RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia Bangalore 3.00pm, Dark passing clouds with slight drizzles at times. Widespread rain yesterday.

London Olympics Weather Forecasting Duel: UK Met office leads Piers Corbyn 1-0

This is part of our continuous coverage of the on-going duel between the UK Met Office and Piers Corbyn on the accuracy of their weather forecasts during the Olympics.

The UK Met Office promises dry and shiny weather all through the Olympics while we have Piers Corbyn, astrophysicist and owner of Weather Action who predicts a damp and rainy.  

The UK Met Office took a 1-0 lead but only just. The organizers of the London Olympics also got very fortunate with the weather for the opening ceremony. A rainstorm passed overhead before the ceremony began, but it left as quickly as it came, and that was it. Talk about lucky breaks, especially when you build an open-air stadium in London in the summertime. By 8:45 p.m. in London, 15 minutes before the Ceremony was set to begin, the rain had stopped. At 8:55 p.m., it started again. On and off and on and off.

Considering that Piers Corbyn made his forecasts more than 40 days in advance, this was forecasting at its really best and he could be considered a trifle unlucky for missing the mark by a whisker the very first day of the Olympics.

But the race is not over. In fact, it has just begun with 15 days left for the Olympics. And Piers Corbyn apparently holds the edge in the rounds ahead.

Read more: http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.in/2012/07/london-olympics-weather-forecasting.html

Cholera !

Cholera spreads in Dasuya of Punjab‎ .. http://ow.ly/cyOqt

Cholera fear strikes Chennai‎ ... http://ow.ly/cyOs3

Chennai Mayor says no cholera deaths in city this year.. http://ow.ly/cyOuM

Chennai - Cholera sets off protest outside Ripon.. http://ow.ly/cyOwz 

Chennai - a sharp shower for 15min just lashed Polichalur zone. 10:29pm

#chennai - a strong Shower is over N-W suburbs of city.. now 7:06pm at 20km N-W from city.

#chennai - 6:30pm, a massive T.shower is crossing into Sea along Mahabalipuram , at around 45km South of City.

#chennai - Another super Shower is approaching city from N-W.. now 6:30pm is nearing Thiruvallur, at 40km N-W from City

Today, again high Vertical.V possible over N.Tamilnadu, #chennai , S.Andhra from 6pm till 3am. Heavy rains possible.. http://ow.ly/i/NNVk

RT @am17s: Still no rains in #Mumbai :| “@ndtv: Rain in Delhi brings down temperature by a few notches http://t.co/KiXoIgsD”  

RT @rajugana: Bangalore 8.45am, Cloudy sky, windy and cool. Slight rain in some parts of the city yestday eve.Sky pic http://t.co/jcuwzVvR

Huge circulation over tibet

kadapa 4:30 pm

The place and its surroundings are receiving several showers  for every hour or two. Till now 5 showers occurred at my place since 11 am. The cumulo nimbus clouds are not so big, wide, but they are many.

Global Warming in the London Olympics

Courtesy: Steven Goddard, Real Climate

This is what global warming looks like.

The last time London hosted the Olympics was in 1948. King George VI opened the games at the end of July in 35C weather.

After 74 years of unprecedented global warming, the forecast high in London for Sunday is 19C – a cool down of only 16 degrees coming on the heels of the worst first half of summer on record.

Read also: London Olympics Opening: Rain or Shine? UK Met Office pits itself against Piers Corbyn, legendary weatherman

http://devconsultancygroup.blogspot.in/2012/07/will-rain-washout-london-olympic.html