India has launched its indigenous Bharat Forecast System (BFS), a high-resolution weather prediction model, enhancing spatial resolution to 6km. This advancement enables village-level forecasts, improving accuracy for extreme rainfall prediction by 30% and rainfall in the monsoon core zone by 64%. The BFS, developed by IITM-Pune, offers localized forecasts with unprecedented precision.
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