities for Projects like rainfall validation, drought monitoring, Urban flooding, Research studies. Ø Information Technology and Communications Department sharing of data to display at public domain.

TSDPS web site (www. tsdps. telangana. gov. in)

10 years data on Heatwaves

Integrated AWS+DES+IMD mandal wise rainfall(mm) Southwest Monsoon - 2017

Real Time GIS based Temperature and Humidity analysis as on 24/03/2018 at 8: 30 am

Real Time WRF model based 3 -days Temperature Forecast as on 23/03/2018 at 8: 30 am Day-1 Day-2 Day-3

Extreme Temperature and Rainfall (mm) recorded in Telangana A. Mandal Location Date Maximum Temperature Recorded(°c) Bhadradri - Kothagudem Bhadrachalam 09 -05 -1973 48. 6 Warangal (U) Hanumakonda 03 -06 -2003 47. 8 Bhadradri Kothagudem Dummugudem 25 -05 -2013 47. 5 Nalgonda Narkatpally 23 -05 -2014 48. 1 Khammam 23 -05 -2015 47. 6 Jagitial Jaina Dharmapuri 21 -05 -2015 48. 9 Jagitial Jaina Dharmapuri 15 -05 -2016 48. 8 Bhadradri - Kothagudem Palwancha Yanambailu 20 -05 -2017 47. 7 District B Date Rainfall Recorded (mm) Khammam 10 -07 -1954 299. 7 Nizamabad 06 -10 -1983 355. 0 Adilabad 20 -10 -1995 252. 3 Kumaramabheem Asifabad Dahegaon 23 -07 -2013 503. 6 Kumaramabheem Asifabad Bejjur 07 -09 -2014 310. 2 Jayashankar-Bhupalpally Wazeed 21 -06 -2015 232. 4 Nizamabad Armoor 24 -09 -2016 395. 4 Nirmal Kuntala 20 -08 -2017 243. 4 . District Mandal Location Khammam Nizamabad Source: IMD & TSDPS

Trends of Temperatures in the state from last 10 years Change in Maximum Temperature about 1. 5 Deg. in 4 years

Heat Wave action plan - 2017 • Last year TSDPS conducted one day Workshop on ‘Extreme Weather Events With Reference to Telangana State', jointly organized by TSDPS and Indian Meteorological Society (IMS) Hyderabad Chapter on 22 March 2017 at Dr. MCRHRD Institute, Hyderabad. In the workshop, the present forecast methods and preparedness for action plan were discussed. • 220 Officials and Experts participated in the workshop from various Government Departments (Revenue, Health, Planning, Agriculture and Disaster Management) and IMD, NRSC, INCOIS and Universities etc. ,

Heat wave action plan - 2018 • Based on 863 AWS weather data available for last 10 years, it was noticed that major heat wave conditions occurred in April and May where Temperature crossed 450 Celsius mainly in Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Khammam, Jayashankar-Bhupalpally, Mancherial and Peddapali with maximum frequency in May 3 rd week by crossing 470 Celsius in some days. • The highest temperature 47. 70 C was recorded at Yanambailu mandal, Bhadradri-Kothagudem district during the year (2017). • Daily last 24 hours maximum, minimum temperatures, humidity and rainfall GIS maps are provided through web site and email to all the Government officials upto District level Collector. • Daily top 10 stations and district wise maximum temperatures recorded in various AWSs information is sent to all TS officials through SMS and Whats. App. Also hourly live data temperatures recorded at various AWS stations are provided through TSDPS web site (www. tsdps. telangana. gov. in) on real-time basis.

Heat wave action plan - 2018 Contd. . • In addition, TSDPS also issuing 3 -days district (31) wise weather forecast based on advanced high resolution (12 km) regional weather forecast model. The products are provided through GIS based maps and sent to all Telangana state and district officials through Whats. App, highlighting the districts likely to be prone for heat wave conditions during the next 72 hours. • It is planned to provide daily district (31) wise 3 -days forecast on maximum and minimum temperatures digital data from 01 st April and subsequently Mandal level forecast of temperature from 15 th April onwards to make alerts and take immediate action at field level. . • Color coding for Heatwave warings.

New Initiatives Mobile App for Weather Data • Development of Mobile Weather app (T-Weather) is under process and will be shortly released for the public use. • This app will provide the instant weather information of any part of the state and facilitates to know Real time Temperature, Rainfall(mm), humidity and wind speed/direction instantly from the current location • Provides 3 -days district (31) wise Forecast: Maximum/ Minimum Temperature and Rainfall (mm). • Also provides top 10 temperature locations in each District on hourly basis which alerts the officials to take immediate action at field level.

New Initiatives of TSDPS It is proposed to install new 332 AWSs in addition to existing 863 AWSs to enhance the grid size from 10 X 10 km to 5 X 5 km in State. It is also proposed to install 120 AWSs in GHMC area to enhance the grid size from 10 X 10 km to 2. 5 X 2. 5 km, it will be very useful for planning of urban flooding. It is planned to display weather information in GHMC area and district head quarters through LED display boards. Analysis and generation of data from State to village level to asses climate change impacts for preparation of disaster mitigation plans. District wise weekly weather outlook for next seven days (Saturday to Friday) will be useful for Agriculture operations, high lighting the heavy rainfall and dry/wet spells during the monsoon seasons are regularly uploading in the www. tsdps. telangana. gov. in web site.

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