Sunday, February 20, 2011

Surprise... high CAPE predicted for S. and central Kerala coast from 22-Feb till 26-Feb... so Kerala can expect some Heavy thunder showers.
The CAPE factor along entire S-E peninsula coast is high now and will be till 23-Feb.. and then die down.
Total Precipitable water along Tamilnadu coast is bit high now and will be till 24-Feb... http://ow.ly/i/8noQ
Today S-W Srilanka getting afternoon showers again .
4pm, Most of Kashmir, Punjab, Orissa, Jharkand, Chatisgarh and Bihar are cloudy with scattered rain as well... http://ow.ly/i/8nof
4pm, Some isolated heavy rain can be seen over N. Andhra and E. Maharastra . ... http://ow.ly/i/8nof
Rainfall map till 8:30am, 20-Feb ... http://ow.ly/i/8n8c
IMD :: Daily weather forecast for ICC Cricket World Cup - 2011 (India only)... http://ow.ly/3ZOoi

Are Weather Extremities Increasing? Scientific consensus swings to say they don't





The idea that climate extremes are supposed to get more frequent and in intensity is one of the most omni-present manifestations of the climate doomsday religion.

The Twentieth Century Reanalysis Project is the latest attempt by the climatologist research fraternity to seek an answer to this question whether weather extremities are on the rise. The project by using super-computers generated a dataset of global atmospheric circulation from 1871 to the present. As the extract of the Wall Street Journal in its article, The Weather Isn’t Getting Weirder  illustrates, the project’s initial findings, published last month, show no evidence of an intensifying weather trend:
“In the climate models, the extremes get more extreme as we move into a doubled CO2 world in 100 years", atmospheric scientist Gilbert Compo, one of the researchers on the project, tells me from his office at the University of Colorado, Boulder. “So we were surprised that none of the three major indices of climate variability that we used show a trend of increased circulation going back to 1871.” In other words, researchers have yet to find evidence of more-extreme weather patterns over the period, contrary to what the models predict. “There’s no data-driven answer yet to the question of how human activity has affected extreme weather,” adds Roger Pielke Jr., another University of Colorado climate researcher."
Yesterday (19-Feb-2011) .. Orissa - Cuttack registered a strong rain of 4 cm... and more rains will linger in that zone till 22-Feb
For Kashmir and parts of N-W India.. The present W.D will clear on 21-Feb and another active one will start on 23-Feb
Chennai - Today also we are having mild moist wind from S-E... this wind direction will switch to N-E from 23-Feb
Chennai - had a warm early morning 24.1 C (6:21am) with good low cloud formation till 12pm.
12:30pm, The cloudiness and Rain over Orissa has now spread over Chatisgarh, S-E M.P, and into Jharkand ... .. http://ow.ly/i/8n60
Mumbai Weather at 1.00 pm Sunday: 28c and low humidity @27% due to stiff NW winds blowing @ 20 kmph. Clear skies deep blue skies.


12:30pm, Due to W.D .. Entire N-W India is cloudy with rain around... http://ow.ly/i/8n60
RT @akshaydeoras: Light rains reported in Nagpur at Pratap Nagar...
It was very dark in the west side and rains began 1249PM.
Scientists have estimated the first cosmic census of planets in our galaxy ... http://ow.ly/3ZOft