10pm, Medium high cloud cover can be seen over entire N-E Tamilnadu (except chennai) and over S,S-Interior Andhra.. http://t.co/lSh4tnOn

9:30pm, Heavy T.showers now over central Tamilnadu.. http://ow.ly/i/isF1

RT @shaitaaaaan: Heavy rain in tuticorin. Finally. CC: @weatherofindia (7:26pm)

chennai - Good sea breeze now 5:08pm at lower levels. T.cells visible over N, central. Tamilnadu ... http://ow.ly/i/irtb

Dry nortwesterlies fanning into the Bay of Bengal have cut a trough across the Bay .. http://ow.ly/6LpmU

chennai - temp. touched a max of 33.7 C (12:42pm).. Now 1:29pm the sky has cleared up.. HUMID now. T.showers expected towards evening

Monsoon withdrawal process still obstructed

The monsoon withdrawal process continues to be stalled along the Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat alignment.

But the dry nortwesterlies fanning into the Bay of Bengal have cut a trough across the Bay, held in place by two circulations over Assam and Meghalaya to the northeast and north Tamil Nadu in the southwest.

This trough coupled with an east-west shear zone (featuring opposing winds in the higher levels) over the south peninsula has been causing some weather in the region.

Global models suggested the trough would move closer to the coast and bring more organised rains into peninsular later during the week.

An India Meteorological Department (IMD) update said that the 24 hours ending Sunday morning saw fairly widespread rainfall being reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the remnant monsoon circulation.

The rains were scattered over the Northeastern States, Madhya Maharashtra, interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Isolated rain fell over the western Himalayan region, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Konkan, Goa and Kerala.

Meanwhile, northwest India too is expected to witness its share of weather with the arrival of a western disturbance later during the week.

The IMD said that the westerly system would affect western Himalayan region and adjoining plains from Tuesday.

A forecast valid until Wednesday said that the remnant monsoon circulation would continue to cause fairly widespread rain or thundershowers over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Fairly widespread rain or thundershower would also occur over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday and Tuesday.

Scattered rain or thundershowers are likely over the rest of the Northeastern States, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

Towards the south, scattered have been forecast over Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, south Andhra Pradesh, interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep.

This monsoon (2011) Cherrapunji is not the wettest place in India ... it's Ranked 8th .. http://ow.ly/6LoTU

After 90 days of South West Monsoon, we finally have a winner and it is Amboli from Maharashtra.. http://ow.ly/6LoRA

Final withdrawal S-W showers possible for Goa, Karnataka coast, N.Kerala from 6-Oct till 10-Oct .. http://ow.ly/i/ir2y

@aditya_ug >> Due to upcoming circulation along S.Andhra coast on 5-Oct.. Final S-W showers possible for Karnataka coast, Goa from 6-Oct

Due to upcoming circulation along S.Andhra coast.. heavy T.showers possible for S.andhra, N. Tamilnadu, N. TN coast, S.Karnataka till 7-Oct

RT @aditya_ug: @weatherofindia light drizzle in Mumbai at 11. Sun is out and bright again! The heat is killing!

Today Analysis show High vertical velocity along Chennai... so higher chance of T.showers today and tomorrow.!

COLA model still predicts a circulation at lower levels along S.Andhra coast on 5-Oct... http://ow.ly/i/iqYq

A weak western disturbance will affect N-N-W from tomorrow... http://ow.ly/i/iqYi

Dry north-westerly winds are prevailing over northwest and central India in lower levels

On 2-Oct, Highest maximum temperature of 38.9°C was recorded at
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)

Final Verdict: All India SWM winner is Amagaon with 8965 mm rainfall in 4 months

After 120 days of South West Monsoon, we finally have a winner and it is Amagaon from Karnataka. The legend Cherrapunji managed to cross 6000 mm mark. Amagaon & Hulikal were clear winners in 2011 SWM season.

I will still continue to rank the toppers in North East Monsoon too. From Tamil Nadu, Chinna Kallar made the list with 4800 mm rainfall. Watch out for this place in NEM. It gets rains in NEM too.

