New radar installed to forecast weather
dubai — A radar project was launched by the Dubai Municipality (DM) to forecast and monitor weather change in the emirate.
Hussain Nasser Lootah, director-general of the municipality, inaugurated the Meteorological Radar project, which helps meteorologists in several ways.
The radar was installed in coordination with Sky Dive at the flydubai building on Dubai-Al Ain Road, because the building is the best contour height to get a 360 degree view of Dubai.
“The project highlights the continuous development of the weather forecasting system of Najm Sohail, one of the best meteorological systems used for technology at the regional level. Through its development, the DM strives to provide and maintain sustainability in public safety with the best services to the public and partners,” said Iman Al Khatibi, head of geodetic and marine survey department, which launched the project for the municipality.
Meteorological radar carries out a large number of operational functions including monitoring, analysis and prediction within a single device. It monitors the formation and movement of clouds and predicts the probability of downpour. It also monitors the cyclones and tornadoes, and locates them and follows their speed and direction.
The meteorologists can analyse radar observations, and predict the passage of a storm over a certain area. In many cases, they can give advance warnings to the public and those in charge about the path of a cyclone, a whirlwind, a severe storm, cloud direction, the place and intensity of downpour for taking precautions.
The radar can detect rain drops in the clouds from a distance of 200km as well as identify the types of thunderstorms and its time of occurrence and direction.