North East battered for second consecutive day

Rainfall ending 8.30am on 16.08.2011

CHERRAPUNJI - 324 mm
WILLIAMNAGAR - 273 mm
CHANGLANG - 236 mm
CHOULDHOWAGHAT - 200 mm
BEKI-MATHANGURI - 168 mm
KOKRAJHAR - 156 mm
DHEMAJI - 155 mm
NONGSTOIN - 145 mm

Chennai - as expected 12pm... sea breeze has set in !! now we have to wait for cloud formation.

Chennai - 11"33am, Today higher chance of a T.shower before 6pm... but as of now NO sea breeze and ZERO cloud formation seen.

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RT @rajugana: Baroda 9.30am, Passing clouds with passing showers, Heavy downpour few minutes back, it is wet and green everywhere..

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India satelite map 5 am. Mumbai quite dry from a week
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Huge Storms approaching Chennai. We can expect early morning rains.

Dharmapuri, Namakkal, Krishnagiri and Vellore districts getting battered (Rainfall upto 1.00 am in mm)

Dharmapuri dt
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Dharmapuri – 48
Morappur – 41
Karimangalam – 36

Namakkal dt
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Erumaipatti - 43
Namakkal - 27
Namagiripet - 27
Kolli hills - 25

Krishnagiri dt
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Bargur – 60
Veppanapalli – 34
Krishnagiri – 28
Thalli – 21

Vellore dt
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Katpadi – 44
Alangayan – 25


The rains are slowly moving towards chennai. Will it dissipate or gain strength…lets see

Dam Levels in Tamil Nadu as on 15.08.2011

The South west monsoon is a failure in most of the district of Tamil Nadu except Chennai, Tiruvallur, Coimbatore and Nilgiris. The reservoirs which give water supply to Chennai have better storage compared to last year figures. Some big dams in Coimbatore district such as Sholayar, Parambikulam, Upper Aliyar and Thunnakkadavu are full or nearing full capacity. Except 4 districts quoted above, the storage is not looking good. But the good thing is during the past week SWM is getting active in these central and coastal districts wihch has got below normal rains. Before the NEM starts, the storage will improve further.

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