Saturday, May 24, 2014

92B - drifted W-N-W and showing signs of intensification again


During past 28hrs, "92B" has persisted as LOW pressure and drifted W-N-W and now over N-central,N-W Bay.
Now it's even showing signs of further intensification into a Depression again.
Pressure at present is around 1001mb.

10:30pm, Satellite shows the convective activity can be close to coast of Odisha and into Odisha as well.

Latest GFS predicts it can deepen further into a depression and cross into N-E Odisha coast, S Bengal coast on early hrs of Monday, 26-May.
Due to this, Heavy rain expected along Odisha coast, S,central Bengal, Kolkata from mid-morning of Sunday.
Towards evening and midnight of 25-May - Heavy, very heavy rain expected over N-E Odisha coast, S,S-W Bengal.
During afternoon, T showers will break in over N-E Andhra and over N,N-E Tamilnadu as well.
Tomorrow again, T showers possible along W-ghats of Kerala.

Monsoon update ::
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In another development, a low-level trough can be seen from 92B tilting S-W across South peninsula and into South Arabian sea... this will pop a low-level circulation over S,S-S-E Arabian sea in next 24 hrs.
Initially this circulation is expected to drift W-N-W, but this can enable a weak Monsoon current along S,central Kerala coast on 29/30-May.
Today as well good cross equatorial winds are reaching Somali coast and into Maldives. Most of the winds are below the 5th parallel.
RT @GanpatTeli1: Raining in #delhi @weatherofindia http://t.co/r92LbDbGzf (7:13pm)


Weather Instagram at May 24, 2014 at 02:06PM

#chennai - IWM Polichalur station at 2:02pm shows 40.1 C. #weather


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Weather Instagram at May 24, 2014 at 01:31PM

#chennai - 1:25pm, another #hot day. No sea breeze yet! #weather


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Monsoon 2014: ‘Super’ El Niño is unlikely but rainfall deficiency can cross 16%!




Geez – a ‘Super’ El Niño??? It’s a bad enough that seasoned meteorologists have to struggle each year even to predict the emergence an El Niño with great certainity. But here are crackpots actually prepared to wager bets on its intensity and worse still,  even more cranks in the world including the gullible sections of the media willing to swallow their hype without question!!
Historically, the odds are stacked heavily against a ‘Super’ El Niño developing this year. The last two events were in 1997/1998, and 1982. Both these events occurred during the positive or warm phase of the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO). During the cool or negative phase of the PDO (which we are currently in), overall the El Niño events are less frequent and of lower magnitude. 
The strongest El Niño in a previous cool phase of the PDO was in 1972/1973, at the fag stage of the last cool PDO cycle. Of these three, the 1997/98 event is widely considered having the greatest intensity on global temperatures with the 1972/73 the least impact.  The real intensity of the 1982 event on global temperatures has not been fully established being offset by some measure by the global cooling triggered from El Chichon volcanic eruption.
 
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[1] 230514/15Z the North-Westerly winds (perhaps from anti cyclone in the Arabian Sea) meeting with the moisture laden South Easterly winds  formed thunder cloud development along Salem, TVmalai, Vilupuram, Perambalur, Ariyalur Trichy corridor and gave late evening TS

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[2] It moved further East or the strength of SEly sea breeze is limited to few hundered km from the sea and formation of clouds closer to this region is seen.













[3] AMV (ATMOSPHERIC MOTION VECTORS) is helpful to monitor the movement of clouds / thunder clouds