Chennai - compared to past 5 days.. records a slightly warm LOW temp.. 20.7 C (6:45am)

IMD :: MINIMUM TEMPERATURES OVER CHENNAI DURING WINTER SEASON ... http://ow.ly/d/ar0

Meanwhile the strong N-W or westerlies will continue till 26-Jan and then take a break for 3 days.

Next week western disturbance for Kashmir expected around Jan Month end.

Next easterlies will bring showers again to E.Srilanka from 26-Jan till month end... http://ow.ly/i/7ry7

A strong easterlies will start to fill the S-E Bay below 10th parallel from 24-Jan and start to move west.. http://ow.ly/i/7ry0

Upcoming Anti-Cyclone over central India will drive the N-W wind to down south till 25-Jan.. after that the S.penisula will have Easterlies

Central India will host a Anti-Cyclone from 23-Jan to 26-Jan... Already we have the system over W.central India... http://ow.ly/i/7rxI

For next 48 hrs...  Isolated rainfall would occur over northeastern states

Isolated rain/snowfall has occurred over Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh.

Today the feeble western disturbance is moving away eastwards.

Breaking: Indian Environment Ministry formally challenges Human induced Global Warming

Jairam Ramesh, India's dynamic Environment Minister has done it again. A paper published by his ministry termed UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)'s claim on human induced global warming, as highly exaggerated as the latter's impact is significantly reduced by Galactic Cosmic Rays (GCRs) that is responsible for low cloud formation over earth in the last 150 years.

The paper's lead author was U R Rao, former chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and was released by Jairam Ramesh himself. Analyzing the data between 1960 and 2005, Rao found that lesser GCRs were reaching the earth due to increase in solar magnetic field and thereby leading to increase in global warming. Says the paper:

“We conclude that the contribution to climate change due to the change in galactic cosmic ray intensity is quite significant and needs to be factored into the prediction of global warming and its effect on sea level raise and weather prediction.”

The real blow to the global warmist movement is when Jairam Ramesh defended climate scepticism and cautioned against foreign funded agendas of environmental organizations and NGOs like WWF, Greenpeace, Oxfam, Christian Aid, ActionAid  in the name of Climate Justice activism etc :

“There is a groupthink in climate science today. Anyone who raises alternative climate theories is immediately branded as a climate atheist in an atmosphere of climate evangelists,” he said. “Climate science is incredibly more complex than [developed countries] negotiators make it out to be… Climate science should not be driven by the West. We should not always be dependent on outside reports.”

Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.com/2011/01/breaking-indian-environment-ministry.html