Today so far most of Kerala and N-E states are Clear... http://ow.ly/i/9LX8

7pm, We have isolated T. storms over Central Pakistan... it may travel into N-W India... http://ow.ly/i/9LX8

Global models said that the westerly system would linger over the region during the week-end and late into the next.. http://ow.ly/4qmr6

Foul weather forecast for East India until tomorrow

A weather warning issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) this (Thursday) morning said that isolated thunder squalls would occur over Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Sikkim until tomorrow.

This would be the expected outcome as the previous day’s upper air cyclonic circulation over Bihar and adjoining Jharkhand has metamorphosed into an upper air trough extending from Bihar to northwest Bay of Bengal.

This would allow moisture-laden southeasterly winds to blow inland from the adjacent Bay of Bengal waters to fuel convective activity.

Meanwhile an IMD update of weather until Wednesday evening said that scattered rainfall has occurred over east Uttar Pradesh and isolated over West Bengal, Sikkim, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya.

Maximum temperatures have risen above normal by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over west Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Marathawada. They were below normal by 3 to 5 deg Celsius over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and the Northeastern States while being near normal over the rest of the country.

Satellite pictures early on Thursday morning showed the presence of convective clouds over parts of south Andaman Sea. A fresh western disturbance would affect the western Himalayan region from tomorrow (Friday) onwards.

Isolated rain or snow has been forecast over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand until Friday and may increase thereafter. Isolated dust storms or thunderstorms would occur over Rajasthan during this period.

Global models said that the westerly system would linger over the region during the week-end and late into the next, dictating weather not just over the northwest but also to the east in phases.

Meanwhile, the low-pressure area over south Andaman Sea has weakened into an upper air cyclonic circulation overnight on Thursday morning and lies over south Andaman Sea.

A short-term outlook said that fairly widespread rain or thundershowers would occur over the Northeastern States and scattered over sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. It would be isolated over Bihar, Jharkhand, north Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal and Orissa.

Scattered rain or thundershowers would occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands and isolated over Kerala and Lakshadweep. Extended outlook until Tuesday, April 5, said that fairly widespread rain or thundershowers would occur over the Northeastern States.

Scattered rain or snowfall would occur over western Himalayan region and isolated dust storm or thunderstorms over the plains of northwest India.

Heavy evening thunder squalls expected over N-W, N, E.central India from 2-Apr to 5-Apr .. http://ow.ly/i/9LBV

N-E states and S. Kerala will continue to get Afternoon showers till 5-Apr.. http://ow.ly/i/9LBo

A circulation expected over Central Pakistan on 1-Apr and move E-S-E into India... and thunder squalls expected from 2-Apr over N. India

A fresh western disturbance would affect western Himalayan region from tomorrow onwards.

UAC over S-E corner Bay is present but weak ... still forecast to become strong and move W-N-W... http://ow.ly/i/9LwV

South India heat, on 30-Mar.. Gulbarga again records the highest maximum temperature of 41 deg C

Chennai - Heat picking up.. today touched a max of 36.6 C (12:37pm)... now 2:29pm going down with mild sea breeze from S-E

Clean up Chennai ... http://ow.ly/4q8eg

The present moderate W.D will stay over Kashmir, Himachal till 4-Apr.

West and S-W India will have strong winds till 3-Apr.

Meanwhile the S-E Bay corner UAC / LOW persists and will move slowly to North in another 24 hrs ... http://ow.ly/i/9ITf

Today, a UAC can be seen over W. Uttar pradesh and another over E. MP and N. Chatisgarh ... http://ow.ly/i/9ITf

12:30pm, Hazy over Mohali , meanwhile the rain creatin system is travelling S-E from Punjab, now over C. UPradesh .. http://ow.ly/i/9IT9

RT @punj25: Clear skies in Mohali pave way for historic India-Pak clash (via @timesofindia) http://bit.ly/i0smEw

Anyone please post a latest weather photo from Mohali. Thanks

Cricket :: India v Pakistan Semi final, Mohali - Weather Status ... http://ow.ly/4phnT

Indian weather man Team wishes Indian cricket team "ALL The Best".

Nagercoil - Heavy rains lashed parts of Kanyakumari dist on afternoon of 28-Mar-2011

India/Pakistan Semi final Weather Status:

After last night's rain, bright sunshine in Mohali today morning. Should remain clear. winds might sweep up a dust storm by evening. Should be brief, not much rain though

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It’s their DNA that drives NGOs to embrace Climate Porn

The hysterical rhetoric used by many environmentalists and NGOs to hype the threat of global warming had been termed by Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a left-leaning British think tank as ‘Climate Porn' who elaborated:

“This alarmist interpretation is characterized by an inflated sense of urgency and cinematic tones. The public become disempowered because it's too big for them; and when it sounds like science fiction, there is an element of the unreal there."

On July 15th 2009 Greenpeace issued a press release claiming, “As permanent ice decreases, we are looking at ice-free summers in the Arctic as early as 2030.” Just a month later, Gerd Leipold then boss of Greenpeace was forced to admit that his organization put out false and misleading information about the Arctic ice melts. When confronted on the BBC’s ‘Hardtalk’ program, Leipold said it “may have been a mistake” but justified the claims saying:

"We as a pressure group have to emotionalize issues and we’re not ashamed of emotionalizing issues.”

As a climatologist Leipold should have known the Greenpeace claim of permanent Arctic melt was complete scientific nonsense. But instead he justifies this decision on the ground that emotionalizing issues is a compulsive behaviour of a pressure group as if dictated by a recessive trait of its DNA!

Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.com/2011/03/its-their-dna-that-drives-ngos-to.html

RT @patchandler44: The sun is shining in Mohali, but there might be some rain around tonight. >> Yes, that's a 20% possibility.

Heavy moisture content expected along entire S-E coast and over Kerala and Karnataka coast till 4-Apr ... http://ow.ly/i/9Iy0

RT @ar_mohideen: Mohali weather update: no rain now, but conditions overcast . . (8:38am) .. It'll clear off in another 2 hrs.

In coming days.. Heavy moisture will be pushing into Bengal, Bangladesh and into N-E states.. with high CAPE values.

RT @anjan22: (night of 29-Mar) .. Heavy rain lashes Mohali http://bit.ly/fVFDs6

RT @jawidur: CLEAR WEATHER IN MOHALI AFTER OVERNIGHT RAIN

@dhirendrasgala >> What's the present weather in Mohali? It's CLEAR, BRIGHT and getting WARM .. (8:15am)

@dhirendrasgala >> Are you from Mohali ? .. Yesterday's rain forecast for Haryana, Punjab in Indianweatherman.com ... http://ow.ly/4pc86

6:30pm, Heavy scattered thunder showers over S. kerala, S-W coastal Karnataka and as usual over S,S-W Srilanka.. http://ow.ly/i/9H5M

A thunder storm might intervene the present Cricket world cup Semi-final match at Colombo ... can happen in another 1 hr.

Chennai - had another warm morning, with max temp. 33.4 C (12:19pm)... slow and steadily rising by 1 deg C. Will stay like this till 3-Apr

East and northeast India, the seasonally violent weather getting into full gear ... http://ow.ly/4ox2F

Northwesterly winds have opened pincer-like assault fronts

Northwesterly winds have opened pincer-like assault fronts over northwest India and along the east and northeast India with the seasonally violent weather getting into full gear over the past couple of days.

Queering the pitch was the cross-over of an induced upper air cyclonic circulation from its overnight perch over central Pakistan and adjoining northwest Rajasthan and Punjab.

In an early morning bulletin this (Tuesday) morning, India Meteorological Department (IMD) traced the circulation as having dropped anchor over Punjab and adjoining north Rajasthan and Haryana.

Another upper air cyclonic circulation lies over extreme south peninsular India, signalling the advent of summer showers over the region.

A weather warning issued by the IMD said that isolated thunder squalls would occur over Jharkhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, north Orissa and the Northeastern States until Thursday.

