RT @westwindhomez: Rain....Rain..Monsoon At Kerala.......after a short break....re starts...

RT @sidrah_mn: Raining in #Trivandrum. Don't want to get out of bed. (8:57am)

#chennai - 9:33am, it's 33.6°C and rising.. occasional strong breeze from S-W continues!

Due to the WD effect, even Vortices expected (pulses) from the trough in the Eastern coast might get "pushed away" further Eastwards. This will prevent further rainfall in the peneinsula regions (East) and even deter the SWM from moving into Bengal and Kolkata.
The anticipated vortex will form near Hyderabad as a pulse moves westwards, and bring showers to the city on Wednesday for a day.

Vagaries had mentioned 2 days ago of the prospects of strong west winds shooting up Chennai's day temperatures again to 40c. Meenambakam was 40.4c on Tuesday. We can expect the days to remain around 40c for another day, before slipping back into the late 30s.

Kashmir had precipitation from J-3 today. Gulmarg, almost missed out on the snow as the low fell to 2.5c (-5c) with 24 mms of rains.
Several pockets in Pakistan had the WD precipitation. Hot spots in the Balochistan and Sindh suddenly saw a drop in temperatures. As per PMD site, Sibbi, a Balochistan hotspot, saw 19 mms of rain and a low of 14.2c !!Almost 15c below normal !!

Further SWM expectations halted..see Vagaries.

#chennai - strong ground level Sea breeze is reaching city from East for the past 1.5 hrs (6:39pm)


RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia Baroda 5.00pm, Clear skies, Sunny, hot and humid. Sing Rain, Rain come again.... 


RT @sradhakrishnan: @weatherofindia Strong wind in Trivandrum with drizzle now. Kochi heavy rains. Seems it is the second spurt. >> YES

Today, N.Bay is having a low level circulation .. and models suggest that it'll not hold beyond 24hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/GRns 


A weak circulation can be seen along coastal Maharastra.. this'll pull the monsoon into Maharastra coast.. http://ow.ly/i/GRoq 


COLA suggests, #Mumbai to get monsoon on 17-Jun.. http://ow.ly/i/GRp2 


Bengal, #Kolkata and Orissa to get Monsoon on 18-Jun.!


Today the vorticity over N,N-E Tamilnadu and S.Karnataka are on higher side.. this means Heavy T.showers possible!


Present circulation over E.Uttarpradesh and Bihar will persist for another 3 days.


UAC seen over Central Bay will slightly move West and vanish on 14-Jun.. http://ow.ly/i/GRs7 


Next UAC over N.Bay is expected to pop on 18-Jun.

RT @janeeshj: @weatherofindia ohh.. No rain till now n its pretty hot too.. Waiting for a heavy pour down to cool us all here in #Trivandrum


RT @aknarendranath: Monsoon gathering strength, heavy rain on its way this week - Indian Express: http://t.co/bnO4DqeW @weatherofindia 


RT @shanthikod: @weatherofindia today raining heavily here in kasaragod (7:57am)


RT @theshineangel: Monsoon kicking hard Kochi #Kerala :) Its soo amazing here, Great #Rain, Breeze but no Thunder http://t.co/gKJTYKsx (1pm)


RT @theshineangel: Its so cold here in #Kochi #Kerala :) Playing outside in #Rain to refresh my ChildHoodMemories http://t.co/CmSPWZX1 


#chennai - again having a typical summer day, records 39.0°C at 2:10pm.. Stiff breeze from WEST continues.!


As expected, today, Heavy Monsoon rains started again along Karnataka & Kerala coast.. http://ow.ly/i/GRlf 


On 11-Jun, highest maximum temperature of 46.2°C was recorded at Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh)


At 2pm, Varanasi = 44.0°C , Patna = 42.0°C and Delhi, Lucknow = 41.0°C.


RT @theshineangel: #Rain Drops inside a Spiderweb. Looks really like diamonds. Precious view frm #Kochi #Kerala http://t.co/HTNgSKdu 


#chennai - waiting for Sea breeze to set in... now 2:53pm a thin High cloud cover is moving in over City.

#chennai - may have a mild drizzle in another 1hr.

RT @aboutindia: Some serious monsoon rain in Kerala! http://t.co/VAjnmHg1 

Final Rankings - All India Rainfall toppers till pre-monsoon season from 01.01.12 to 31.05.2012

The rainfall figures given are in mm (Top 25 places - minimum 500 mm)

1. Cherrapunji (Megahlaya) - 2250
2. Tuting (Arunachal Pradesh) -1520
3. Anini (Arunachal Pradesh) - 1430
4. Silchar (Assam) -1120
5. Car Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 1110
6. Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh) - 990
7. Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh) - 910
8. Kailasahar (Tripura) - 830
9. Port Blair (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 810
10. Gangtok (Sikkim) - 810
11. Piravom (Kerala) - 730
12. Dibrugarh (Assam) - 700
13. Kochi AP (Kerala) - 700
14. Tadong (Sikkim) - 680
15. Maya Bunder (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) -660
16. North Lakhimpur (Assam) - 640
17. Lengpui (Mizoram) - 630
18. Manali (Himachal Pradesh) - 620
19. Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) - 620
20. Guwahati  (Assam) - 560
21. Kanjirappally (Kerala) - 550
22. Jorhat (Assam) - 540 
23. Agartala (Tripura) - 540
24. Coochbehar (West Bengal) - 540
25. Punalur (Kerala) - 530

Other places such as Long Island, Nancowry, Mawsynaram and Hut Bay will also also have obtained more rainfall than the stations quoted above. 

Poll for Wettest place in this year SWM
 

After last year's epic rainfall race for being the wettest places during South West Monsoon. I have compiled a poll for viewers to vote for the SWM season 2012. The final poll results are given below.

The 2011 rankings can be found here - 2011 SWM rainfall rankings

Further the much expected SWM figures will be posted for the period ending June 15 by next week end. Watch out the figures in Tamil Nadu Weatherman Blog, Indian Weatherman Blog, Kea Weather Blog, Vagaries of the Weather Blog (Rajesh Sir) and Ring Road Weather Station Blog (Ashok Patel Sir).  I am monitoring the data of around 150 HRF stations so its exciting times ahead.

For more on Rainfall statistics visit - http://tamilnaduweatherman.blogspot.com

Vagaries view of #Mumbai monsoon.. "SWM to advance further into Mumbai by Wednesday, 13th June" .. http://ow.ly/buxTg 

Bay is active due to the presence of weak circulations at medium and upper levels of height .. http://ow.ly/i/GHz7

This Bay activity will last for another 2 days.. till 13-Jun