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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