The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences launched a mobile application named 'Mausam' for the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday, i.e., 27 July, on the occasion of IMD's Foundation Day celebrations. The app is designed to communicate the weather information and forecasts to the general public. The Mausam app Is designed to forecast weather conditions of around 450 cities in India and show the weather forecast of the past 24 hours, as well as seven-day forecasts. The application is available at both Google Play Store and Appstore.
"This Mobile App is dedicated to the general public and designed to communicate the weather information and forecasts in a lucid manner without technical jargons," said the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences. The Mausam App is a result of a collaboration between ICRISAT's Digital Agriculture and Youth (DAY) Team, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, and IMD.

While the Meghdoot App was explicitly made for the farmers, the new Mausam App is for everyone." The now-cast feature of this app will tell you if there will be rain, thunder or any other severe weather in your area based on data from the nearest meteorological station. Otherwise, there will be city-based information and forecasts and even radar products," said M Rajeevan, secretary in the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

The Mausam App offers the following features and services to its users:

Current Weather Updates
The Mausam app is designed to provide accurate weather conditions across 450 cities of India, including accurate weather information on parameters such as current temperature, humidity, wind speed, and wind direction. Additionally, information regarding sunrise and sunset and moonrise and moonset is also available in the application.

Nowcast
The Nowcast feature of the Mausam app is perhaps its most exciting feature. Three hourly warnings of localized weather phenomena (rain, thunder, storm) are issued for about 800 stations and districts of India via the Nowcast feature.

City Forecasts
At present, the newly launched app has a coverage of over 450 Indian cities wherein it gives accurate 7-day weather forecasts and details of the past 24 hours of weather conditions. The current weather conditions of a given place are updated every 8 hours.

Warnings
The Mausam app also issues alert twice a day for all districts in the color code of Red, Orange, and Yellow to warn citizens in the event of approaching dangerous weather. The color red in the app signifies the most danger urging authorities to take action immediately. Orange color denotes the public to be somewhat alert, and Yellow color code prompts the public to stay updated.

Radar Products
Lastly, the Mausam app has the latest station wise radar products that are being updated every 10 minutes.

How to Download the Mausam App
• Go to Google Play Store or Appstore and type the Mausam app on the search bar.
• In the list which will appear, click on the app named Mausam– Indian Weather App.
• Download and Install the App.