It has rained very heavily in your city and along with the pleasant feelings, it also brings apprehension about water logging and traffic jams, especially in the metros. So, what do you do to know how much has it rained in your city? Wait for newspaper tomorrow or switch on a TV channel?  

Do you know, you can know it for yourself using the multiple sources of information provided by the India Meteorological Department (IMD)?

To start with, the main website of IMD is a treasure-trove of information. For laypersons and for experts both. If you have never visited it, please do it. Pronto !!! Here it is: https://mausam.imd.gov.in/

You can take a look at the satellite image, including one which shows radar warnings for lightning. Then you can look at current weather image for whole of India. There are district wise and IMD station wise warnings (can be for longer duration including for next five days) and now-casts (for next three hours, especially available for several cities).

This main website also leads you to Regional Meteorological Centres and also to 18-odd Meteorological Centres in various states and then, some city-specific sites too.

For instance, Meteorological Centre, Jaipur can be reached here: https://rmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/MET_CENTRES/MCJPR/
Or Meteorological Centre, Agartala can be reached here: https://agartala.imd.gov.in/ .

And then, there are these four apps, which are increasingly gaining popularity in urban areas: Mausam, Meghdoot, Damini and Umang.    
Lastly, this https://city.imd.gov.in/citywx/crowd/enter_th_datag.php for English and
https://city.imd.gov.in/citywx/crowd/enter_th_dataghi.php for Hindi, is where you can give inputs about the meteorological activities in your area and the damage caused due to it. You can also upload photos.

This is only related to monsoon. The website offers much more. Enjoy … the rains and the info.

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