Meanwhile, isolated heavy rain has been warned of over Andaman and Nicobar Islands during this period as the low-pressure area over south Andaman Sea persisted.

The IMD said that the western disturbance over Jammu and Kashmir would affect the western Himalayan region until Thursday.

Its weather update on Tuesday morning said that fairly widespread rain or snow has occurred over Jammu and Kashmir and scattered over the Northeastern States, West Bengal and Sikkim until last (Monday) evening.

The rains were isolated over Kerala during this period. Maximum temperatures were above normal by 2-4 degree Celsius over parts of northwest, west and central India and near-normal over the rest of the

country.

Satellite imagery early this (Tuesday) morning showed the presence of convective clouds over parts of Jammu and Kashmir and the Andaman Sea.

Low to medium clouds were seen over parts of the rest of western Himalayan region, Punjab, Haryana, West Bengal, Sikkim, the Northeastern states, Kerala and coastal Karnataka.

Short-term forecasts said that fairly widespread rain or snow would occur over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand until Wednesday.

Widespread rain or thundershowers is also forecast over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers may break out over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and the Northeastern States.

It will be scattered over extreme south peninsular India and isolated over Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. Isolated dust storms or thunderstorms would occur over plains of northwest

India until Wednesday.

Maximum and minimum temperatures may rise by 2-3 degree Celsius over parts of west and central India. They may not significantly over northwest India during the next three days.

Extended forecasts valid until Saturday said that fairly widespread rain or thundershowers would occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Northeastern States with isolated heavy falls over Andaman and Nicobar 

Vertical velocity over Punjab, Haryana, Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakand are high, this may lead to isolated showers with moisture from W.D

Showers over S. Kerala and S. Tamilnadu are expected to go down from tomorrow.. http://ow.ly/i/9Gz1

RT @sonny9999999: Hello this is Sonny Mathew, real hot & humid here in Kumbanad, Kerala, got good relief with a rain yester night... 10:51am

W.D over Jammu  Kashmir and neighbourhood persists as an upper air system and would affect western Himalayan region next 48 hours

Stiff low level winds expected from N-W over Gujarat and W. Maharastra from today till 2-Apr.

Today a UAC persisted over S-E corner Bay .. It's expected to move North for next 2 days .. http://ow.ly/i/9Gyd

RT @sekhar88: Reports of rain everywhere around kerala in the span of previous 4-5 days on my tl, not even a drizzle here. kollam

RT @rajugana: Baroda 9.55am, Yest temp 40-21C.However cool winds brought down temp in the night, today it is clear sky, sunny and hot.

Highest in Asia on Monday:

Nawabshah (Pakistan): 42c and Nagpur touches highest in India at 41c. Srinagar manages only 10.9c as the high while across the borders, Islamabad reaches only 22c and Kathmandu sees 19.5c. Showers there keep temperatures down during Monday.

Artificial clouds could help cool 2022 Qatar World Cup ... http://ow.ly/4nQX9

Chennai - warm morning and touched a max of 33.0 C (12:59pm)... Now 4:41pm with mild sea breeze it's cooling down.

3pm, Showers again over S, S-W Srilanka... S-E corner Bay is very active with the new UAC .. ... http://ow.ly/i/9EEC

3pm Heavy thunder showers breaking all over Kerala and isolated over S. Tamilnadu as well ... http://ow.ly/i/9EEC

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Strange yellow rain in western coast http://ow.ly/4nwp6 and http://ow.ly/4nwnK

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 9.50am, yest temp 41-22C, now its Clear sky, Sunny, hot and humid..temp rising..

1pm, S-W Srilanka is already active with Showers... and as expected UAC popup over S-E corner Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/9A4h

Chennai - Had a very warm morning and now 1:51pm, Humidity is high with max. temp of 33.8 C (11:05am)

RT @gbnp5000: Rain threat to Sri Lanka-England quarterfinal: Colombo, March 26 (IANS) There were showers... http://twurl.nl/ovrqjv

RT @jmujtaba: RAIN RAIN GO AWAY FROM COLOMBO AND GO TO CHENNAI...! (9:44am)

RT @rtkeralam: RT @NatashaHottie: Asin compares Bangkok to Kerala http://bit.ly/dJmwX3

ICC cricket world cup, 4th Quarter-Final: Sri Lanka v England at Colombo ...will be be disrupted by RAIN. !!! 100% !!!

7:30pm, Heavy showers again over S-W, S, W. Srilanka ... very heavy convective activity over S, S-E. Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/9y6a

7:30pm, Heavy thunder showers over S. Kerala, S.central and central Tamilnadu ... http://ow.ly/i/9y6a

North-­south upper air trough in lower levels runs from east Madhya Pradesh to south Tamilnadu.

IMD :: Observation of 24-Mar-2011

♦  Fairly widespread rainfall occured over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, scattered over Gangetic West Bengal and  Arunachal
Pradesh and isolated over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and
Orissa. Weather remained mainly dry over rest of the country.  Chief amounts of rainfall (in cm) recorded at 0830 hours IST of
today are: Cherrapunji­ 5, Bagati, Halflong and Nancowry­ 3 each, Port Blair, Midnapur and Keonjhargarh­ 2 each and Passighat,
Tezpur, Jorhat, North Lakhimpur, Panalur and Long Island­ 1 each.
♦  Minimum temperatures are above normal by 2 to ­3°C over some parts of plains of northwest, central and northeast India and
normal over remaining parts of the country.
♦  Maximum temperatures fell by 5­ to 7°C over Chhattisgarh and by 2 to ­3°C over parts of Maharashtra, Orissa, Haryana and
north Rajasthan and changed little over rest parts of the country. They were above normal by 2 to ­3°C over parts of Punjab,
Haryana and Uttar Pradesh and near normal over rest of the country.

The highest maximum temperature of 40.0°C was recorded at Anantpur (Andhra Pradesh) in the country

Present moisture and thunder shower activity over S. kerala and S. Tamilnadu ... will go down from 27-Mar.

Entire West and S-W India will have high winds from 28-Mar till 2-Apr .. http://ow.ly/i/9xvF

latest IMD-model predicts a depression or Low to move in from E. Bay to central Bay on 1-Apr.. http://ow.ly/i/9xuR

Today a weak circulation can be seen just E-S-E of Chennai over Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/9xuA

Westerlies may spark thunderstorm season ... http://ow.ly/4m6tZ

Westerlies may spark thunderstorm season

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the possibility of isolated thunderstorms or dust storms over the vast plains of Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during the rest of the weekend.

An evening bulletin on Thursday said that isolated rainfall occurred over north Rajasthan, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha in northwest and central India.

Towards the east, rainfall has also been reported from Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh from presiding atmospheric features.

In the south, Kerala and Andaman and Nicobar Islands benefited as an easterly wave persisted over southeast Bay of Bengal.

A weather-making upper air cyclonic circulation has showed itself up over Haryana and neighbourhood.

To the immediate east, a north to south upper air trough ran down from Bihar to south Tamil Nadu across Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh.

This churn in the atmosphere could be the prelude to the advent of the seasonally violent weather, called locally as “andhis,” triggered when cooler and moisture-laden northwesterlies force themselves downstream over the heated-up plains to the east-southeast.

At the far end to the southeast, they could spark the flare-up of severe thunderstorms, known locally as Nor'westers, given the direction from where they originate, or Kal Baisakhi, for the damage to life and property they portend.

Localised cyclonic circulations in the lower levels, one of which lingers over the Assam and Meghalaya region, mop up incremental moisture from the Bay of Bengal to add to the strength and intensity of the storms.

These forecasts need to be read in the context of expected arrival of a fresh western disturbance over the next couple of days.

The IMD has maintained the forecast for a low-pressure area springing up as the easterly wave peaks in activity.

Maximum temperatures changed little over the country during the day on Wednesday.

MERCURY TRENDS

They were above normal by 2 to 5° C over parts of western Himalayan region, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi and by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over parts of west Uttar Pradesh and central, east and northeast India.

The highest maximum temperature of 41.5 deg Celsius was recorded, for the second consecutive day, at Gulbarga in Karnataka.

