Learn science behind weather forecasting

Coimbatore: The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) plans to conduct an online training programme for people fascinated by the process of weather forecasting.
The eight-day programme, which will have three-hour sessions, will be conducted by TNAU’s Agro Climate Research Centre. It will teach the basics of weather and climate, director S P Ramanathan said.
“We want people to understand how cyclones and depressions form and what happens when they do. We also need them to learn from where the monsoon winds come from and how maximum and minimum temperatures are recorded,” he said.
The centre decided to conduct the programme encouraged by the feedback from the farming community, which makes use of its weather-based agro advisory bulletins. “The training will help people, including farmers, take decisions based on the weather prediction they receive,” said the director.
Those interested should pay a training fee of Rs 200 to SBI account 31606418668. IFSC code is SBIN0002274. Details of payment should be intimated to 9486186076 or tometeorology@tnau.ac.in.