Saturday, June 27, 2009

Weather updates from 20-Jun-09 to till now...

Chennai - Cloudy for more than 2 hrs now(3:05pm) and Some sprinkles in Saidapet area.


Chennai - After 25 days chennai recorded a below 39 deg yesterday... 37.5°C (1:20pm)


http://twitpic.com/8gr2s - Here's the latest sat pic showin.. Bay activity, Active western coast and Heavy pre-monsoon over Madhyapradesh.


Heavy pre monsoon thunder showers over central Madhya Pradesh.


Chennai - 2mm rain around Egmore area.


@followkris .. Looks like though... No report of rain yet from inside Chennai City limits... I'm reporting from Saidapet.


Chennai - Huge Rain cloud build-up over West and south-west . And it's moving rapidly towards main chennai.


@followkris . Yes, u are correct. Due to strong & active monsoon winds over south-western coast. We are having it's effect here in Chennai.


Monsoon active over western coast. .. http://bit.ly/sXmcP


El Nino may be hindering Indian monsoon ... http://bit.ly/pcGcH


Chennai - Thunder cell formations can be seen over west and south-west.


Chennai - Getting cloudy now 2 pm, with few HIGH and LOW clouds.


Chennai - Yesterday evening rain: a Squally passing shower drenched south, south-west and south-east parts of Chennai.


http://twitpic.com/8d96x - Latest satellite shot shows monsoon getting vigorous along west coast from Maharastra to southern tip of India.


@followkris Yes, it's always a treat to watch nature's wonder.


Chennai - a Rain shower is passing thru south-west and now (4:08pm) passing thru southern out skirts of Chennai. Nothing in Saidapet.


Chennai - Very hot now 40.2°C (2:53pm), A heavy cloud build-up over Chennai from west-south-west. Possibility of a SUPER shower is increasin


Chennai - now 2pm, Temperature tounching 39.5 deg, Good breeze from south-west and Already we can see thunder cells lined up over souht- ...


"93A" is now big and over North Arabian sea, just south of Pakistan... Going to be like a cyclone to Oman in Jun-2007..???


Weak Monsoon hits Mumbai. .. http://bit.ly/ttGta


Rainfall on 23-Jun-09:: Devala (Nilgiris dt) 6 cm. Other stations recorded below 5 cm.


Chennai - Madippakam again left with mild drizzles and Rain has moved to south-east of Chennai.


More pre monsoon showers can be seen over south-Madhyapradesh and south-east Rajasthan.


Severe thunder storms can be seen over western Orissa.


"93A" rainfall over sourastra & Kutch region:: Sutrapada-17, Veraval-17, Mangrol-15, Ranavav-10, Porbandar-7, Kalyanpur-7 cm.


"93A" is over Sea again, now near southern Pakistan. Central bay is active.South and south-east Arabian sea is also active, good for monsoon


Chennai - Madipakkam...Started drizzle with squally winds.


Chennai - Hearing thunder from Madippakam region... so it's near 20 km. Surely the south-west suburbs are receiving showers now 6:52pm.


Chennai - Now 6:47pm (madipakkam) we can see huge thunder storm moving into Chennai from south-south-west..looks pretty heavy and widespread


Chennai - Lots of thunder cells could be seen from west to south horizon... at around 5pm.


Chennai - Another HOT HOT day 39.9°C (2:31pm)... when this is goin to COOL..!!


Delhiites feel the heat as mercury touches 44 degree C ... http://bit.ly/3bf3E


WMO's monsoon projection .... http://bit.ly/16dyg2


Poor monsoon so far (Chart) ... http://bit.ly/mKxUN


http://twitpic.com/89ots - Latest satellite pic shows the Head of "93A" is over Sea again and more central Bay activity.


"93A" after making a landfall over south Gujarat, now it has moved to WEST and now 2:57pm it's over Sea again... now what.??


Central Bay is very active from yesterday(23-Jun-09) evening.


Almost FULL West coast is active with monsoon showers now 11 am.


Latest on Depression "93A" over Gujarat. http://bit.ly/Ulx2m


Depression "93A" makes landfall over southern Gujarat.


Depression "93A" in striking distance .. http://bit.ly/8Z7bM


Pre-monsoon showers over north Maharastra, Gujarat and even into South-Rajasthan. Meanwhile monsoon is active over southern Kerala.


Central bay is also active, possibility of a LOW in another 24 hrs. Watch out for 2 LOW on either side of sub-continent. Good for Monsoon.


Chennai - No thunder cells today as of now 6:53pm, but cloud formations can be seen over to the west. We have good sea breeze from East.


http://twitpic.com/86los - Outer swirl of "93A" is now touching southern Gujarat. And monsoon is vigorous over Central and eastern Bay.


Chennai - Again touched a super high of 40.5°C (3:04pm)... now coming down fast. Good breeze from east over the sea.


Kanyakumari rainfall on 21-Jun-09:: Kuzhithurai and Thuckalay 2 cm each.


