RT @piyush_veere: @weatherofindia - Patna,5th june,3:40pm.. i can feel a duststorm rising. I hope it ends into a thunderstorm,if it comes.

4-Jun-2010, Cyclone "Phet" .. over Oman.. good satellite image ... http://ow.ly/1Urn0

Cyclone "Phet" .. over Oman.. good satellite image

4-Jun-2010

Once a powerful Category 4 storm, Cyclone Phet had weakened to a Category 3 storm by the time it came ashore over Oman on June 4, 2010. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite acquired this photo-like image of the storm at 10:40 a.m. local time on June 4. By that time, Phet had degraded into a Category 1 storm with winds of about 75 knots (140 kilometers per hour or 86 miles per hour).
The storm’s swirling clouds cover most of northern Oman and all of the Gulf of Oman in this image. Though it is partially over land, the storm maintains a distinctive spiraling shape. In its northward trek over the Arabian Sea, Cyclone Phet gave Oman a glancing blow, cutting across the northeast edge of the country. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center forecast that the storm would re-emerge over the Gulf of Oman late on June 4 or early June 5, and move east towards Karachi, Pakistan, as a tropical storm.
According to news reports, Phet flooded Oman’s capital city, Masqat, but had not caused any casualties as of June 4.
The large image is the highest-resolution version of the image. The image is available in additional resolutions from the MODIS Rapid Response Team.

Monsoon showers over kerala will pickup from Sunday (6-Jun) evening... http://ow.ly/i/1V7I

RT @dotcompals: India Photo Blog IMG_8497 [Flickr] http://goo.gl/fb/l7QWd rain kerala monsoon firstrain

RT @piyush_veere: http://ping.fm/EuGKE - 36.8 degrees...our situation...it is room temperature right now at Patna. :( @weatherofindia

Rainfall data from 1-Jan-2010 to 4-Jun-2010 (updated)... http://ow.ly/1Ur5G

Rainfall data from 1-Jan-2010 to 4-Jun-2010

India toppers from 1.1.10 to 04.06.10
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Cherrapunji 520 cm
Silchar 168 cm
Passighat 161 cm
Dhubri 126 cm
Dibrugarh 125 cm
Gangtok 125 cm
Itanagar 124 cm
North Lakhimpur 113 cm
Coochbehar 98 cm
Guwahati 98 cm
Lengpui 88 cm

TN toppers from 1.1.10 to 04.06.10
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Pechiparai (Kanyakumari dt) – 60 cm
Kuzhithurai (Kanyakumari dt) – 49 cm
Thalli (Krishnagiri dt) – 40 cm
Kodaikanal (Dindigul dt)– 36 cm
Thuckalay (Kanyakumari dt) – 34 cm
Boothapandi (Kanyakumari dt) – 31 cm



Cyclone "Laila" toppers
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Addanki - 522 mm, 
Maddipadu - 510 mm 
Kothapatnam - 258 mm on May 21.
Ongole -  320 mm on May 20.


posted by Pradeep

Monsoon winds will re-group along Kerala from 8-Jun... http://ow.ly/i/1V6b

1:30pm, we have signs of S-W monsoon re-grouping over Maldives.. convective clouds can be seen from Morning.. http://ow.ly/i/1V69