Agricultural scientists issued weather related crop advisory
Weather Based Crop Advisory
Weather Warning during the next 5 days (IMD)
- 04 January (Day 1): Heavy rainfall/snowfall at isolated places very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, GilgitBaltistan & Muzaffarabad. Dense fog in isolated pockets very likely over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, west Assam & Meghalaya and Tripura. Cold day conditions at isolated places very likely over Bihar. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Strong winds (speed 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) very likely over Gulf of Mannar and Comorin area. Fishermen are advised not to venture into this area.
- 05 January (Day 2): Heavy rainfall/snowfall at isolated places very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and heavy rainfall at isolated places over north Punjab. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail at isolated places very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and with lightning at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh. Dense fog in isolated pockets very likely over Bihar, West Bengal & Sikkim,Odisha, west Assam & Meghalaya and Tripura. Cold day conditions at isolated places very likely over Bihar.
- 06 January (Day 3): Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail at isolated places very likely over East Uttar Pradesh and West Madhya Pradesh and with lightning at isolated places over West Uttar Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh. Dense fog in isolated pockets very likely over Bihar, West Bengal & Sikkim and Odisha.
- 07 January (Day 4):Heavy rainfall/snowfall at isolated places likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Punjab. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail at isolated places likely over Punjab, East Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
- 08 January (Day 5): Heavy rainfall/snowfall at isolated places likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Punjab and Haryana. Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & hail at isolated places likely over East Madhya Pradesh and with lightning at isolated places over Punjab, Rajasthan, Vidarbha, West Madhya Pradesh and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.
- The weather outlook for seven days i.e., 04 Jan to 12 Jan 2022 forecasted (Provided by Real-Time Weather Forecasts from NOAA/NCEP collected from http://monsoondata.org/wx2/) rain/thundershower may occur over Some parts of Extreme northern parts of India.
Agricultural activities (AICRPAM-CRIDA)
West Bengal
Weather condition:
Weather conditions during the 52nd week at Mohanpur, West Bengal: Maximum temperature: 25.0 to 25.8 ºC, Minimum temperature: 11.5 to 15.5 ºC, bright sun shine hours: 0.2 to 5.5 hours, Morning-time relative Humidity: 89 to 91 %, after noon-time R.H: 55 to 65 %, weekly total pan evaporation: 4.8 mm, total weekly rainfall: 0.0 mm and average daily wind speed is 0.0 km/h.
Contingency measure:
- Boro Rice: Start preparation of nursery or seedbed for Boro Paddy.Those who are interested in Sudha Boro Rice cultivation may germinate the seeds with the help of Sampad Seed Germinator . After germination seedlings should be sown in 50 ft X 4 ft seedbed for cultivation in 1 bigha land. Seed rate is 1-1.5 Kg per bigha.Polythene sheet must be applied on 1.5 ft. Stand and lower portion must be dubbed with mud so that cold wind can?t damage the new seedlings.;
- Potato: Prepare the land for late plantimg of Potato ( Variety : Kufri Jyoti ). But March harvesting may hamper the productivity. Collect the seed from certified source and treat it with trichoderma viridi or pseudomonas fluorescence solution.;
- Spinach: Direct seeded spinach , radish , carrot etc may be sown as 2-2.5 months crop in the fields where newly sown Potato or Mustard are totally affected due to water logging condition for recent depression rainfall.
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