Still the S-W Bay UAC persists.. but it has moved to west and now over S. of Srilanka .. http://ow.ly/i/70s6

1998 remains hottest year in recorded history. 2010 falters at the finishing line

According to UAH (satellite) data, 1998 (+0.424 deg. C) barely edged out 2010 (+0.411 deg. C), which suggests a whisker of a win for 1998. The margin 0.01 is not statistically significant but what is significant is that for the last 12 years, there is no evidence of accelerating global warming trend. There is of course an underlying warming trend since 1979, but it is not linear, and basically flatlined over the last 12 years. 

If 2010 is one of the warmest in recorded, then 2011 is likely to be one of the coldest as evident from Dr Roy Spencer's comments:
 

 “The following plot shows global average sea surface temperatures from the AMSR-E instrument over the lifetime of the Aqua satellite, through Dec 31, 2010. The SSTs at the end of December suggest that the tropospheric temperatures in the previous graph still have a ways to fall in the coming months to catch up to the ocean, which should now be approaching its coolest point if it follows the course of previous La Nina’s”

Read More: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.com/2011/01/1998-remains-hottest-year-in-recorded.html

RT @alertnet: Earthquake injures 16 people in southern Iran http://ow.ly/3ywRH

Lowest minimum temperature of 0.0°C has been recorded at Umaria (Madhya Pradesh) in plains of the country

Cold wave conditions are prevailing over M.P, Chhattisgarh and some parts of Rajasthan,
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Orissa.

10-Jan :: S-central Bay's Low or Depression prediction still holds... http://ow.ly/i/6YKt

Yesterday's UAC over S-W bay still persists and well organized as well... expected to move in west direction ... http://ow.ly/i/6YKo

Showers will stay along entire tamilnadu coast from 6-Jan till 10-Jan.

Heavy rain expected for Central and N. Tamilnadu coast from 6-Jan due to strong easterlies and Low over S-W Bay... http://ow.ly/i/6YEf

RT @njrajesh: The Chennai Open continues today with the rain threat still very imminent. Hope the rains spare us this week........