Chennai - a mild 31.0°C and VERY humid early April evening to host the Chennai v Mumbai IPL cricket match.

Earthquake hazard zones of India ... http://bit.ly/aw5mWU

RT @varkychen: Standing in the drizzle and feeling the rain drops fall I will surely miss Kerala, The place where the rain is born

RT @hashkerala: RT @sathyavpk : Rain Rain Rain :-) Edappalli Kochi Cochin Kerala Rain

More showers over Kerala and over west coastal Srilanka .. http://yfrog.com/40xcrj

More thunder cells visible over central kerala along the Western ghats.

Is it appropriate to call as Easterlies as this time of year ?? ... http://bit.ly/ajstl3

Is it appropriate to call as Easterlies as this time of year ??

Is appropriate to term it EASTERLY wave during pre monsoon period. Even though the winds up to certain level be easterly i do not think it producing a wave. Any how it can be termed as weak easterlies.
To day 03.04.2010 /2113 hrs IST Kerala coast and SIK will be experiencing rainfall.
We in TN will also get rain very soon, once the flare up medium to low clouds in the Bay touches coast. Lower winds are predominantly southerly to SEly where as the upper winds are SWly.

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Rainfall in Tamilnadu on 5-Apr, Boothapandi and Kuzhithurai (both Kanyakumari dt) and Kodaikanal 3 cm each

Rain on 5-Apr, Perumbavur (Ernakulam dt) recorded a heavy rainfall of 7 centimeters

Heating of east, central India begins ... http://bit.ly/b079JA

CPC of the US seems to suggest that easterlies turn southeasterlies over the peninsula and sets up a rendezvous with west to northwesterlies

IMD experimental outlook for April has indicated normal to above normal rain for the region, especially interior Tamil Nadu & kerala

‘April heat' should entrench itself over central and adjoining northwest India for monsoon enabling ‘heat low' to develop over the region

A hot air-spewing ‘ridge' lying spread over the Central Bay and peninsular India and into the Arabian Sea is now triggering a heat wave.

Heating of east, central India begins

A hot air-spewing ‘ridge' (region with high atmospheric pressure) lying spread-eagled over the Bay of Bengal, central and peninsular India and jutting into the Arabian Sea is now triggering a heat wave.

The ridge stretches across west to east right from the west Pacific across South-East Asia, southern India and central Africa until April 9.

It may get ‘click-released' and flung back into position over the Bay by the next day.

But it would have triggered heating of east and central India in phases before the temperature maxima scorches the west and the northwest, says an outlook of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).

The ‘April heat' should entrench itself over central and adjoining northwest India for the monsoon-enabling ‘heat low' to develop over the region in subsequent stages. In ideal settings, the ‘heat low' (of lower atmospheric pressure) sets up the pressure differential relative to the southwest which the monsoon rides on to bring about maximum possible spatial and temporal coverage.

An India Meteorological Department (IMD) update on Monday said that the highest maximum temperature of 43.1 deg Celsius during the 24 hours ending Monday morning was recorded at Sambalpur in Orissa.

Heat wave conditions have been prevailing Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh, interior Orissa, east Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and northwest Rajasthan. No large change in maximum temperatures is expected over the Indo-Gangetic plains and adjoining parts of central and east India during the next three days.

FLARE-UP SEEN

In fact, the IMD saw a rise in maximum temperatures over Gujarat and adjoining Rajasthan, north Maharashtra and south west Madhya Pradesh during this period. A weather-making north-south trough has been running down from Bihar to North Bay of Bengal bringing isolated thundershowers over east and northeast India, the IMD update said.

Meanwhile, stray moisture transported inland by easterlies from the Bay of Bengal is being dumped as rain over isolated places over the south peninsula – mainly in Tamil Nadu and adjoining Kerala. International models have been suggesting that these rains would get better organised from Tuesday (April 6).


The IMD too has said that isolated rain or thundershowers would occur over extreme south peninsular India during the next two days and increase thereafter.

An IMD experimental outlook for the month of April has indicated enhanced probability of normal to above normal rain for the region, especially interior Tamil Nadu and adjoining Kerala spreading thin to the respective coastal regions.

The Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) of the US National Weather Services seems to suggest that this might happen as easterlies turn southeasterlies over the peninsula and sets up a rendezvous with west to northwesterlies from the Arabian Sea.

This is the most likely scenario unfolding during the week ending April 12 up to which forecasts were available. The opposing wind fronts might go to set up a wind discontinuity/trough breeding thunderstorms. IMD forecasts for the next few days said that isolated rain or thundershowers may occur over Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Lakshadweep, coastal and south interior Karnataka.

Satellite imagery showed convective (rain-bearing) clouds over parts of southeast Arabian Sea, south Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea. Low to medium clouds (partially clouded conditions) hung over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarkhand due to feeble western disturbance activity.

RT @ullasd: when Rain comes to Kerala it is not with out its heavy dose of disaster.

RT @qualitwitt: Enjoying the 39degree c in india. its hot really hot..no sign of rain here.the peak summer will be a very worst one i guess

RT @lakewarriors: Rain Water Harvesting in Mumbai, India: Application of GIS::: Prakash M Apte : http://wik.io/aP83

High cloud conditions to prevail over North Tamilnadu coast till 8 pm and these clouds may contain mild drizzles .. http://yfrog.com/0zcvsj

At 2:30pm, Thunder cells over North kerala and Karnataka border and over North-west Srilanka ... http://yfrog.com/0zcvsj

Early Signs Suggest Normal India Monsoon ... http://bit.ly/dy8LrE

This monsoon, head for Kerala's healing ayurveda touch ... http://bit.ly/a7DLhu

Udupi-Manipal Road to be ready before monsoon ... http://bit.ly/dkStZl

Rainfall map for 5-Apr,, Heavy showers over south Kerala and N-E states continue .. http://yfrog.com/bas3jg

Thundershowers accompanied with thundersquall over Arunachal Pradesh and Assam & Meghalaya to continue for next 48 hrs

Rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3 °C over Gujarat and adjoining Rajasthan, north Maharashtra and south Madhya Pradesh during next 2-3 days

A fresh feeble western disturbance is likely to affect western Himalayan region from tomorrow onwards.

On 5-Apr, highest maximum temperature of 43.5°C was recorded at Sambalpur (Orissa).

Heat wave conditions are prevailing over some parts of Bihar, south Chhattisgarh, interior Orissa and pockets of north Rajasthan and M.P

Heat wave conditions are prevailing over some parts of Bihar, south Chhattisgarh, interior Orissa and isolated pockets of north Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh

RT @nishubaby: Rain and storm created havoc in the Palamel Village of Alappuzha Dist, Kerala India. Please pray about that... Further detail

Chennai - Will maintain temperature at 34 deg till 3pm and go down as the stiff sea breeze sets in now 12:07pm

Chennai - Has already registered a high temp today at 36.2°C (11:04am)

Again afternoon thunder showers are forecast for Interior and south Tamilnadu and entire Kerala .. http://yfrog.com/5t71oj

North coastal Tamilnadu is in for some high cloud cover .. due to the clouds generated by the easterly moisture .. http://yfrog.com/5t71oj