Satellite image early on Thursday morning revealed the presence of convective clouds over parts of south Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

Forecast valid until Sunday said that fairly widespread rain or thundershowers would continue over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands

RT @rajugana: Baroda 9.50am, Dip in min temp 19.8C.. Clear sky and sunny. Fluctuations in temp in this region http://ow.ly/4m2Ee

"Earth Hour" .. go beyond the hour !! ... Together our actions add up .. 8:30pm, 26-Mar-2011 ... http://ow.ly/4m5et

Flash Snippet:

Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.8 strikes Myanmar, U.S. Geological Survey reports.

A strong earthquake struck northeastern Burma on Thursday night, shaking buildings as far away as Bangkok. No tsunami was generated.The quake struck along Burma's borders with Thailand and Laos, about 70 miles (110 kilometres) from Chiang Rai. The northern Thai city sustained a little damage.

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S. India Heat on 23-Mar .. Gulbarga again records 41 deg C

On 23-Mar, Kerala Rainfall ... Kochi Airport 3 cm.

On 29-Mar, due to dipping westerlies over S. Peninsula . an UAC will form over S.central India will last till 1-Apr.. http://ow.ly/i/9vj4

IMD-model :: Upcoming Low/Depression over E-S-E Bay will travel towards S. Myanmar coast and then move S-W back into E.central Bay ??

By tonight the S-E corner Bay will host the expected UAC ... http://ow.ly/i/9vib

5pm, Showers as usual over S. Srilanka and Easterly wave has extended its tongue upto S,S-W Bay .. http://ow.ly/i/9vgV

5pm, Heavily cloudy over Orissa, Jharkand, N. Chatisgarh, entire Bengal ... Thunder shower over S. Bengal, N-E Orissa. http://ow.ly/i/9vgV

5pm, Heavy isolated thunder showers over Central, N. Kerala along W.Ghats... http://ow.ly/i/9vgV

RT @rajugana: Baroda 8.50am, yestday temp was bearable 36-20C. Cold winds brought down temp down in the night. Now, clear sky and sunny

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, welcome summer showers at bhuj http://ow.ly/4ldzT

South India heat on 22-Mar... Gulbarga recorded the highest maximum temperature of 41 deg C

Ahmedabad :: ICC Cricket World cup :: 24-Mar :: India v Australia :: To start with 2:30pm, ground temperature will be around 38 deg C

Present easterlies over S-E Bay is strong enough to have convective clouds over S. central Bay at 7pm .

On 22-Mar.. maximum temperatures rose by 4 to 5 deg Celsius over Delhi

RT @newscientist: Is Tokyo at increased risk of a big quake? http://bit.ly/eWyz91

25-Mar, both IMD and COLA models predict a Depression formation over Andaman seas and crash into S. Myanmar on 29-Mar.. http://ow.ly/i/9tfG

Fresh W.D for N-W Kashmir from evening of 26-Mar and will extend till 31-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/9tfh

W and S.central India will have high winds from 27-Mar, due to upcoming westerlies and dipping towards S. peninsula.

In 24 hrs, S-E Bay corner will pop a fresh UAC and it's expected to become as Depression over Andaman islands .. http://ow.ly/i/9tea

Busy weather ahead for North, West and Bay of Bengal

The week-end may signal the unravelling of fresh but significant weather events even as Assam and neighbourhood could sustain the melting pot status with intense convective activity and unprecedentedly heavy and violently localised precipitation.

A weather warning issued by India Meteorological Department (IMD) this (Wednesday) morning said that ongoing isolated heavy rainfall could persist over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya until Friday morning.

An IMD outlook has also mounted a watch for a fresh western disturbance over the western Himalayas from Saturday.

Against the background of the huge canvas presented by the country’s geography, this will be matched by the return of heat wave conditions to central India and the build-up of an untimely low-pressure area in southeast Bay of Bengal almost simultaneously.

On Tuesday, maximum temperatures rose by 4 to 5 deg Celsius over Delhi and 2 to 3 deg Celsius over many parts of Haryana and some parts of Punjab and north Rajasthan. They were above normal by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over some parts of Punjab,

Haryana, north Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, north Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and interior Orissa. But the highest maximum temperature of 40.5 deg Celsius was recorded at Gulbarga in Karnataka.

Thus, there have not been oppressively hot conditions reported from anywhere in the country on a day when isolated rains broke out over Assam, Kerala and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

But maximum and minimum temperatures may rise by 2 to 4 deg Celsius over west and central India before evolving into full-scale heat wave conditions.

Satellite pictures early this (Wednesday) morning showed the presence of convective clouds over parts of southeast Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea. The weather-maker upper air cyclonic circulation over Assam and neighbourhood persisted in the lower levels of the atmosphere.

The endurance power of the system has broken open a north-to-south upper air trough from Bihar to north coastal Andhra Pradesh, exposing this region also to some volatile weather. An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over Kerala and neighbourhood in lower levels.

Meanwhile, an easterly wave has started affecting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The activity is expected to peak in due course to culminate in the tossing up of a low-pressure area.

Global tracking models have initially given a thumbs-down to the building ‘low,’ which they expected to keep tracking north-northwest to east-central Bay.

While doing so, it would also have just strayed into relatively cooler waters, which would slow it down, these models seemed to suggest on Tuesday evening. Some rains are there for the asking, but most of which could fall down over western Thailand and adjoining southwest Myanmar.

A short-term forecast by the IMD said that scattered rain or thundershowers would occur over the Northeastern States and Kerala until Saturday. Scattered rain or thundershowers may break over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands until Thursday morning and increase thereafter.

Extended forecasts valid until Monday (March 28) said that scattered rain or thundershowers would occur over the Northeastern States and Kerala. Heat wave conditions would develop over parts of south Rajasthan, Gujarat and Konkan

Chennai - had a perfect summer morning at 26.3 C (6:25am)... and Day max. temp settled at around 32 deg C. Mild wind from S-S-E all day

COLA :: Isolated thunder showers forecast for S. Kerala W. ghats and S. Tamilnadu from today till 28-Mar and beyond.

On 21-Mar, The maximum temperature rose at one or two places over Coastal Tamil Nadu

Next moderate W.D expected for N-W Kashmir from 27-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/9qBV

Cherrapunji gets 1280 mm rainfall in 4 days

Cherrapunji continues to be battered by some exceptionally heavy rains

19th March – 30 cm
20th March – 46 cm
21st March – 26 cm
22nd March – 26 cm

Total 1280 mm in 4 days

Other Heavyweights such as Maysnwarm 21 cm, Passighat 6cm and North Lakhimpur 4 cm also got moderate rains. An extended forecast valid until Friday said that scattered rain or thundershowers would continue to occur over the Northeastern States and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Upcoming westerlies are expected to dip towards S. Peninsula from 27-Mar.. High winds expected over W, and S.central India from 27 to 29-Mar

4pm, Thunder showers breaking out over S. Kerala and S. Srilanka.. Isolated rain can be seen over N. Kerala W.Ghats.. http://ow.ly/i/9qBc

S-E Bay is expected to throw a strong UAC on 24-Mar and it'll become as a Depression or Cyclone. Expected to crash over S-W Myanmar, 29-Mar

Wind along entire S-E peninsula is from S-E and will continue till 27-Mar. After that it'll be from W, S-W

Today a weak UAC can be seen over S.central Bay .. An Easterly wave will start over S-E Corner Bay in 24 hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/9qAL

RT @psrivilas: @mariagorettiz don't know about delhi but chennai's heat is energy,life and emotions sapping..!!!!

