The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has modified its operational requirements from the twenty fifth of this month, and it has been confirmed {that a} “linear rain belt”, which is a belt of developed cumulonimbus clouds, has occurred and the hazard of disasters has elevated. It will probably be introduced on the earlier forecast stage. Information will probably be introduced as much as half-hour sooner than earlier than.
Toru Hashimoto, a regional climate catastrophe prevention promotion officer on the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Weather Risk Countermeasures Division, mentioned, “Even with the new operation, the situation remains dangerous when information becomes available. I want it,” he says.
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Information on the linear rain zone Up to half-hour early to announce on the prediction stage earlier than affirmation of incidence | NHK
