Krishitaranga · Malnad

Radar + WeatherNext 3, with coffee-care guidance

This independent Krishitaranga web service is a simple digital companion for coffee growers: it combines live IMD radar with Google DeepMind’s WeatherNext 3 forecasts and source-linked CCRI and Coffee Board guidance in one place. It is designed to make useful information easier to access alongside the Coffee Board’s phone-based support and the Central Coffee Research Institute’s monthly advisories; it does not replace either service. A Kannada-first daily WhatsApp digest is planned for a future paid tier and is not available yet.

What the forecast uses

• WeatherNext 3, an experimental weather-forecasting model developed by Google DeepMind and Google Research. Google initializes the full 15-day cycles four times a day. For the BigQuery data used by this app, Google currently targets publication at about 1:40 am, 7:40 am, 1:40 pm and 7:40 pm IST. These are publication estimates, not guaranteed delivery times; Google reports typical variation of about 15 minutes and occasional longer delays. See Google’s WeatherNext publication schedule. Krishitaranga shows when the forecast was actually refreshed. The next check runs when a grower requests the forecast after the expected publication window; it does not query BigQuery on every visit or before Google publishes the new cycle. Hourly interim runs are not currently used.
• The gridded surface data used here has about 0.1° (roughly 10 km) resolution, so it is regional guidance rather than a measurement at the estate itself. The page shows when data was actually refreshed; a model run’s scheduled time does not guarantee when Google publishes it.
• IMD Mangaluru Doppler radar imagery for local rain context and the short-range radar/model blend.
• Coffee Board of India / Central Coffee Research Institute advisories, shown with their source.

WeatherNext is experimental and grid-based, not a farm weather station or an official warning. Local conditions can differ from a model grid. Use IMD and local authority alerts for safety decisions.

Coverage and estate locations

The pilot is for coffee growers in selected Coffee Board coffee-growing areas of Kodagu, Chikkamagaluru and Hassan, including Sakleshpur, when the estate is also within the current Mangaluru radar service area. The app checks coordinates on the browser and server against an approximate pilot footprint (Kodagu, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru coffee-growing district envelopes within 250 km of the Mangaluru radar). The map and footprint are not official Coffee Board land records or surveyed district boundaries, and adding an estate does not verify land use. Check your location in the app to confirm service availability.

Your information

When you save an estate, we store its name and exact coordinates with your account so we can show its forecast. Your saved estate list is protected by account-level database rules, and you can remove an estate from your dashboard. See the privacy notice and service terms.

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