Chennai - Warm morning at 25.3 C (5:47am), registered a high temp. of 33.0 C (10:31am) . Now 2:19pm its 31 deg C, having mild wind from S-E

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 9.50am- Clear sky, sunny and temp 38-19C.

upper air cyclonic circulation over Assam and neighbourhood in lower levels persists

Tornadoes over India .. PDF .. [Report] ... http://ow.ly/d/cEB

RT @geodig: Rare Photograph of Chennai Marina Beach taken in 1913 http://bit.ly/dHz2Ke

Solar Theory Emerges the Most Plausible explanation to Earthquakes ... !!! ... http://ow.ly/4izQ6

3:30pm, Entire S. Kerala is cloudy with good cloud formation and S,S-W Srilanka getting afternoon showers ... http://ow.ly/i/9ozN

Strong northwesterly winds would prevail over many parts of Indo­Gangetic plains during next 48 hours.

Going by recent and prolonged UAC activity over S. Bay .. we are expecting atleast 2 Cyclones over Bay before start of S-W Monsoon .!!

Next W.D will affect Kashmir around 27-Mar.

Now... COLA model also predicts a Cyclone over E. Bay on 27-Mar ... unusual !! ... http://ow.ly/i/9oxK

IMD-GFS predicts a circulation over S-E Bay on 24-Mar and it may move North and become as Cyclone ... http://ow.ly/i/9oxr

N.coastal Tamilnadu and N.coastal Andhra are having Low max. temps till 20-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/9owD

Central and E.Central India are having a heat wave ... http://ow.ly/i/9owD

IMD’s PROGRAMME FOR WORLD METEOROLOGICAL DAY - 23-Mar-2011 ... http://ow.ly/4ixtn

Chennai - Mornings are getting warmer as April nears ... Today max. temp was 32.5 deg C (10:19am)

Mumbai :: High tide alert for this monsoon ... http://ow.ly/4iuA5

Pakistan :: Tornado hits Sialkot – Abnormal Weather continues in Punjab! ... http://ow.ly/4iucT

Solar Theory Emerges the Most Plausible explanation to Earthquakes

“Just hours after the horrific earthquake and tsunami devastated coastal areas of Japan, global warming alarmists like the BBC are already injecting climate change propaganda into their coverage of the story, hastily exploiting the tragedy as a vehicle through which to push their increasingly desperate and discredited enviro-fascist agenda.

If you thought that climate change alarmists wouldn't be so insensitive as to build their warped argument on the bodies of freshly dead corpses, then think again."

http://www.propagandamatrix.com

 

Global warmists now claim that the recent double whammy, earthquake and Tsunami, suffered by Japan were on account of Global Warming.

So let’s begin by checking global temperatures. As seen in the above graph, the last two months (January & February) UAH Satellite data indicates that average global temperature anomaly has slipped into the negative band due to the La Niña effect. Temperatures are back to those of the seventies cooling. In Japan, is still in winter. Victims of these recent extreme events in Japan have to face snow and sub-zero temperatures, which is the reason India sent tons of blankets - to make our small relief contribution count! So what global warming are we talking about?

Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.com/2011/03/solar-theory-emerges-most-plausible.html

RT @rajugana: Baroda 9.55am- Night/ morning was unusually very cold, with mist & dew drops around, Sky cleared and now its sunny n hot.

Cherrapunji ... starts getting rains for this Year ...32cm on Saturday and 46 cm on Sunday... http://ow.ly/4itby

COLA model still forecasts some thunder showers for S. Tamilnadu and S. Kerala from 20-Mar till 26-Mar

Chennai - had a DRY and warm day... 32.0 C (11:30am) NOT so HOT so Far ..!! .. and stay like this till March end

Heavy rain forecast for Arunachal and Assam from Today till 23-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/9hQE

The present Bay UAC is expected to move N-W and come close to N. Tamilnadu coast before weakening on 21-Mar... http://ow.ly/i/9hQb

RT @akshaydeoras: As mentioned below, Nagpur temperature reached 40C today at 0410PM with a 19% humidity. Temp. relaxes in Mumbai at 35C

HOT Rajasthan on 17-Mar.. Barmer­ 42.2 deg C

RT @rajugana: Baroda 10.05am, After yest hot 41-21C, had pleasant winds in the night / morning. Now, It is sunny, hot and humid.

COLA-GFS :: Still predicts odd thunder showers for S. Tamilnadu and S. Kerala on 20,21,22-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/9ftI

Central and West India SUPER heat on 16-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/9ftm

Rainfall till 8:30am of 17-Mar-2011 ... widespread Heavy rain over Andaman islands ... http://ow.ly/i/9fsb

6:30pm, A good W.D has started affecting Kashmir and most of N-N-W India is cloudy, and Bay UAC has moved E-S-E .. http://ow.ly/i/9fqX

On 16-Mar... Fairly widespread rainfall has occurred over Andaman and Nicobar islands

IMD-GFS ... S-E Bay will throw another circulation around 23-Mar

Why a nuclear reactor will never become a bomb ?? .... http://ow.ly/4gqJ3

RT @paulgeorgy: Hope rain start by april , in kerala march is hottest month, situation of people in gulf is like sitting inside micro wave

Nothing to fear when moon gets closer to earth, say scientists ... http://ow.ly/4gfvt

Westerly system to cap heating over North-West

An incoming western disturbance parked on Wednesday evening over north Pakistan is expected to move east to impact weather in the western Himalayan region and adjoining plains until early next week.

An India Meteorological Department (IMD) outlook has maintained a watch for welcome showers or thundershowers to break out over Punjab.

The cooler western disturbance would now be able to smother the emerging spike in mercury tending to grow from the southwest for the time being.

The IMD has said that a gradual rise in maximum and minimum temperatures is likely over many parts of the country over the next three days.

Northwest India could be the sole exception to this trend thanks to the calming influence of the western disturbance.

Heat wave conditions would prevail over isolated pockets of west Rajasthan and Gujarat during this period.

Minimum temperatures were above normal by 2 to 5 deg Celsius over parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat and by 2 to 4 deg C over parts of Punjab and west Uttar Pradesh during the 24 hours ending on Wednesday evening.

But they were below normal by 2 to 4 deg Celsius over parts of the Northeastern States, Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha.

This is attributed mainly to the presence of the trough in the lower levels of the atmosphere running down from north Orissa to west-central Bay of Bengal.

Though shifting alignment almost on a daily basis over the past week or so, the trough has been persisting in the region, and with it associated clouding and thundershowers.

The lowest minimum temperature of 11.6 deg Celsius was recorded at Adampur in Punjab.

Satellite pictures showed presence of convective clouds over parts of north Jammu and Kashmir and southwest Bay of Bengal.

The upper air cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining Sri Lanka too persisted.

Widespread rainfall was reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands while it was isolated over Orissa and Coastal Andhra Pradesh.

A short-term forecast said that widespread rain or thundershowers would occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands until Thursday evening.

Isolated rain or snowfall would unfold over western Himalayan region and increase thereafter during this period.

Scattered rain or thundershowers has been forecast over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and the Northeastern States from Thursday onwards. 

16-Mar :: At 41.6 deg C, Mumbai’s hottest March day since 1956 ...
http://ow.ly/4gfpk

RT @akshaydeoras: 32 deg C right now in Nagpur! Temperatures to rise sharply from tomorrow onwards (11:28am)

RT @alertnet: Helicopter starts spraying water on Japan nuclear plant - Jiji http://bit.ly/dFDPsg

RT @rajugana: Baroda 9.55am, Yestday Temp 41-21C, however cool winds brought some relief in the eve/night. Now it is hot & temp souring.

M2  arrives over India on schedule.
Mumbai: 37.3c at 12 noon. Humidity 11%. Avoid direct sun and have more liquids. Mumbai not familiar with low humidity.
Days will get relief from Friday as explained in Vagaries.

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Mumbai Colaba reaches its all time high for ANY MONTH today, 16th. March 2011. In its long history of weather observation, since 1st. Jan 1847, Wednesday's 41.6c is the highest recorded. Previous highest for any month till today was 40.6c on 19th. April 1955.

S'Cruz is just shy of its March high of 41.7c, recorded in 1956. The highest ever for any month in the suburbs is 42.2c touched in 1952 on 14th. April.

The highest in India on 16th. was at Mumbai Colaba at 41.6, closely followed by Bhuj at 41.5c. Ratnagiri was at 41c (also an all time record for Ratnagiri for any month) along with Mumbai S'Cruz at 41.3c.

