Tirunelveli - As monsoon showers are very heavy along W.ghats.. town received heavy drizzles from 2:30pm till 4pm.

Nagercoil - Entire kanyakumari district is receiving heavy sharp showers from Saturday evening.. continues even now.

Flood alert for large parts of northwest India, the entire western peninsular India and parts of southeast peninsula.. http://ow.ly/2diyd

IRI forecasts that before 22-Jul-10, west Rajasthan too may benefit from a wave of heavy to extremely heavy... http://ow.ly/2diwC

West Rajasthan still on the look-out for rains

An upper air cyclonic circulation over west Madhya Pradesh and adjoining east Rajasthan has clambered up to north Rajasthan on Sunday, but has not brought major gains for west Rajasthan yet.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said in an update on the same day that a western disturbance may drift into the region and affect the local weather from Tuesday onwards.

System interaction
Interaction of the two systems could be the closest that the western parts of the desert might actually get to receiving rains during this week.
If the outlook of the International Research Institute (IRI) at Columbia University is any indication, west Rajasthan might just manage to make it.
IRI forecasts based on Saturday (July 17) and valid until Thursday (July 22), said that west Rajasthan too may benefit from a wave of heavy to extremely heavy rains looking westward from the foothills of the Himalayas and adjoining Uttar Pradesh during the period under reference.
This is in consonance with the forecast by the IMD that the rain-driving monsoon trough would start moving north towards the foothills, weakening the rainfall over the plains at large.

Flood alert
The IRI has issued an ‘extreme heavy rainfall alert' for Nepal, Himalayan foothills and adjoining east Uttar Pradesh, for the early part of the week.
A flood alert is in place for large parts of northwest India, the entire western half of peninsular India and parts of southeast peninsula.
Areas that come under the footprint of the flood alert (on the basis if cumulative rainfall forecast for the period) are: Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, north Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh and adjoining east Rajasthan, Gujarat, western half of Maharashtra, Karnataka, entire Tamil Nadu and Kerala except the extreme south and southeast.
Extremely heavy rain alerts are valid for coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining Rayalaseema, apart from parts of interior Tamil Nadu.
On its part, the IMD has issued a warning of isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall for Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, east Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka and Kerala during the next two days.

Convective clouds
An IMD update for the 24 hours ending Sunday morning said that widespread rainfall has been reported from over the west coast, madhya Maharashtra, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and the Northeastern States.
It was isolated to scattered over the remaining parts of the country except west Rajasthan, the IMD said.
Satellite pictures on Sunday revealed the presence of convective (rain-bearing) clouds over parts of Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, the Northeastern States, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, East Arabian Sea, South and East-central Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea.
Forecast until Wednesday spoke about the possibility of widespread rainfall over Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Konkan, Goa, coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep and the Northeastern States.

Fairly widespread
Fairly widespread rainfall would occur over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, East Rajasthan, Gangetic West Bengal, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
It would be scattered over madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, interior Karnataka, north Andhra Pradesh and Orissa during the next two days before growing in intensity subsequently.
Extended forecasts until Friday said that widespread rainfall would continue to occur over the west coast and the Northeastern States and along the foothills of the Himalayas.
Fairly widespread rainfall could be expected over central and east India during this period, the IMD said.

Chennai - Still no Sea breeze today... thats why its very warm 33.4 C till now 4:26pm

3:30pm, Showers over S.Gujarat, Bengal, Orissa and over S.Tamilnadu... http://ow.ly/i/2HLQ

3:30pm, Very heavy showers over Uttarpradesh, Madhyapradesh, N.Chatisgarh, Jharkand, Bihar, E.Rajasthan... http://ow.ly/i/2HLQ

3:30pm, Heavy showers along Kerala & Karnataka coast... and heavy showers along W.ghats of Kerala.. http://ow.ly/i/2HLQ

Rainfall around Chennai from 01.01.10 – 19.07.10

1. TAMARAIPAKKAM – 48 cm
2. CHOLAVARAM – 48 cm
3. REDHILLS – 47 cm
4. NUNGAMBAKKAM – 45 cm
5. MEENAMBAKKAM – 38 mm
6. KORATTUR – 33 cm
7. GUINDY – 32 cm
8. MARINA – 32 cm
9. POONDI – 31 cm
10. SRIPERUMBUDUR - 30 cm
11. CHEMBARAM BAKKAM - 28 cm
12. TAMBARAM - 26 cm
13. POONAMALEE - 22 cm

Heavy Rains lashing Kuzhithurai from morning.

yesterday also it got good rains

The upper air circulation over Rajasthan has moved on into Pakistan on Sunday. But, it has considerably weakened, and has not brought meaningful rains for Rajasthan yet. As estimated in "vagaries", the W.D. did interact, and rainfall was recorded in east Rajasthan, north M.P and Haryana as a result.
Continuing our discussion from yesterday's blog, the wind flow in the Arabian Sea off the west coast has gained speed from Sunday, and is now re-routed (after the demise of Conson) to flow across India into the bay, and thence north-eastwards.
As a result, we will see the west coast rainfall momentum keeping up this week. A burst of temporary "over strengthening" of the winds on Wednesday, 21st, will result in increased rains in Konkan on that day.
The Monsoon trough is seen slanting south-east from Rajasthan in the Thai Map. The Bay end of the trough can be deemed to be conducive to form a low off the A.P. coast by 21st. And hopefully, July will not end without a system !

The central regions along the trough, M.P, Vidharbh, Chattisgarh and A.P. will continue to get moderate rains. From 21st, coastal A.P. may get some heavy falls.
Rest of interior south will have scattered rains this week.

Mumbai received 30 mms of rain on Sunday, pushing up thr total further upto 1479 mms at Colaba and 1433 mms at S'Cruz. Monday/Tuesday will be partly bright, with passing rain showers, not too prolonged. With rainfall of about 25 mms/day. Wednesday will be windy and an increase in rain intensity to 75 mms. Possibilities of sudden heavy showers.

9:30am, Heavy showers into Bihar... http://ow.ly/i/2Hwf

Heavy showers for Delhi in next 12 to 24hrs

9:30am, very heavy showers over N-W Uttarpradesh, N. Madhyapradesh and E-N-E Rajasthan.. http://ow.ly/i/2Hwf ..

9:30am, Heavy activity over S.central & S-W Bay... http://ow.ly/i/2Hwf

9:30am, Heavy showers all along coastal Karnataka and Kerala... http://ow.ly/i/2Hwf

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia Baroda-9.50am, Hot and humid weekend. Sunny with cloud movement from SW.

Buxa (the above 500 cm member) gets more rain than Cherrapunji in July

SUB–HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM: Heavy rains lashed the area with Buxa (the above 500 cm member) getting 33cm. From June it has got 260 cm the second highest in India behind Cherrapunji's 485 cm. In July alone it has got 141 cm which is more than Cherrapunji's 139 cm.

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST ON 18.07.2010:-

Buxa 33
Hasimara 28
Nagrakata 25
Murti 18
Chengmari/Diana 17
Champasari 17
Bagdogra 14
Neora 14
Gajoldoba 11
Nh-31 10