Rainfall on 21-Jun-09:: Kunnamkulam (Thrissur dt) 5, Thalassery (Kannur dt) and Alland (Gulbarga dt) 4 cm each.


To the people of Gujarat: Late monsoon coming with a bang! .. http://bit.ly/z4Pej


"93A" is located 85 NM WEST- NORTHWEST OF MUMBAI and JTWC has issued a Cyclone formation alert.


As expected we are following a LOW system just south of Gujarat.. system is being followed as "93A"


Monsoon rains concentrated to southern Kerala.


Chennai - Windy and 40 deg day ahead. And 70% chance of getting respite from Rain after 5 pm.


Nagercoil - Intermittent showers and drizzle continue from 4pm.


Chennai - Wide spread Mild showers thru out chennai at around 7 pm... some area received heavy showers and some mild drizzles alone.


Almost all region of Western coast is getting good monsoon rains now 5:58pm.


Chennai - Some weak thunder cell formations can be seen over south-west.


Nagercoil - Light rain has started.


Chennai - Temperature getting down fast, Good cloud formations over to the west, cloud formation are fed by moist sea winds from east.


Monsoon activities can be seen over Mumbai. More premonsoon showers develop over north Maharastra and south Gujarat.


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Chennai - Now 3:01pm we have nice breeze from East-south-east from Sea... this might trigger a thunder storm.


Chennai - Recorded a super high of 40.1°C at 2:37pm... this is unusual during late June.


Chennai - After a mild start to the day now 1:42pm temperature is peaking at 38.8°C.. even with winds gusting upto 24km/hr


El Nino may suppress monsoon ... http://bit.ly/m5z5h


Wanted urgently: Rains in India .. http://bit.ly/17cNNn


Good Overnight monsoon rains from central coastal Kerala to Goa.


Chennai - Another DEEP blue sky day, wind gusts from south-west upto 18 Km/Hr... As always temperature is on the rise.


http://twitpic.com/80bps - This wind & pressure forecast suggests a good circulation near southern Gujarat in another 48 hrs.


Above 15th parallel and below 20th parallel, over the north-central Arabian sea there's a potential circulation.


Lots of thunder activity over North-west maharastra, Mumbai, offshore Maharastra and southern Gujarat. West bengal also receive some rain.


Southern Andhra is active with lotsthunder showers over the past week. Jammalamadugu (Cuddapah dt) recorded a rainfall of 7 cm on 20-Jun-09


IMD, says that the Monsoon will revive again during the coming week, but actually now we have signs of dying down over the western coast.


Going by latest rainfall amounts for 20-Jun-09, It shows the rainfall intensity over the western coast has gone down drastically.


Possibility of a Depression over north Arabian sea... we'll update on it as it forms.


Nagercoil(NGL) - Monsoon showers continue, intermittently. We had showers around 8 am after that it's cloudy now.


Latest sat. pic. shows... Monsoon might strike Mumbai and southern Gujarat... in next 72 hrs.


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Chennai - Now it's partly cloudy & clearing fast, but temperature is around 32 deg Celsius. That's COOL after 30 days.


Chennai - southern & central Chennai received some mild drizzles alone, while northern & north-west received quiet heavy rain.


Chennai - Yesterday night around 8:30 & 9:30 a thunder storm from north-west swept across northern suburbs of Chennai and crossed into sea.


chennai - Gusts continue as lightning activity increases. Now 9:07 pm hearing thunder.


chennai - Huge wide area formation. Now 8:49pm winds started gustin from west. Less activity of lightning can be observed.


chennai - huge thunder storm brewing over north-west horizon of chennai. Wind is from south-south-west


Rainfall on 19-Jun-09:: Kannur recorded a very heavy rainfall of 18 Centimetres, Kochi Airport and Aminidivi 6 cm each.


Thunder showers can be seen over Southern and central Andhra and to the north-west of Maharastra. Mumbai have received some showers.!!


Mumbai is getting some pre-monsoon showers... can anyone confirm this now..??


Chennai - recorded a high of 39.5°C (1:36pm)... when this is going to go down.


Early morning there was a huge thunder storm near the coast of Andhra. we can see the remnants still hanging from sea to inland.


Chennai - Before 9 am it's already 34 deg celsius... going to be a BAD HOT HUMID day with some some wind from west.


Latest satellite pic shows a well weakened "92B" almost vanished.


Cumulative rain(1st-17th June):: Actual rainfall for the country as a whole is 39.5 mm against a normal of 72.5 mm with a deficiency of 45%.


Kanyakumari district rainfall on 18-Jun-09:: Puthan dam and Perunchani 4 CM each, Pechipparai, Thuckalay, Suralacode & Sivalogam 3 CM each.


Rainfall on 18-Jun-09:: Honavar 18, Aminidivi 15 and Kochi Airport and Shirali 9 CM each.


Friday, June 26, 2009

Monsoon active over western coast.

Getting reports of heavy rain from south-Karnataka coast to southern tip of India.