All India

Rainfall in mm's (Min 4000 mm)

1. Amagaon (Karnataka) - 8965
2. Hulikal (Karnataka) - 8311
3. Amboli (Maharashtra) - 7449
4. Kollur (Karnataka) - 7427
5. Agumbe (Karnataka) - 7405
6. Gaganbawada (Maharashtra) - 6900
7. Gavali (Karnataka) - 6775
8. Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 6698
9. Mulshi Dam (Maharashtra) - 6471
10. Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) - 6464
11. Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 6140
12. Patagon Dam (Maharashtra) - 6027
13. Kasari Dam (Maharashtra) - 5870
14. Bhira (Maharashtra) - 5725
15. Kerveshe (Karnataka) - 5696
16. Radhanagri Dam (Maharashtra) - 5421
17. Koyna Dam (Maharashtra) - 5419
18. Kadra (Karnataka) - 5325
19. Lonavala Dam (Maharashtra) - 5318
20. Siddapura (Karnataka) - 5289
21. Gerosoppa (Karnataka) - 5206
22. Tillari (Maharashtra) - 5066
23. Gorkhana (Karnataka) - 5038
24. Mandangad (Maharashtra) - 4840
25. Ajekar (Karnataka) - 4820
26. Valpoi (Goa) - 4817
27. Dapoli (Maharashtra) - 4813
28. Chinna Kallar (Tamil Nadu) - 4800
29. Chiplun (Maharashtra) - 4690
30. Vaibhavwadi (Maharshtra) - 4638
31. Rajapur (Maharashtra) - 4542
32. Kankavli (Maharashtra) - 4534
33. Bhagamandala (Karnataka) - 4532
34. Tulshi Lake (Maharashtra) - 4526
35. Sawantwadi (Maharashtra) - 4480
36. Mhasla (Maharashtra) - 4445
37. Karkala (Karnataka) - 4422
38. Lanja (Maharashtra) - 4402
39. Matheran (Maharashtra) - 4400
40. Walwand (Maharashtra) - 4393
41. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) - 4369
42. Dodamarg (Maharashtra) - 4291
43. Quepem (Goa) - 4285
44. Sudhgad (Maharashtra) - 4282
45. Bhatkal (Karnataka) - 4266
46. Radhanagri (Maharashtra) -4262
47. Vadakara (Kerala) - 4231
48. Malvan (Maharashtra) - 4219
49. Tala (Mahrashtra) - 4170
50. Kudal (Maharashtra) - 4078
51. Honavar (Karnataka) - 4073
52. Pawna (Maharashtra) - 4057
53. Sanguem (Goa) - 4047
54. Ponda (Goa) - 4042
55. Kottigehara (Karnataka) - 4031
56. Udupi (Karnataka) - 4026
57. Khed (Maharashtra) - 4002

Places such as Tamini, Hulikal, Nilkund, Mawsynarm, Poochippara, Walakkad and Castle Rock would have also made the above 4000 mm list.

Major Cities

Apart from the above places, the rank of India's Major Cities (Population above 2 million) for the SWM are as follows
Rainfall in mm SWM total

1. Mumbai – 3155
2. Kolkata – 1403
3. Bhopal - 1266
4. Surat – 1218
5. Lucknow – 1046
6. Indore - 982
7. Nagpur – 911
8. Patna - 871
9. Pune – 803
10. Chennai – 789
11. Ahmedabad – 728
12. Jaipur – 675
13. Delhi – 622
14. Bangalore – 540
15. Hyderabad – 528

For Chennai monsoon (NEM) is yet to begin, i am sure it will end second in the list behind for the year behind Mumbai.

Region wise SWM Toppers
With limited available data, the following are the region wise toppers (Rainfall in mm SWM total)

North India

1.Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) - 3180
2.Dehradun (Uttranchal)- 2426
3.Jammu (Kashmir) - 1238

Central India

1. Guna (Madhya Pradesh) - 1825
2.Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) - 1692
3.Raipur (Chhattisgarh) - 1562

North East India

1.Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 6140
2.Chouldhowaghat (Assam) - 3026

East India

1.Buxaduar (West Bengal) - 3380
2.Darjeeling (West Bengal) -2657
3.Gangtok (Sikkim) - 2540

North West India

1.Kaprada (Gujarat) - 2811
2.Pardi (Gujarat) - 2476
3.Umerpada (Gujarat) - 2441
4.Mt Abu (Rajasthan) - 2050

West India

1.Amboli (Maharashtra) - 7449
2.Gaganbawada (Maharashtra) - 6900
3.Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 6698
4.Mulshi Dam (Maharashtra) - 6471
5.Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) - 6464
6.Patagon Dam (Maharashtra) - 6027

South India

1.Amagaon (Karnataka) - 8965
2.Hulikal (Karnataka) - 8311
3.Agumbe (Karnataka) - 7405
4.Kollur (Karnataka) - 7427

Islands

1.Maya Bundar (Anadaman) -3788
2.Long Island (Andaman) -2579
3.Port Blair (Andaman) -2297