The Southern Regional Hydro-meteorological Station said that the agency has put into use the weather radar (photo), which is located in Nha Be (Ho Chi Minh City), with a long-range scanning area of about 480km. This radar system helps to detect, monitor and forecast dangerous weather phenomena such as storms, thunderstorms, cyclones, heavy rains . and even the phenomenon of heavy rain generating floods on the Dong Nai river system.
Mr. Nguyen Minh Giam, head of the hydro-meteorological forecasting department, the Southern Regional Meteorological Station, said that when the storm No. 9 (2006) entered the scanning area of the radar, the agency could follow the link. continuation of the storm through images and data collected from radar. Through data analysis of radar, professionals can forecast in a specific, clear . position, area of influence and trend of the storm continuously.
Analytical information from radar can be transferred continuously and directly to each locality potentially affected by dangerous weather phenomena.
(Photo: Quoc Thanh)
QUOC THANH
