*KARACHI: *
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Friday activated a moderndoppler weather radar in Karachi after a period of 30 years.
The doppler radar is capable of forecasting rainfall in a radius of about450kms and strong winds in a radius of about 200kms.
The new radar, which was built at a cost of around Rs1.58 billion, is alsocapable of providing timely reports of cyclones and other tropical stormsin the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal regions.
The PMD department had also provided a link to radar imagery on itswebsite. The weather device would be able to detect conditions much fasteras compared it its analogue predecessor which was installed in 1991.
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The new device was supposed to be activated before the monsoon rains of2020, however, due to the pandemic, the operation was delayed.
According to met department Director Sardar Sarfraz, the new radar hastwice the wavelength as compared to the analogue equipment, which had abouta wavelength of 10cm.
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