#chennai - sharp shower just started over Polichalur zone (8:22pm).. a super T.shower is approaching S,S-W Suburbs of city.

#chennai - a T.shower is seen over S-W suburbs of city and moving East. (8:17pm)

A super T.shower is sweeping parts of Vandavasi & madhuranthagam zone.. and it's travelling East towards sea. 80km South of #chennai

RT @aknarendranath:  Raining in Delhi. Hope it continues like this through the weekend and beyond. http://t.co/0nRpJJJO 5:52pm

RT @prajjvalitah: @weatherofindia its raining in bangalore...rained for 5 min...all thick ...now stopped 6:11pm

RT @shanbhagsheetal: yaaaaye finally its #raining in #Bangalore BG Road..:-). @weatherofindia http://t.co/1cDOdw9F  (6:29pm)

RT @rajugana:  Baroda 4.10pm, Dark thunder clouds from SW.... and it's  drizzling.. heading for a heavy rain.. a pic http://t.co/hxfjl03Q

NO UAC seen over India.. just an UAC over S-central Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/LAf3

Monsoon winds is seen pushing into S.Pakistan from Arabian sea and will get strong in next 2 days ... http://ow.ly/i/LAfZ

From today, heavy rains forecast for ALL himalayan foot hills and North N-E states .. http://ow.ly/i/LAgo

E.Uttarpradesh & W.Bihar zone is expected to pop a medium level circulation on 16-Jul .. http://ow.ly/i/LAhw

Entire E.India & S-E coast to get widespread rains for next 2 days ... http://ow.ly/i/LAhO

Showers along entire S-W coast to remain subdued till 16-Jul.

Almost NO rain forecast for entire N-W India, West India from 14-Jul till 18-Jul and beyond .. http://ow.ly/i/LAiy

Entire Himalayan foot hills, Nepal, Sikkim and North N-E states to get HEAVY and widespread rains till 17-Jul.. http://ow.ly/i/LAj2 

@akwaghmare >> Today till 16-Jul, scattered heavy showers forecast for E,N-E & central Maharastra .. but almost Nothing for W,N-W Maharastra

@akwaghmare >> W,N-W Maharastra meaning the eastern side of Western ghats.

#chennai - having a Clear & Hot day so far 2:52pm, records 36.0°C at 2:10pm. Now a good sea breeze from East has set in at low levels.

Yesterday night again a T.shower came close to #chennai approaching from W,S-W... but fizzled out around 50km S-W from city.

Today from 3pm the Vertical.V  will be high over S,N.Karnataka and N.Tamilnadu ... T.showers possible .. http://ow.ly/i/LA5A

2:57pm, Already we have T.cells over N.Tamilnadu, around 150km West & S-W from #chennai

After 6pm, Vertical.V will be HIGH along coastal Andhra, N.Tamilnadu and #chennai ... T.showers possible again ... http://ow.ly/i/LA6R 

Axis of monsoon trough is shifting close to foothills of Himalayas this'll
lead to active monsoon over foothills of Himalayas & N-E States.

Monsoon Axis is shifting towards Himalayan Foothills ... http://ow.ly/i/LzwP

RT @iaravindh: @weatherofindia raining heavily in Bangalore (10:35pm, 12-Jul)

RT @iaravindh: @weatherofindia rains were too much last night @bangalore indiranagar 

The Monsoon Axis has shifted to the Himalayan Foothills. For the regions South of the axis, it means a weak Monsoon Condition. Weak conditions for the interior Peninsula and the west coast, and eastern coastal regions.
Rain fall will decrease substantially in the regions South of the Punjab/Haryana/Delhi/UP W Bengal line.
It also translates to a very heavy rainfall to the Sikkim and NE States, hampering relief work. Punjab regions too get heavy rains on Friday.

Outlook For Mon 16th/Tues 17th/Wed 18th:
An UAC is likely to move into Orissa on Sunday, and move NW thru the Orissa/East Vid/Chattisgarh region on Monday, 16th. Seeing the situation, the monsoon axis may slide down South (upto Rajasthan) again by mid next week. West Coast trough possibly gains from Tuesday 17th.

Meanwhile, the MJO seems to be "holding" till the 22nd July at least. Could expect a Vortex off Mah.coast around Wednesday. A low off the Orissa coast could be expected in the Bay late next week.
Shall monitor and keep posting.

In Pakistan, the Monsoon will bring Precipitation in the North. Lahore heavy rain on Friday evening night. Karachi will have a cloudy weekend with light drizzles in some parts. Monsoon has moved into the region (See Current Page Map). Strong SW winds likely next 2 days.
Very strong SW dust raising winds are likely in Southern Sindh on the weekend.
 See Vagaries for weekend city Forecast...