Chhor in Pakistan topped the chart in Asia at 42c.

Now... showers again over S-W Srilanka .

Today , Wednesday 15th. March, highs: Mumbai Colaba: 41.6c. Santa Cruz: 41.3c.

Highest ever for March in Colaba. Previous March record at Colaba: 40c on 8rd of March 1958, 3rd 1981, and 16th.2007.

Record for S"Cruz stans at 41.7c on 28th. March 1956.

Heat wave conditions were prevailing over some parts of Gujarat and at isolated pockets of west Rajasthan

Some thunder showers predicted for S. Tamilnadu and Gulf Mannar from 19-Mar to 22-Mar.

Next westerlies expected for N-W India from 17-Mar .

The present S-W Bay UAC will move into Gulf Mannar on 19-Mar... expected to bring some thunder showers for S. Tamilnadu and S. Kerala

South India heat on 15-Mar ... Rentachintala, Mahabubnagar and Hanamkonda recorded the highest maximum temperature of 39 deg C

Chennai - had a warm day so far ... 31.5 C (12:06pm) ... with stiff breeze from East.

Doppler Radar will be predicting rain this monsoon , wil it ???... http://ow.ly/4fwBN

Mumbai at 39c at 1.00 pm, 16-Mar ... http://ow.ly/4fwoY

Municipal office at Thane shows a high of 40c recorded on Tuesday, 15-Mar... http://ow.ly/4fwbZ

Flash Snippet:

Mumbai at 39c at 1.00 pm on Wednesday. Humidity is 11%.

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Ashokbhai (Rajkot) draws my attention to a very interesting, and significant observation of Tuesday, 15th. March, at Ahamdabad airport. He shows, that at the airport observatory site, which can be checked by here, he noticed that the highest reading on Tuesday was 43c at the airport.
And this was nowhere mentioned nor confirmed by IMD .IMD Met. office in the city shows 39.3c as the max. on their site. IMD declared Barmer at 41.3c as the highest yesterday.
Very interesting, and Noteworthy observation ! We must have missed out a few unusual highs this way (hope not). Will have to check all airport readings personally for more accurate and missed out information henceforth !

Pasted below is the reading referred to from the site.

Mar 15 @ 10:10 210° 5 6000 43° 109° 6° 43° 10% 29.73 1007
Mar 15 @ 09:40 220° 4 6000 43° 109° 7° 45° 11% 29.73
1007

By the way, Municipal office at Thane shows a high of 40c recorded on Tuesday.

Chennai - had a very humid day ... 32.5 C (11:49am)

RT @mohanraj87: Japan govt confirms radiation leak !!. Asian countries should take necess preca. If rain comes, remain indoors first 24hrs.

Radio active Rain ?? ... Hoax ??

A strong UAC is persisting over S-W Bay just S-E of Srilanka ... http://ow.ly/i/9b55

Heat wave conditions may develop over Gujarat, west Rajasthan

India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated the possibility of a flare-up in mercury conditions over the western parts of the country later this week.

It further warned that heat wave conditions may develop over isolated pockets of west Rajasthan and Gujarat, which have for sometime now been made to take on an invading area of high pressure (ridge) from across the border in West Asia.

This would mean that a fresh western disturbance making its way into the northwest after a hiatus may not be able to make an impression to the building heat towards south-southwest of its expected track.

But maximum temperatures during the day on Monday were below normal by 4 to 6 deg Celsius over parts of 

northwest and west India and by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over parts of central India, the IMD update said.

The highest maximum of 40.5 deg Celsius was recorded at Barmer in Rajasthan.

Otherwise, the day saw widespread rainfall being reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands as clouds kicked up by an erstwhile easterly wave and a persisting upper air cyclonic circulation over southwest Bay of Bengal liquidated themselves.

The rain was isolated over Tripura, as a trough in the lower levels of the atmosphere hung over Gangetic West Bengal to link north Andhra Pradesh through Orissa.

Satellite pictures early on Tuesday morning showed the presence of convective clouds over parts of south Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

IMD forecast valid until Friday suggested that widespread rain or thundershowers would continue to occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Isolated rain or thundershowers has been predicted for the Northeastern States, West Bengal, Sikkim, Orissa, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep until Wednesday.

Fairly widespread rain or snow would occur over Jammu and Kashmir and scattered over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand on Thursday and increase thereafter.

Extended forecast until Sunday said that fairly widespread rain or thundershowers would occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Northeastern States while being scattered over extreme south peninsular India.

Fairly widespread rain or snowfall is likely over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand

Tourism Weather :: Kerala in April - 2011

The climate in Kerala during April will be sunny. [ April is early Summer] The maximum temperature will be hovering around 35 Deg Celsius [+ or - 3 deg] & minimum will be around 26 Deg Celsius. Rainfall will be around 50.0 mm to 80.0 mm and there will be relatively more sun shine during April. However after noon thunder showers lasting for 30 min to 100 min is occasionally possible.

But this year temperature may be bit higher and more frequent thunder showers may be expected.

1. Weather in April is so condusive and recommended for travel in Kerala.
2. It may not be continuously raining for 9 days at a stretch.  But evening thunder showers due to convective activity may develop and thunder clouds may give rainfall for 30 minutes to one hours. This may happen for one or two days.  But will NOT be not continuous.
3. There will be more sun shine and temperature will be HOT & HUMID. So some time you may feel sultry even in beach.

When the sun is over head i.e from Local Noon to 1500 hrs stay in the beach under the scorching sun will not be a pleasant one.  However if sea breezes catches up you can enjoy stay at beach.


Compiled by "Kaneyen"

RT @alertnet: The Japan disaster in figures - death toll is expected to exceed 10,000, around 50,000 people evacuated http://ow.ly/4eKjq

RT @alertnet: Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe http://bit.ly/fqjWSl

RT @gbnp5000: Rain returns to halt Pakistan v Zimbabwe match: KANDY, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Pakistan and Zi... http://bit.ly/g4zqhF

Maximum temperatures have risen by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh.

A terrifying must see Japan Tsunami video ... VIDEO ... http://ow.ly/4dQpE

Rainfall till 8:30am of 14-Mar-2011 ... http://ow.ly/i/98C7

 Isolated hailstorm/thundersqualls would occur over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam,
Meghalaya and Nagaland

The upcoming (18-Mar) W.D will be strong and will travel from Kashmir to Nepal and to Arunachal Pradesh.

COLA model predicts Rain for Tamilnadu from 18-Mar to 21-Mar ... but IMD did not ... http://ow.ly/i/98BK

COLA model suggests isolated showers for S. Kerala till 17-Mar but IMD model did not.

COLA-GFS predicts that the S-W Bay UAC will slightly move S-S-E and persist till 17-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/98B7

S-W Bay UAC still persists .. . http://ow.ly/i/98AR

Late night showers over S. Tamilnadu and Kerala on 13-Mar

Rainfall occurred at a few places over Kerala and isolated rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu while Dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

      Sivagiri (Tirunelveli dt) and Ayikudi (Tirunelveli dt) recorded heavy rainfall of 9 and 8 centimetres respectively.

      The other chief amounts of rainfall recorded in centimetres are:

      Kayamkulam (Alapuzha dt), Kottayam and Thenkasi (Tirunelveli dt) 6 each, Nagerkoil (Kanyakumari dt) 4, Vaikom and Kozha (both Kottayam dt), Punalur, Thiruvananthapuram airport and Manimutharu (Tirunelveli dt) 3 each, Cherthala (Alapuzha dt), Thodupuzha (Idukki dt) and Thiruvalla (Pattanamthitta dt) 2 each and Thrissur, Kochi airport, Alapuzha, Kumarakom (Kottayam dt), Chenranmadevi and Radhapuram (both Tirunelveli dt), Periyar Dam and Uthamapalayam (both Theni dt) 1 each.

