Western Disturbance J-2: This system is expected to precipitate snow/rain over North Pakistan, North Indian States of Kashmir and H.P. on Sunday/Monday and Tuesday. Rain showers will occur in upper Sindh in Punjab plains in Pakistan on Sunday/Monday.

Isolated hailstorms will occur in the plains of Northern India, i.e. Punjab,Haryana and Western U.P. on Monday.

Precipitation spreads to Western Nepal on Monday. Kathmandu will be cloudy. Drop in night temperature on Wednesday/Thursday.

2. Cloudy conditions with strong west winds over Rajasthan on Sunday.

3. J-2 will not survive beyond Tuesday.

Cold conditions due to NW winds in Saurashtra and Kutch on Monday 16th.

Tuesday /Wednesday cold wave with drop in night temperature by 3-5c in Northern, Central and Western India. Cold N/NW winds.

Lows expected during the week; Srinagar: -5c, Amritsar: 0c, Delhi: 3c, Mumbai:12c, Pune 8c, Nagpur: 10c.

Map on Vagaries Site.

MeT office warns of heavy snowfall in Himachal's hills

Courtesy: IBNLIVE

Shimla, Jan 14 (PTI) The weather office today warned of heavy rainfall, snowfall and hail storms in various parts of Himachal Pradesh during the next 48 hours. "Heavy to very heavy snowfall is likely to occur at isolated places in the higher hills. Heavy rainfall is likely in mid-hills and hailstorms in lower hills during the next 48 hours," Director of MeT office, Manmohan Singh said. The Western Disturbance as an upper air system with its centre over North Pakistan and East Afghanistan will affect the state from this evening onward, he said. The weather office's prediction comes at a time when the normalcy is yet to be restored fully in the hill state after snowfalls in the first week of January.

Meanwhile, cold wave prevailed in the region inspite of marginal rise in mercury as strong icy winds continued to sweep the region. The sky remained partially overcast and pale sun failed to warm up the region. Keylong in tribal Lahaul and Spiti district was coldest in the region at minus 12.7 deg C followed by Kalpa at minus 6 deg C, Manali minus 4.2 deg C, Solan minus 0.2 deg C, Bhuntar 0.2 deg C, Una 1.2 deg C, Sundernagar 1.6 deg C and Dharamsala and Shimla both recording 3.1 deg C. The high altitude tribal areas reeled under biting cold wave with the minimum temperatures ranging between minus 17 and minus 28 deg C. Natural sources of water like lakes, springs, rivulets and tributaries of small rivers were frozen in these areas.

THANE land fall-A post cyclone review

It has been ascertained by many that VSCS "THANE' had crossed coast just south of Cuddalore close to and over Uppanar estuary.  The centre pressure would be around 968hPa. There are records of maximum wind speed as 105kmph [app:50-53 knot] . It entered Uppanar Estuary and moved in NWly direction.  It gave copious rainfall on 31.12.2011 over NW parts of Tamilnadu and climbed up to North India via 77 Deg longitude to merge with WD.  Similarly it induced a low near Kumari Kadal. Rainfall was also realised at many places over Kumari, Nellai ,Kollam and TVM districts on 31.12.2011