Consolidated Bulletin No.080/2021 Date: 05.10.2021

Consolidated Agro-Meteorological Advisory for the farmers of Uttarakhand issued by Meteorological Centre, Dehradun with the cooperation of A.M.F.U. Ranichauri, Pantnagar and Roorkee valid from 05-10- 2021 (08:30 IST) till 10-10-2021 (08:30 IST): PART –I: WEATHER INFORMATION Past weather from 01-10-2021 to 04-10-2021 Weather forecast valid from 05-10-2021 (08:30 IST) till 10-10-2021 (08:30 IST) HILLY REGION: A.M.F.U. RANICHAURI During the period, sky conditions remained Very light to light rain/thundershowers likely to occur mainly clear to partly cloudy. As per the at isolated places on 5th October. Very light to light meteorological data received from A.M.F.U. rain/thundershowers likely to occur at isolated places Ranichauri, dry weather prevailed during the in hills of Uttarakhand on 6th October, 2021. Dry period. Maximum temperature was between weather likely to prevail during rest of the period. 21.9°C to 22.8°C. The minimum temperature was between 11.9°C to 13.9°C. Relative humidity was between 85% and 98%. Average wind speed was between 2 km/hour to 4 km/hour. A.M.F.U-PANTNAGAR (UDHAM SINGH NAGAR AND NAINITAL DISTRICT) During the period, sky conditions remained partly Very light to light rain/thundershowers likely to occur to generally cloudy. As per the meteorological at isolated places on 5th October. Very light to light data of departmental observatory Pantnagar, light rain/thundershowers likely to occur at isolated places rain was recorded on 3rd October and very light in hills of Uttarakhand on 6th October. Very light to rain was recorded on 1st October, 2021. Dry light rain/thundershowers likely to occur at isolated th weather prevailed during rest of the period. places in hills of Kumaon region of Uttarakhand on 7 Maximum temperature was between 31.4°C to October, 2021. Dry weather likely to prevail during 33.2°C and the departure from the normal was rest of the period. between -1°C and 1°C. The minimum temperature was between 21.9°C to 25.1°C and departure from the normal was between 1°C and 5°C. Relative humidity was between 77% and 95%. Average wind speed was between 0 km/hour to 2 km/hour. A.M.F.U-ROORKEE (HARIDWAR, HILLY AREAS OF DEHRADUN AND PAURI DISTRICTS) During the period, sky conditions remained Very light to light rain/thundershowers likely to occur mainly clear to generally cloudy. As per the at isolated places on 5th October. Very light to light meteorological data of departmental observatory rain/thundershowers likely to occur at isolated places Dehradun, light rain was recorded on 3rd October in hills of Uttarakhand on 6th October, 2021. Dry and very light rain was recorded on 1st & 2nd weather likely to prevail during rest of the period. October, 2021. Dry weather prevailed during rest of the period. Maximum temperature was between 30.0°C to 31.2°C and the departure from the normal was between 0°C and 1°C. The minimum temperature was between 21.6°C to 23.5°C and departure from the normal was between 4°C and 5°C. Relative humidity was between 74% and 93%. Average wind speed was between 1 km/hour to 2 km/hour. Outlook for next two days: No large change.

WARNING: NIL

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PART –II: ZONAL AGRO-METEOROLOGICAL ADVISORY BASED ON THE ADVISORY ISSUED BY A.M.F.U. RANICHAURI, PANTNAGAR AND ROORKEE

HILLY REGION: A.M.F.U. RANICHAURI Crops/ Animal Crop stage Agro Meteorological Advisory Husbandry  Harvest mature Kharif crops, dry well in the sunlight before threshing. GENERAL - Carry out field preparation for sowing of rabi crops, use vermin ADVICE compost/FYM at last ploughing. Keep constant monitoring of pests and diseases in vegetables and other standing crops. Apply spray work of fungicide/pesticide should be done at evening time. Follow guidelines of COVID-19 during agricultural work. WHEAT - Carry out field preparation and sow of wheat, barley etc should be start in high hills region. FINGER MILLET - Ear heads can be harvested about 40 days after flowering to facilitate easy threshing. Cutting ear heads below the base. GARLIC - Prepare field and sowing can be started. Use vermicompost/FYM at last ploughing. VEGETABLE PEA - To prevent root rot disease drench the root areas by recommended

2 | P a g e fungicide. - The fallen leaves of apple should be collected and decomposed in a compost pit or spray of 5%urea may be done on orchard floor on fallen APPLE leaves to ensure fast decomposition of infected leaves or may be destroyed by burning. PIGEON PEA (RED - Regularly monitor the crops against pod borer. The caterpillar should be GRAM/ARHAR) picked by hand after shaking the plants and destroyed in the early stages of attack. ONION - Prepare field for nursery sowing.Drenching the nursery beds by captan or thiram @ 0.2% or carbendazim @ 0.1% or copper oxychloride @ 0.3% for management of damping off disease. After 15 days of the birth of the calves, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, iron, iodine, copper elements should be given in the form of a salt Animal COW mixture or mineral drops. Due to their deficiency, the cows start eating the Husbandry soil, due to which they become infected with roundworms and coccidiosis disease.

