RT @chirag_roshan: Mehsana, North Gujarat.. Today It Was The Hottest Day ! Still No Sign Of #rain #monsoon @weatherofindia 

Floods kill 77 in Assam, two million affected ... http://ow.ly/bZcrP 

6:30pm, Heavy rain seen over coastal,N-W. Maharastra, T.showers over S.Gujarat, Central,W.Madhyapradesh.. http://ow.ly/i/K2t5

RT @iaravindh: @weatherofindia chill bangalore @ evening >> records 24.0°C at 7pm #WoW 

Monsoon Forecast: Give the Met Dept a Break. They are still on target and so are we!

Media has apparently gone totally berserk declaring the monsoon dead even as it just arrived. Their headlines scream that June rainfall was deficient by a whopping 29% and that 83 per cent of the country, including India’s granary states of Punjab and Haryana, receiving deficient or scanty rainfall so far.

Self-titled “Food Security Analyst”, Devinder Sharma of the NGO sector and founder member of Indian Against Corruption, also joined the scare mongering tamasha when he warned during an interview to a news channel, of the prospect of a negative agricultural growth rate due to a likely El Niño effect! This, Sharma added, will further accentuate the downward pressure that the overall economy is currently experiencing, that has seen our economic growth rate slip below the 7% levels - the first time over almost a decade!

It was left for Deputy Chairman of India’s Planning Commission, Montek Singh Aluwalia to strike a word caution to journalists:

"It’s not the date of the onset of the monsoon; it's the overall level and distribution over the next four months. You can have a situation where the monsoon is absolutely on time and then it peters out. You can have a situation where the monsoon is one week late or even 10 days late built then is healthy."

Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.in/2012/07/monsoon-forecast-give-met-dept-break.html

RT @vasuphani: Its cloudy here in #Pallavaram #Chennai.. Expecting a mild rain @weatherofindia (3:43pm)

RT @sdutta2911: One word to describe #mumbai life today has been more traffic jams & very few spells of rain.. (3:35pm)

2pm, Heavy showers seen along Central, S.Maharastra coast, #goa, N.Karnataka coast... http://ow.ly/i/K0GY

RT @shanpati: @weatherofindia #Mumbai Extreme cloud cover but no rains... But I'm sure when they open, its going to be HELL! (3:05pm)

#chennai - had a high cloud cover early morning, now 2:58pm it has cleared up, Records 36.0°C at 2:40pm.

#chennai - till 2:30pm, strong winds from S-W prevailed ... now 3pm, showing signs of low level sea breeze.

Till 5-Jul, widespread Heavy rain forecast for #Mumbai and entire Maharastra coast .. http://ow.ly/i/K0CF

As the circulation from Bay has moved inland .. heavy rain forecast for Odisha, Chatisgarh, Jharkand & S.Bengal.. http://ow.ly/i/K0CF

In next 24hrs, widespread rains will engulf entire E.India and rain will enter into E,central Uttarpradesh on 5-Jul.. http://ow.ly/i/K0DO

By 6,7-Jul.. monsoon will reach central, E.Madhyapradesh, Most of Uttarpradesh and into #Delhi ... http://ow.ly/i/K0Es 

Offshore trough along S-W coast persists and it has deepened today .. and expected to last another 3 days... http://ow.ly/i/K0uJ

Arabian sea wing of monsoon current is getting strong along Maharastra coast.. it'll get strong even more in next 3 days http://ow.ly/i/K0wV

Monsoon to reach S,S-W.Gujarat on 5/6-Jul .. http://ow.ly/i/K0y1

Today, UAC is seen along Central Maharastra coast and yesterday's W-central Bay UAC is now along N-E.Andhra.. http://ow.ly/i/K0z0

Yesterday's N-W.Bay circulation has moved inland and it's over Orissa, S.Bengal .. http://ow.ly/i/K0zH

Circulation over Orissa will move N-N-W towards E.Uttarpradesh and it'll re-gain strength on 6-Jul, move towards #Delhi http://ow.ly/i/K0AQ

Meanwhile the circulation over N-E Arabian sea along C.Maharastra coast will move north and reach S.Gujarat on 6-Jul.. http://ow.ly/i/K0AQ 

RT @aash_tvm: Now its bright sky at #trivandrum city. Think it will rain at evening. @weatherofindia (1:59pm)

RT @rajugana: Baroda 1.55pm, Overcast sky, dark clouds and it's drizzling now..Looks.. a wet day ahead..a pic http://t.co/2KzuGqwc

North,N-W.India in it's last leg of HEAT wave ... expected to be HOT over entire N-W India till 10-Jul .. http://ow.ly/i/K0oS

RT @jamestpp: http://t.co/alUIQJXk - #Rain #kerala #calicut

RT @sachin_dinesh:  Its raining cats and dogs here in kerala sir :)) you would love to do a rain dance here! http://t.co/hxVwu60U (8:48am)

@mrityunjoykjha @rohhit >> Monsoon for #Delhi will be around 7-Jul, Showers will reach Punjab,Haryana, Uttarakand & Himachal before 10-Jul.

On 2-Jul, highest maximum temperature of 48.6°C was recorded at Churu(Rajasthan).

RT @ganpat000: @weatherofindia hot and sweat morning in Delhi. Records 37.0 Degree; 47% Humidity.

RT @aash_tvm: Oh, Rain started at #trivandrum now. @weatherofindia #monsoon 9:31am

RT @rajugana:  Baroda 9.25am, Dark clouds in the morning, however sky getting cleared and sun is out. No rain V humid. http://t.co/eAx6ztC2

RT @aash_tvm: Many trees fell in #trivandrum due to heavy rain and wind yesterday. 3 people died in rain calamities too. @weatherofindia

RT @aash_tvm: No rain as of now in #trivandrum city. But feeling cool. Can expect rain in daytime. #monsoon @weatherofindia