Monday, August 19, 2013

Weather round up at 5pm

#kolkata - 3pm, "relentlessly pouring here" 

RT @drjagadesh: @weatherofindia Heavy rain here in Delhi ... Pouring it is .. (7:43am)

5pm, moderate showers sweeping Puducherry zones.

#Chennai - 5:17pm, Partly cloudy and Sunny at times, a HUMID and hot day so far. Sea breeze has set in from East. NO sign of rain yet!

4:30pm, LOW over N.Bay persists, heavy rain over N.Odisha, S,S-W.Bengal, Jharkhand http://ow.ly/i/2UMZU
4:30pm, Heavy rain also over N,central,E Madhyapradesh, N-E.Rajasthan and S-E.Uttarpradesh http://ow.ly/i/2UMZU 

RAINFALL STATS OF SOUTH BENGAL IN LAST 24 HRS

the "LOW PRESSURE OVER ADJOINING SOUTH BENGAL AND NORTH BAY HAS BOUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL ALL OVER SOUTH BENGAL"

LAST 24 HRS RAINFALL ENDING ON 8:30 a.m 19th aug 2013 

1. DIAMOND HARBOR - 128.1 MMS
2. CANNING - 125.8 MMS
3. MEDNIPUR - 65.2 MMS
4. ALIPUR - 59.2 MMS
5. MALDA - 44.1 MMS
6. BERHAMPUR - 41.0 MMS
7. DUM DUM - 38.4 MMS
8. CONTAI - 37.3 MMS
9. BANKURA - 31.7 MMS
10. BASHIRHAT - 25.2 MMS

RESULT OF THIS RAINFALL , MANY RAIN DEFICIT AREAS OF SOUTH BENGAL AND CENTRAL BENGAL HAVE REVIVED VERY NICELY ....

Weather analysis at 2pm - "LOW over N.Bay, S.Bengal"

Today, a LOW with 996mb is seen almost over Kolkata, S.Bengal and N.Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/2UJ4Y 

Low,mid and upper level circulation associated with the LOW is also seen along N.Bay and S.Bengal
Here's the low, mid level circulation chart ... http://ow.ly/i/2UJiN 
And here's the upper level 500hpa chart showing the circulation over N.Bay, S.Bengal ... http://ow.ly/i/2UJmp 

Forecast
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During next 36hrs, the LOW is expected to push W, W-N-W and reach N.Chatisgarh, Jharkhand on 20-Aug http://ow.ly/i/2UJr1 
While moving W or W-N-W, the LOW is expected to strengthen during next 36hrs.

Before midnight today, HEAVY rain expected for N,N-W,central Madhyapradesh and N,central Odisha, S,W.Bengal.
HEAVY rain to continue for Bengal tonight and Heavy rain will then move into Jharkhand by morning of 20-Aug.

From today evening and next 24hrs, VERY heavy rain also expected over N-W.Madhyapradesh, E,S-E.Rajasthan
From now and next 24hrs, HEAVY rain also for S.madhyapradesh, N,N-E.Maharastra (Nagpur zone) 
By tomorrow noon, Heavy rain will be over E.Maharastra, N,central Chatisgarh, most of Jharkhand http://ow.ly/i/2UJFB 

Less rain expected for Maharastra coast during next 36hrs. Showers expected to pickup strength from morning of 21-Aug.
Scattered showers to continue for Karnataka coast and over Kerala during next 2 days.

Less rain forecast for Bangalore and #Chennai during next 2 days. A mini shower is not ruled out.
Today, there's a 30% chance of mini shower for some zones of #Chennai after 5pm.