Friday, January 10, 2014

An easterly wave is seen pushing into S-E Bay today... it's expected to reach E,N-E Srilanka on Sunday.

The upcoming easterlies may affect S,S-E Tamilnadu below 10N from Sunday night to Tuesday evening, showers expected http://ow.ly/i/4fQFY 
Some rain stats from S tip of W-Ghats during past 2 days due to "01B" ... Dohnavur 93.6 mm, Naraikadu estate 234 mm.

#Chennai - Today again had a mild day. Another 21 C morning expected tomorrow.
Present 11:34pm temp. is 23.1 C
#COLD Amristar again, today records 0.4 C.

Till 8:30am today, Fursatganj in East Uttarpradesh records 1 cm... due to W.D trough.

10pm, Heavy rain / snow over S,E Kashmir and most of Himachal .. due to W.D ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOSc 
Latest analysis show that mid level W.D circulation seen over central Pakistan and N-W #India ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOYD 
Mid W.D trough is persisting along N-W,W-central India ... trough seen upto 22N ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOYD

Due to this W.D trough, Moisture seen over E-central, E India... this trough and mid level circulation is expected move East in 24hrs.
The W.D is expected to affect east India, Bangladesh and into N-E India before Sunday noon.
Cloudy with moderate rain expected in these zone
10pm, Cloudy with light rain over E Uttarpradesh, E,N-E Madhyapradesh ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOSc

What are the health effects of EXPOSURE to COLD

Cooling of body parts may result in various cold injuries (A) nonfreezing injuries, (B) freezing injuries  and (C) HYPOTHERMIA  which is the most serious. Nonfreezing cold injuries include chilblain, immersion foot and trenchfoot. Frostnip and frostbite are freezing injuries.

Toes, fingers, ears and nose are at greatest risk because these areas do not have major muscles to produce heat. In addition, the body will preserve heat by favouring the internal organs and thus reducing the flow of blood to the extremities under cold conditions. Hands and feet tend to get cold more quickly than the torso because:
  • they lose heat more rapidly since they have a higher surface area-to-volume ratio, and
  • they are more likely to be in contact with colder surfaces than other parts of the body.
If the eyes are not protected with goggles in high wind chill conditions, the corneas of the eyes may freeze.


The most severe cold injury is hypothermia which occurs from excessive loss of body heat and the consequent lowering of the inner core temperature (internal temperature of the body). Hypothermia can be fatal.