S. Tamilnadu heavy rain on midnight of 13-Mar.. Sivagiri (Tirunelveli dt) and Ayikudi (Tirunelveli dt) recorded 9 and 8 centimetres

Chennai - Had another warm morning .. 24.2 C (6:11am)... and touched a max of 33.1 C (11:27am) ... mild wind from N-E now 2:55pm

"Our prayers are with people of Japan" - Indian Weatherman Team

Chennai - Afternoon sky was having a Deep Blue tint... signs of New weather front moving in. Most of the time wind was from N-E

Chennai - had a warm morning 24.8 C (6:22am) due to the moisture push from Bay... Day was HOT till 1pm... 33.2 C (12:12pm)

But some moisture will linger over Srilanka, S. Tamilnadu and S. Kerala to cause some afternoon thunder showers.

From tomorrow :: The moisture for S-W Bay UAC will be dragged away into E. Bay by strong upper air current from S-W.

Next W.D for Kashmir expected after 17-Mar.

8:30pm, Heavy rain over S,S-W Srilanka and isolated thunder shower over S.Kerala ... http://ow.ly/i/97hE

Today also the UAC over S-W Bay persisted ... and will persist till 16-Mar... http://ow.ly/i/97gW

RT @akshaydeoras: Update from AKG blog
The earthquake in Japan territory emitted 3,75 x 10E24 J of energy,.. http://fb.me/SdOVV0j6

RT @alertnet: Pictures from Reuters - Tsunami aftermath in Japan http://ow.ly/4dsDZ jpquake photography

NO rain threat for Tamilnadu coast... and isolated showers possible for Srilanka ... ... http://ow.ly/i/94Bh

10:30am, we can see the Bay rain activity is slowly being steered into Central Bay and will move East in 12 hrs ... http://ow.ly/i/94Bh

The present UAC over Bay will lie anchored over S-W Bay along Srilanka for next 3 days.. but most of the moisture will be steered to E,Bay

Take a look at the strong S-W upper air current over S-W, S.central Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/94AX

Since the upper air current is from S-W and strong ... the present moisture over S.central Bay is getting steered into N-E Bay.

Yesterday's S-E Bay UAC is now over S.central Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/94Ax

RT @ndtv: Japan hit by 8.9 magnitude earthquake, tsunami; over 1,000 dead. Japan: Emergency declared at a Nuclear Plant.

Chennai - Had a mild morning and had a moderate warm day ... 31.0 C (1:37pm)

7:30pm, Heavy cloud cover over Bangladesh, N. Bengal and Heavy cloud activity over S.Central Bay due to UAC ... http://ow.ly/i/92Tb

The moisture content of present S. Bay UAC will travel into central Bay and die there or move N-E.

IMD-GFS suggests that the present UAC will not bring ANY shower to Coastal Tamilnadu.

S-E Bay will pop another strong UAC on 14-Mar and this'll also move in W-N-W direction initially

In next 24 hrs, the S. Bay UAC will travel west and will be over S-W Bay till 14-Mar... http://ow.ly/i/92PQ

Today, an UAC is seen over S.S-E Bay... and a weak UAC seen over E. Madhya pRadesh, N. Chatisgarh... http://ow.ly/i/92OZ

RT @weathernetwork: Japan - The magnitude 8.9 offshore quake was followed by at least 19 aftershocks, most of them more than magnitude 6.0

RT @newscientist: US navy faces up to a new enemy – climate change http://bit.ly/gtOJPB

Solar-powered Big Belly Bins eat up the garbage stored in them... http://ow.ly/4chI3

Huge tsunami slams coastal Japan after 8.9 magnitude quake ... http://ow.ly/4chjD

Raw Video: Tsunami Slams Northeast Japan ... VIDEO ... http://ow.ly/4chgC

RT @ndtv: Earthquake of magnitude 8.4 hits northern Japan. Earthquake in Japan: 13-foot tsunami hits northern coast of Japan.

BREAKING NEWS :: Earthquake Triggers Tsunami in Japan... VIDEO ... http://ow.ly/4chaU

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Cold winds from North brought down temp yesterday 34-17C. Today it is cool, sunny and breezy.

Flash Snippet:

Major Earthquake Hits Japan, Triggers Large Tsunami...see details here

Mumbai S'Cruz Low drops to 15.2c on Friday Morning. That is 5c below the normal.
However, Colaba was at 20.8c

The IMD map shows a small area in the Mumbai-Pune region under a cold spell. Pune's morning was cold at 10.6c today, also 5c below normal.

TPW and CAPE are going to be high along Srilanka and Coastal Tamilnadu from 12-Mar till 16-Mar and beyond .. http://ow.ly/i/901r

IMD-GFS expects that the 15-Mar UAC over S-E Bay will be a prominent one !! ??

The westerlies over N-W and Central India is almost ZERO and will stay that way till 16-Mar. And almost NO W.D forecast as well.

IMD-GFS predicts another prominent UAC or LOW over S-E Bay on 14/15-Mar... http://ow.ly/i/900I

Today's UAC over S-E Bay is expected to move West up to S-W Bay and then slowly dissipate over Srilanka on 13-Mar.. http://ow.ly/i/900C

RT @jendelgadocnn: Earthquake update 16 dead & more than 160 injured following a 5.4 earthquake in China's in Yunnan province.

Today, a weak circulation can be seen over S-E Bay ... and an Easterlies is over S-E Bay as well ... http://ow.ly/i/900r

An easterly wave along with a UAC might affect coastal Tamilnadu from 13-Mar till 15-Mar... this will slightly reduce the abnormal heating

On 9-Mar, All India heat record ... Mahabubnagar (Andhra) recorded the highest maximum temperature of 41 deg C

Chennai - On 9-Mar... temperatures racked a high of 37.8 deg C

Chennai - had a foggy morning and now 2:10pm, its HOT ... comparing to march month average..!

Australia :: Rain Transforms Channel Country .. REPORT ... http://ow.ly/4bsiW

Maximum surface heating is tending to grow its footprint from western India to central and east-central India in phases.. http://ow.ly/4bshM

‘Normal monsoon' forecast .. but may lack fire during onset phase ... http://ow.ly/4bsg2

RT @rajugana: Baroda 9.35am, yesterday temp settled for 37-19C. Northern Cool and pleasant breeze overnight. Now it is Sunny & windy.

‘Heating' footprint growing from West to East

Maximum surface heating is tending to grow its footprint from western India to central and east-central India in phases over the next few days.

Minimum temperatures were below normal by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over isolated pockets of central, east and south peninsular India during the last 24 hours ending Wednesday morning.

The lowest minimum of 8.6 deg Celsius was recorded at Adampur in Punjab during this period. The minima were above normal by 2 to 3 deg Celsius over parts of Maharashtra and isolated pockets of north Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, west Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Gujarat.

Lack of intense western disturbance activity and cloudless skies would help both maximum and minimum temperatures to inch up.

The prevailing feeble western disturbance over Jammu and Kashmir and neighbourhood is in the process of moving further east and exiting the country.

There is no forecast of any big western disturbance activity in the short-to-medium term to put any meaningful cap on surface heating.

Meanwhile, isolated light rain or snowfall has been reported from Jammu and Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh as the feeble westerly toyed with the fringes of the hills of northwest India.

Isolated rainfall has occurred also over Haryana and north Rajasthan in the adjoining plains and Sikkim, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in east and northeast India.

Satellite cloud imagery on Wednesday afternoon showed the presence of convective (rain-bearing) clouds over parts of east Jammu and Kashmir, southeast Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.

The clouding in the Bay and the Andaman Sea is attributed to a prevailing easterly wave affecting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

The wave will probably throw up an upper air cyclonic circulation over southeast Bay of Bengal by Friday, the IMD said.

Some of the global models said that a rain wave piloted by the circulation would descend over southeastern Tamil Nadu and adjoining Kerala during the weekend.

The resulting rains could last for a couple of days, these models suggested.

