Sunday, November 28, 2010

Another LOW circulation over S. Bay expected on 3-Dec. Will to move West and more showers expected for S.Tip and S-E Tamilnadu aftr 4-Dec
Min temp. would fall by 2 / 3 deg C over adjoining central India during next 2 - 3 days.
Minimum temperature fell by about 2°C over parts of Rajasthan, Indo Gangetic plains and adjoining central India
Gujarat :: November rains, rising seas and vanishing islands! ... http://ow.ly/3gpUb
7pm, South and S-E Bay is active again as a new easterlies has started moving West ... http://ow.ly/i/5U3a
IMD-GFS and COLA-GFS predict that an easterly wave will affect central and Chennai , N. Tamilnadu coast from 1-Dec .. http://ow.ly/i/5U3l
7pm, While Heavy showers lash S.Tip and central Tamilnadu... winter like evening for N. Tamilnadu and Andhra.. http://ow.ly/i/5U3a
More waves of heavy rain forecast for N.Tamilnadu coast with another Easterly predicted after 5-Dec... http://ow.ly/i/5U2I
If the present HIGH pressure over C.India weakens then heavy showers predicted for N. Tamilnadu and Chennai 1,2,3-Dec.. http://ow.ly/i/5U1y
Showers will subside for S.Tip and S-E Tamilnadu from 29-Nov.. as the Low circulation moves into S-E corner Arabian sea.
For next 48hrs till 30-Nov-2010, Very less showers predicted for Chennai, Entire Tamilnadu except for S.Tip and S-E Tamilnadu.
Central India High pressure system has slightly moved to East... now over East central India... NO sign of weakening in next 48 hrs
Chennai - Today morning Recorded a low temp. of 22.7°C (4:56am)... first winter kind of morning.
Today, still the Low circulation is over Gulf Mannar and S.Tip of Tamilnadu ... More heavy showers reported from there.. http://ow.ly/i/5U0z
Thought it fit to re-produce this very interesting weather fact from Jesse Ferrell, AccuWeather:

309,959,570 Lightning Strikes in Six Months:


Vaisala, the original lightning detection company that I have profiled before, sent this map showing nearly 310 million lightning strikes on Earth (specifically 309,959,570, they tell me) in the last six months via their Global Lightning Dataset:
The map looks similar to those from NASA's satellite estimates, but because it's only 6 months of data, it doesn't line up perfectly, and these are ground-based, not satellite sensors.