1. Venue Specific Weather Forecast and Information System for October 3-14, 2010, New Delhi, India A Proposal Commonwealth Games-2010 National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) Dept. of Science & Technology

4. Proposal for Setting up of Venue Specific Weather Forecast and Information System Why do we need this? How can we do it? What are the requirements? What are the opportunities? What is the benefit to the Nation? Commonwealth Games-2010 3-14 October, 2010, New Delhi, India

5. Why do we need such a forecast? The comfort and safety of spectators -- information and warnings for specific venue sites about 1. humidity 2. heat/human discomfort index warnings /day-night temperature forecast 3. lightning /thunderstorm 4. rain, water logging Warnings for event rescheduling for the organizers or even cancellations 1. Winds must be < 20 mph winds for high platform diving 2. Humidity and dew formation at velodrome cancels cycling 3. Strong wind changes, unfair advantage to some athletes 4. Rainout of events Use of weather conditions by athletes to their advantage 1. Marathon (conserving energy) -- consider heat index 2. Sailing, Archery, Shooting, etc (using information about winds) Improved security : Routing and evacuation planning. Commonwealth Games-2010 3-14 October, 2010, New Delhi, India

6. Weather forecast for Major Sport events in the past a. NWS Forecast for Atlanta Olympics 1996 b. UKMO forecast for Manchester Commonwealth Games-2002

7. Setting up of Venue Specific Weather Forecast and Information System for COMMONWEALTH GAMES-2010 October 3-14, 2010, New Delhi, India Outline of the Proposal

16. OMEGA Accesses High Resolution Databases and Automatically Generates the Grid Implementation Strategy OMEGA Model

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