Latest satellite pic also shows huge cloud activity thruout western coast., active central Bay and DEAD remains of "93A" just south of Pakistan.



Monsoon is on a HIGH over south-coastal Karnataka and Kerala.


Latest rainfall reports recorded on morning of 26-Jun-09.

Piravom (Ernakulam dt), 11, Kozhikode, Aluva (Ernakulam dt) 9 each, and CIAL Kochi and Mulki (Dakshina Kannada dt) 7 each.

Perinthalamanna and Angadipuram (both Malapuram dt), Kozhikode Airport, Kunnamkulam (Thrissur dt), Perumbavur (Ernakulam dt), Mangalore Airport and Panambur 6 each, Thanjavur, Natham (Dindigul dt),Cannur, Hosdurg (Kasargode dt), Ottapalam (Palakkad dt), Peermedu and Thodupuzha (both Idukki dt) 5 each, Thalasserry (Cannur dt), Thrissur, Kochi Airport, Alapuzha, Mancompu (Alapuzha dt), Thiruvalla (Pathanamthitta dt), Varkala (Thiruvanathapuram dt), Shriali and Honavar 4 each, Devala (Nilgiris dt), Mannarkad (Palakkad dt),Vellanikara (Thrissur dt),Sirpur (Adilabad dt) and Karwar 3 each, Nagapattinam, Naduvattam (Nilgiris dt), Vaikom and Kozha (Kottayam dt), Punalur, Amini Divi ,Belgaum Airport, Madikeri, Agumbe and Sakelashpura (Hassan dt) 2 each and Papanasam (Thanjavur dt), Valparai, Chinna Kallar (Coimbatore dt), Gudalur Bazar (Nilgiris dt), Ariyalur, Periyakulam (Theni dt), Chittur (Palakkad dt), Kottayam, Kanjirapally (Kottayam dt), Konni (Pathanamthitta dt), Agathi Airport, Minicoy, Hubli (Dharwad dt), Arakkuvallery (Visakapattinam dt), Gadag, Nargund (Gadag dt), Shorapur (Gulburga dt), Talaguppa (Shimoga dt),Sringeri, Mudigere and Balehonnur (all Chickmagalur dt), Hassan and Nanjangud (Mysore dt)1 each.

Latest IMD report on Monsoon::

The northern limit of monsoon passes through Lat. 23.0°N / Long. 60.0°E and Lat. 23.0°N / Long. 65.0°E, Bhuj, Baroda, Nasik, Sholapur, Hyderabad, Kalingapatnam, Paradip, Balasore, Bankura and Gangtok till date.

···· A low pressure area is likely to form over northwest Bay of Bengal during next 24 hours. Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon over remaining parts of Karnataka, some more parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, remaining parts of West Bengal & Sikkim and some parts of Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh during next 3-4 days.

El Nino may be hindering Indian monsoon

India's faltering monsoon rains may be affected by a nascent El Nino weather anomaly forming in the equatorial Pacific Ocean, a leading U.S. scientist said Thursday.

"The developing El Nino might be playing a role in the rather slow start to the Indian monsoon," Vernon Kousky, the top EL Nino specialist at the U.S. Climate Prediction Center, said in an email interview with Reuters.

The CPC is an office under the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

India's Meteorological Department said Thursday the country's annual monsoon rains for the week ended June 24 were 68 percent below normal, posing a threat to farmers who depend heavily on these rains to sow their crops.

A weak Indian monsoon would impact markets ranging from gold to sugar, wheat to vegetable oils.

India is the world's biggest consumer of both gold and sugar, with farmers there buying the metal ahead of the year-end festival of lights.

El Nino is a weather phenomenon which results in an abnormal warming of waters in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The reverse is true in the La Nina weather phenomenon.

In its monthly update, the CPC said an El Nino could form during the June to August period this year.

Occurring every three years or so, El Nino wreaks havoc in weather patterns from South Africa to India to Southeast Asia and all the way to South America and the Atlantic basin.

A severe El Nino spawns searing drought in countries like Indonesia and Australia, while causing heavy flooding in Peru, Ecuador and Chile among others.

Some scientists believe El Nino encourages wind shear that could disrupt the formation of storms during the Atlantic hurricane season. So instead of an average of about 10 storms, which would threaten oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, the number may be less.

It may also affect winter weather in the world's top heating oil market, the U.S. Northeast.

El Nino, which means small boy in Spanish, was named in honor of the Christ child by anchovy fishermen in South America who first noticed the phenomenon in the 19th Century.

The last strong El Nino struck in 1998 around the time of the Asian financial crisis. It killed several thousand people and caused billions in damages to crops and roads and bridges.

Kousky said, "Several models are forecasting a significant El Nino, which could be comparable to past strong events."

But, he added, it was still "a bit too early to make confident forecasts of its intensity" for this developing El Nino in 2009.

Climate and weather scientists should have a better idea about the possible strength of this El Nino by August, he said.

The peak intensity of most El Ninos normally takes place around December to January.

Taken from:: http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-40604420090625?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0