Services

Pakistan Meteorological Department has been categories into following services:

1. Observatories, data generation and dissemination services in the following areas

  • Surface Weather Data
  • Earthquake Data
  • Astronomical Data
  • Solar Radiation Data
  • Atmosphere Ozone Data
  • Earth's Magnetic field Data
  • Background Air Pollution Data

2. Aeronautical forecasts and warning services for Civil Aviation, PAF, Army, Navy and other users.

3. Flood forecast and warning services.

4. Earthquake data & seismic information services to Civil Engineers & other users for dams, bridges, townships.

5. Farmer's Weather Bulletin and Warning Services.

6. Public utility and advisory services in various fields of

  • Town Planning
  • Planning and Development
  • Construction of Roads, Bridges, Aerodromes, Power Plants, Airconditioning etc
  • Provision of Meteorological/Geophysical data for court cases, insurance claim, inquiry reports, district gazetteers etc

7. Military operation services in the following way

  • Meteor Reports
  • Weather Monitoring Air Bases
  • Forecasts and Warning for Air Bases
  • Weather forecasts and Monitoring in assigned areas

8. Marine Meteorological Forecasting and Warning Services

9. Air Pollution Monitoring Services

10. Research activities in the following fields

  • Meteorology
  • Climatology
  • Hydrology
  • Oceanography
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Agricultural Meteorology

11. Astronomical services in the following fields

  • Sun/Moon Eclipse
  • Sun rise/set timings
  • Sighting of new moon
  • Morning/evening twilight timings
  • Namaz timings and Qibla Direction calculations

12. Training in Meteorology and Geophysics for

  • Departmental Trainees
  • Foreign training
  • AF (Met. branch) trainees
  • Trainees from other organizations