A.M.F.U-PANTNAGAR (UDHAM SINGH NAGAR AND NAINITAL DISTRICT) Crops/ Animal Crop stage Agro Meteorological Advisory Husbandry  In view of the second wave of Corona (Covid-19), the farmers are advised to follow the guidelines given by the Government of India, personal hygiene, use of masks, washing hands at appropriate - GENERAL intervals during agricultural operations. ADVICE  Farmers should make proper arrangements for harvesting the prepared vegetables and drainage should be maintained.  Harvest the mature crops like soybean, urd, moong and maize etc in clear weather. Udham Singh Nagar Harvesting of early and midseason variety of Paddy should be done on the RICE - appearance of the golden color of panicle in Paddy. Delay in harvesting can lead to crop fall and grain loss in earhead. Harvesting should be done keeping in view the weather forecast when the weather is clear and stop irrigation 10-15 days before the harvesting of paddy crop Udham Singh Nagar SUGARCANE - Sowing of winter season sugarcane must be done by October 15 and other cropping activities should be done as per the recommendation. Nainital FINGER MILLET - In the mid and high hills, harvesting should be done by keeping in view the weather forecast and in view of the forecast of rain in the coming days, harvested crop should be kept in a safe place. Nainital MAIZE - In high hills, harvest the mature crop by keeping in view the weather forecast. Nainital KIDNEY BEANS/ - There is a possibility of rain in the coming days, so harvest the crop RAJMA keeping in mind the weather forecast and store the harvested crop in a safe place. Udham Singh Nagar MANGO - To control the problem of mango wilt, thiophanate methyl (70% WP) @ 2g/lit is recommended. Make the solution and drench the tree and repeat it at 10 days interval. The healthy plants adjoining the wilted plants should be treated with copper sulphate @ 1kg/plant. Proper nutrition of mango orchard is also very essential to avoid such a problem.

3 | P a g e - Nainital ONION Onion nursery can be prepared in polyhouse/polytunnel in mid hills. Seed treatment should be done before sowing. VEGETABLE - Nainital PEA Sowing of peas should be done keeping in mind the weather forecast and before sowing, seed treatment should be done with Bavastin at the rate of 2 g/kg seed. Udham Singh Nagar MUSTARD - Mustard and Rai should be sown in the first fortnight of October. Rai varieties likeVaruna, Rohini, Krishna, Kanti, Vardan, Vaibhav, Basanti, Narendra, Early rai-4, Urvashi, and yellow mustard varieties like- Ragini, Binoy (B-9), Pant peeli Sarso-1 should be selected for sowing. Udham Singh Nagar CAULIFLOWER - If the fruits of the early variety of Cauliflower were ready in the fields then send them to the market and the top dressing of Urea should be given in the mid-variety of Cauliflower sown in the last month. Arrangements of weeding, hoeing, and irrigation should be done. Vaccination of FMD (Foot and Mouth Disease) should be given to the BUFFALO animals. Animal Vaccinate the weaned six-month-old calves with combined vaccines of Husbandry brucellosis / infectious abortion, IVR, bovine viral, diarrhea, parainfluenza, COW gulagotas, etc. and a second combined vaccine called Blackleg 7 should be done at an interval of 15-21 days.

A.M.F.U-ROORKEE (HARIDWAR, HILLY AREAS OF DEHRADUN AND PAURI DISTRICTS) Crops/ Animal Crop stage Agro Meteorological Advisory Husbandry  Farmers are advised to monitor the standing crop regularly for any pest or GENERAL - disease and do the control measures accordingly. ADVICE RICE Do the top dressing of 1/4th dose of urea at panicle initiation stage. The - present weather is conducive for infestation of gundhi bug insect hence farmers advised to the dusting of malathion in paddy field, when sky remains clear. SUGARCANE Take care of weather forecast while spraying pesticides/insecticides in the - field of sugarcane. MAIZE - Take care of weather forecast in the harvesting of mature crop of maize. For late sown crop do the proper arrangements to protect the maze crop from birds. PIGEON PEA (RED If the attack of leaf roller is seen in pigeon pea then apply the dusting of 2% GRAM/ARHAR) - fenthroet @ 25-30 kg/ha when the sky remains clear. - Farmers are advised for sowing of spinach, coriander and radish, when sky SPINACH remains clear. Animal Balanced diet should be given for milch animal with 50% green fodder. COW Husbandry

(िबम िसंह) हेड /वैािनक ‘ऍफ़ मौसम िवान क , देहरादू न

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LEGENDS:

WARNING (TAKE ACTION) WATCH(BE UPDATED) ALERT(BE PREPARED) NO WARNING (NO ACTION)

INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE VERY LIGHT TRACE - 2.4 mm ISOLATED ISOLATED (UPTO 25% UNLIKELY Up to AREA) 25% LIGHT 2.5- 15.5 mm FEW SCATTERED (BETWEEN LIKELY 26 to 25-50% AREA) 50% MODERATE 15.6 – 64.4 mm MANY FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD VERY 51 to (BETWEEN 50-75% AREA) LIKELY 75% HEAVY 64.5- 115.5 mm MOST WIDE SPREAD (MORE MOST Above THAN 75% AREA) LIKELY 75% VERY HEAVY 115.6- 204.4 mm EXTREMELY > 204.4 mm HEAVY

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