Meanwhile, a short-term forecast by the IMD said that isolated rain or snowfall would occur over western Himalayan region until Friday morning

Australia :: Rain Transforms Channel Country

2-Mar-2011

8-Mar-2011

In early March 2011, over a period of just six days, the appearance of Australia’s Channel Country changed dramatically. Rainwater filled typically dry river channels throughout the region, particularly in southwestern Queensland.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured these images of southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia on March 2, 2011 (top), and March 8, 2011 (bottom). Both images use a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Vegetation, even sparse vegetation, appears bright green. Clouds appear sky blue. Water varies in color from electric blue to navy. Bare ground appears pink-beige.
On March 2, water fills just a few channels and basins. Six days later, standing water is apparent throughout southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia. The largest expanses of water appear just north of the border between the two states.
Channel Country flooding is a fairly common occurrence at this time of year, but the summer of 2010–2011 proved to be one of Australia’s wettest on record, leading to extensive flooding. Agence France-Presse reported that Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology described average rainfall as 70 percent above normal. Topped only by precipitation received in 1973–1974, rainfall for 2010–2011 was the second-highest since recordkeeping began 111 years earlier. Meteorologists attributed the unusually heavy precipitation to La Niña weather patterns.

Chennai - today experiences a mild morning .. 22.7 C (6:22am) and a hot noon ... 34.7 deg C (11:57am)

Latest sat. shot shows heavy cloud activity over the S-E Bay ... expecting a UAC in that zone in another 24 hrs... http://ow.ly/i/8Yj9

On 8-Mar, Heat wave conditions prevailed over parts of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh... that affected Chennai too ..!

All india high temp. on 8-Mar.. highest maximum of 39.9 deg Celsius was recorded at Nizamabad in Andhra Pradesh

Westerlies over N-W India will be off from Today and it'll off over Central India from evening of 10-Mar

No W.D for Kashmir till 15-Mar.

IMD-GFS :: Upcoming S-E.Bay UAC is expected to travel W-N-W and even hit central Tamilnadu coast on 12/13-Mar.. http://ow.ly/i/8Yi2

UAC expected over S-E corner Bay is yet to pop out... it'll in another 24hrs ... http://ow.ly/i/8YhN

Minimum temperatures were below normal by 2­ 3 deg C over isolated pockets of central, east and south peninsular India

Isolated light rain has occured over Jammu and kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, N-W U.P and Assam... http://ow.ly/i/8Yh8

RT @rajugana: Baroda 10.05am, After Yesterday's sweltering 38-20C...got some respite from soothing winds at night..now it is sunny n hot

Reports Neeraj from Kathmandu:

"At 10:30 am (Wednesday, 9th March) its drizzling in Kathmandu. And the temperature is around 13 degrees C".

Day's high has been hovering around 30c last few days.

Reports Shiraz from Mahableshwar:

" Its a heat Wave here !"

Temps have touched 33c in this hill station on Monday.

Brief lull as westerly systems pause for a breather

There is going to be a lull in intense western disturbance activity across North-west India and associated weather, even as a weak system made a call over Jammu and Kashmir and adjoining North Pakistan on Monday.

The next westerly system of some significance may not sail in until early next week, according to global model outlook.

SOUTHERLY RAINS

But there are indications that activity building in the Bay of Bengal around that time might trigger rains over the southern peninsula — South-east Tamil Nadu coast and adjoining Kerala.

Maximum temperatures have already started rising over some parts of North-west India by the order of 2-3 degrees Celsius during the past 24 hours ending Monday morning, an India Meteorological Department (IMD) update said.

Cloudless skies helped the sun reach out to the surface in the North-west just emerging from a winter-induced slumber.

LAND HEATING

The daytime maxima were above normal by 3-4 degrees Celsius over parts of East and North-east India, and by 2-3 degrees Celsius over Andhra Pradesh, West and Central India.

Parts of Maharashtra are heating up the fastest, with Bhira recording the country's highest maximum of 41 degrees Celsius during the past 24 hours.

Satellite imagery early on Monday morning showed the presence of convective (rain-bearing) clouds over parts of Jammu and Kashmir, South-east Arabian Sea, South Bay of Bengal and South Andaman Sea.

An easterly wave has been affecting the southern islands of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and, by all indications, could be heading straight towards Sri Lanka.

ISOLATED RAIN

Short-term forecasts by the IMD said isolated rain or snowfall would occur over the western Himalayan region.

Scattered rain or thundershowers would occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands until Tuesday.

It would be isolated over Arunachal Pradesh until Tuesday, and increase thereafter with the prevailing feeble westerly system docking over the region on its eastward-bound journey out of the country.

MERCURY TRENDS

The IMD expected maximum and minimum temperatures to rise slightly over the plains of North-west India during the next 2-3 days.

Over Central India, the maxima would rise slightly, while the minima could fall by 2-3 degrees Celsius over Central and East India during the same period.

Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers have been forecast over Andaman and Nicobar Islands and scattered over parts of the North-eastern States. 

India likely to see normal monsoon in 2011: Officials ??? .... http://ow.ly/49UFn

Take a look at 7-Mar, S.central, E.Central Heat ... http://ow.ly/i/8Vpu ... above 35 deg C

Today also an isolated late afternoon thunder shower possible for S-W Srilanka

Tamilnadu - Almost ALL stations are recording a 35 deg C max temp for the past 2 days... and will continue till 13-Mar

S. India Heat ... Mahabubnagar recorded the highest maximum temperature of 40 deg C on 7-Mar

Chennai - March Heat ... on 7-Mar... Meenambakkam (airport) records 35.6 deg C

Chennai - Seems to be "Heat over S.central India" has spread to chennai as well... today 35.4 deg C (12:46pm)

Chennai - Min. temp will be over and around 23 deg C till 20-Mar

Chennai - Today the wind direction has shifted to S-E and we can see a slight increase in min. temp. 22.7 deg C (5:45am)

From 11-Mar till 15-Mar... Kashmir, Himachal will have no W.D.

1pm, Almost NO sign of W.D over Kashmir or Himachal now ... and S-E Bay is very active due to UAC ... http://ow.ly/i/8Vk1

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 10.00am, Sunny, Clear sky, hot..some relief, todays forecast to be cooler than yesterday 37-20 C.

The upcoming S. Bay UAC will affect more World cup cricket matches held in Srilanka from 12-Mar to 15-Mar and beyond !!

S. Bay is expected to pop a prominent circulation on 11-Mar and it'll again hit Srilanka ... http://ow.ly/i/8VjG

A weak UAC can be seen over S-E corner Bay ... and it's expected to move WEST in next 48 hrs ... http://ow.ly/i/8Vj3

Westerlies is now strong over Uttar pradesh and Bihar ... High winds expected till 9-Mar... http://ow.ly/i/8Vj3

RT @akshaydeoras: Temperatures in Vidarbha and east India are settling close to 37-38C.
Mumbai is hotter ... http://fb.me/t9yEZ1Y1

7:30pm, Heavy thunder shower again over S-W Srilanka and S, S-E Bay are getting active again ,,, http://ow.ly/i/8TJC

Chennai - might also get a sharp rise in Max temp ... because a HEAT wave is prevailing over most of S.Central peninsula for the past 3 days

Chennai - Morning was cold again at 21.0 C (6:10am).. and this min. temp will start to go UP from 10-Mar.

Chennai - WOW... touched a high of 32.3 C (11:12am)... and now 3:14pm its 30.4 deg C and having stiff breeze from E-N-E

S.central India super HEAT ... on 6-Mar .. Tuni recorded the highest maximum temperature of 41 deg C

Central and S. central India is heating up fast ... most places are recording 35 deg C ... http://ow.ly/i/8Th6

Present westerlies over N-W India will cease from 10-Mar ... this will gradually push the max temp UP ... http://ow.ly/i/8TgV

The present W.D over Kashmir will die around 10-Mar and there'll be a break till 14-Mar

10-Mar as the Anti-cyclone moves to N.Bay, the entire S-E peninsula will have wind from E or S-E .. This'll raise the humidity and Min. temp

S-E Bay will pop another UAC on 10-Mar and it'll travel West towards Srilanka... http://ow.ly/i/8Tf3

Presently the high pressure anti-cyclone is over Orissa , it'll move East and will be over N. Bay from 10-Mar to 15-Mar.

