A mild COLD wave will return to N,N-W India from tomorrow till 14-Jan.

The COLD wave over E, N-E India will continue till 14-Jan.

Today the Anti-Cyclone at low & medium levels has moved into W.India... http://ow.ly/i/1mwu9

This Anti-cyclone is expected to move into Maharastra around 14-Jan, and then move N-E... http://ow.ly/i/1mwyX 

Some low level moisture may persist over S.Tamilnadu during next 24hrs.. after that DRY and Mild weather expected.

4pm, The present W.D is slowly clearing out from Most of N.India.. http://ow.ly/i/1mwlR

The present W.D will clear out from Kashmir in another 18 hrs... http://ow.ly/i/1mwmb

On 15-Jan, Next W.D is expected. This can be a strong system and could push in rain into N,N-central India.. http://ow.ly/i/1mwn7 

Till 8:30am today, lowest minimum temperature of 2.6°C has been recorded at Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)


Cold wave conditions are prevailing over some parts of east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and
Vidarbha.

Due to W.D... Minimum temperatures are below normal by 2­ to 4°C over east, adjoining central and northeastern states.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle - Near W.Australia

NASA's Terra satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Narelle on Jan. 11 at 0245 UTC and captured this visible image of the storm that has now formed a clear eye.

Tropical Cyclone Narelle "opened" its eye while moving along the coast of Western Australia and NASA's Terra satellite captured a clear image of the well-formed storm center. Narelle is now a major cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson Scale.
Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2013-01-nasa-eyeful-major-cyclone-narelle.html#jCp

IMD : Declares withdrawal of North-East monsoon over peninsular India

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has declared withdrawal of North-East monsoon over peninsular India.

The traditional North-East monsoon country falls in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and adjoining Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

HUGE DEFICITS

Among those which posted huge rain deficits until December 21, 2012, are Lakshadweep (-50 per cent); Kerala (-35 per cent); and South Interior Karnataka (-23 per cent).

Andhra Pradesh was the surprise gainer with excess rain in Telangana (+22 per cent) and coastal Andhra Pradesh (+33 per cent) while Rayalaseema fell under the normal category (-2 per cent). North interior Karnataka, normally prone to drought conditions, managed to fare much better by slotting itself into normal category (-4 per cent).

MIXED RESULTS

Coastal Karnataka, which is a logistical extension of the meteorological division of Kerala, too has had a poor monsoon (-16 per cent) until December-end. Thus, year 2012 season ended up with mixed results after the South-West monsoon too had ended in a deficit.

Meanwhile on Friday, a helpful trough of low of lower pressure persisted over Southwest Bay of Bengal topped up with cyclonic circulation.

The systems have combined only to drive up humidity levels over peninsula adding to the intensity of the heat.

Convective (rain-driving) clouds hung over parts of Southwest Bay of Bengal only. Less productive low to medium clouds were seen over Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Taken from http://www.thehindubusinessline.com