Today, High winds prevailing over Uttarpradesh, Bihar, N. Bengal ... and will continue till 9-Mar .. http://ow.ly/i/8TdU

How to Plan a Farm and Garden to Feed a Family.... http://ow.ly/495Rm

RT @gbnp5000: 500 landslides derail road traffic in Himachal : triggered by heavy snowfall and rain in K... http://bit.ly/hLa2Vl (6-Mar)

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 9.55am, Cold morning - 19C, now clear sky, sunny and hot.. max temp exp 38-39C. Real Summer is in...

Mumbai Monday: Upward climb begins. At 11 am, 34c, ENE winds and 24% humidity.

Chennai - had another cold morning, now 11am it's dry and getting warm but with a hint of chillNess in air

7pm, Heavy thunder storm over E. Madhyapradesh, N. Chatisgarh and over S-W Srilanka ... http://ow.ly/i/8MSu

Now more towns in south india are recording above 35 deg C.. Nizamabad, Rentachintala, Bhadrachalam and Mahabubnagar 37 deg C

Central India is heating up fast ... http://ow.ly/i/8MLR

Rainfall till 8:30am of 4-Mar-2011 ... http://ow.ly/i/8MLJ

RT @newscientist: Deep ice growth on Antarctica's ghost mountains http://bit.ly/fgc7OH

Around 11-Mar, S-E Bay is expected to pop another circulation..!!

From 10-Mar... the wind direction will become S-E over entire S-E peninsula ... the zone is expected to become warm and humid.

The present Anti-Cyclone over Orissa will slowly move away East along with the Westerlies before 11-Mar.

E. UP, Bihar, N. Bengal and N. Bangladesh will have windy weather from 6-Mar to 9-Mar ... http://ow.ly/i/8Msb

The S-W Bay UAC is now located S-S-E of Kanyakumari and will persist there for another 24hrs before die ... http://ow.ly/i/8Mrm

S. Tamilnadu is having cloudy spells and can expect a thunder storm or two on Today and tomorrow... http://ow.ly/i/8Mr0

W.D over kashmir has slightly weakened and moving away and will hold till 6-Mar... completely move out on 11-Mar.

RT @arumugam_s: @weatherofindia A stink and sharp sunshine in around Chennai. Looking for a rain :) ... >> No rain forecast for next 3 days

NCEP :: week starting from March 11 would see a let-up in intense western disturbance activity over northwest India

Isolated hailstorms or thunder squalls forecast over Punjab, Haryana, north Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh in next 48 hrs

Delhi to stay cool for next 3 days .. due to the strong westerlies... http://ow.ly/47IJ5

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 10.05am, cold night, foggy morning and a hot sunny day...could feel the onset of Summer...19-35 C

Heavy Rains Lashing Aurangabad, Maharashtra, around mid-night.(Thursday night)

Heavy Rains Lashing Aurangabad, Maharashtra, around mid-night.(Thursday night).

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Chennai - temp. now 8:16pm is 24.7 deg C and going down... another cold (chennai standards) Morning ahead !

RT @akshaydeoras: 31C now! Its HOT (Nagpur at 8:12pm)

Isolated heavy rain/snow would occur over Jammu and kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand during next 48 hours.

The present Westerlies is goin to last till 8-Mar over N-W, central and E.central India... windy conditions expected for E- U.P, Bihar.

In spite of UAC moving S-W.. S. tamilnadu can get a thunderstorm on 4/5/6-Mar... as the Moisture and CAPE is going to be high.

RT @akshaydeoras: Nagpur - Max temp to reach 38 C by coming Monday-Tuesday!
Ind Vs S Africa on 12th shall be in upper 35C temp !!

Today, the S-W Bay UAC has moved S-W and now over South of Srilanka ... still more showers forecast for S.Srilanka.. http://ow.ly/i/8KkZ

Max. Temp. distribution map of 2-Mar-2011 ... W. India is heating up fast ... this'll slowly spread to N,N-W ... http://ow.ly/i/8K9w

Rainfall till 8:30am of 3-Mar-2011 .... http://ow.ly/i/8K9l

South India heat on 2-Mar.. Kannur ( kerala ) recorded the highest maximum temperature of 37 deg C

Chennai - woke up to a surprisingly cold morning .. 20.6 C (6:04am). Now 3:08pm having a CLEAR, DRY and WARM day with mild dry wind from N-E

Isolated hailstorms or thunder squalls may unfold over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and west Uttar Pradesh in next 48 hrs

1pm, Heavy rain for S,S-E Srilanka due to the ever present UAC ... ... http://ow.ly/i/8K3F

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 11.50am, Clear sky, sunny and hot..temp 20-37C..

Mumbai - Last of W.D. effect over by Sunday. Summer to take a firm initial grip on city. Monday could see 38 C

Mumbai: Last of W.D. effect over by Sunday. Summer to take a firm initial grip on city. Monday could see 38c !

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Mumbai - Brace yourself for hot days ahead ... http://ow.ly/46k6A

Ancient larvae help climate scientists ... http://ow.ly/46jQI

RT @akshaydeoras: The leading edge of a massive cloud lays center over Nagpur now. The base of storm's center seems to be far in. (5:49pm)

RT @gbnp5000: YAHOONEWS Rain likely to mar South Africa-Netherlands match: Mohali, ... http://twurl.nl/d6k5jc

RT @alertnet: Sri Lanka using fines, education to beat dengue amid rising climate risk http://bit.ly/ghqHz7

Rainfall map till 8:30am of 2-Mar-2011 ... http://ow.ly/i/8HZp

Chennai - mild morning ... 22.5 C (6:29am) ... and having a DRY day with almost 0 cloud formation and max temp. touched around 30 deg C

South India heating up ... Rentachintala recorded the highest maximum temperature of 37 deg C

CAPE factor is going to be massively high for Gulf mannar and S. Tamilnadu on 3,4,5-Mar... can expect an odd thunder shower on these days.

2:30pm, Cloudy with scattered rain for N, N-W India ... While cloud activity continues over S-W Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/8HXp

From 8-Mar till 12-Mar... whole of India can expect a very DRY spell... and min. temp will slowly begin to rise over ALL parts of India.

Due to active W.D, heavy Rain / snow expected for Kashmir, N. punjab, Himachal and Uttarakand from 3-Mar till 5-Mar.. http://ow.ly/i/8HV7

The present W.D over Kashmir will become even more strong on 3, 4-Mar and will last till 7-Mar... and a break expected after that.

Meanwhile S-E Bay will host another circulation on 7-Mar and even that is predicted to hit E, S-E Srilanka.

Due to upcoming anti-cyclone over East central India and adjoining N. Bay... High winds expected over E. U.P, Bihar and N. Bengal from 6-Mar

Isolated rain possibility for S. Tamilnadu from 3-Mar to 5-Mar.

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 11.00am, Clear Sky, chilly morning, now it is sunny and expecting a hot & humid day ahead...

The S-W Bay UAC will continue to move W-S-W and die in the process... Showers will continue for Srilanka till 5-Mar

Today, S-W Bay UAC is along S.Srilanka and it's cloud activity has reduced drastically ... http://ow.ly/i/8HQa

Isolated thunder storms over N.central and South Madhya pradesh... now 8 pm

The W.D over N, N-W India will be taking a break from evening of 6-Mar.

Gulf of Mannar is going to be very active with Rain and high winds from 2-Mar till 5-Mar.. due to the W-S-W movement of UAC

The westerlies will be strong over W, N-W, central and E.central India from 2-Mar till 6-Mar.

S-E corner Bay is expected to throw another circulation around 6-Mar... http://ow.ly/i/8FU7

Sunny day in Delhi, thunderstorm likely Tuesday ... http://ow.ly/45mEi

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia, Baroda 11.00am, Cool morning, min 20C, now Clear sky, bright sunshine with cool breeze around.