Monday, July 30, 2012

Drought Alert! Monsoon Failure !! ... http://ow.ly/i/Obxr

Here's the latest accumulated rainfall map from 1-Jun to 29-Jul .. Anomaly clearly shows the Monsoon rain so far.. http://ow.ly/i/ObzY 
RT @knowsnotmuch:  saw a halo around the sun this morning - doesn't it usually mean good chances of rain? http://t.co/K4NxzG4f #chennai

@knowsnotmuch >> "Sun Halo" usually mean moisture at upper levels (or) caused by tiny ice crystals contained in high cirrostratus clouds.

@knowsnotmuch >> "Sun Halo" .. for more visit .. http://ow.ly/cADYI 
@shanpati >> #Mumbai - Some sharp showers forecast for next 2 days and after that till 5/6-Aug.. very less rains (or) NO rain forecast.

#Delhi - only a 20% chance of rains for city till 5-Aug.. Bad again!

@akwaghmare >> #Pune - a good chance of rain in next 2 days (or) After that almost NO rains till 5/6-Aug
Showers will linger along Maharastra coast & Karnataka coast till 2-Aug and after that very little forecast till 5-Aug. http://ow.ly/i/ObgB

Bad!.. IMD GFS predicts almost NO rain for 90% of India after 4/5-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/Obhd

COLA models predicts Heavy rains along Madhyapradesh, Chatisgarh will persist for another 24hrs before going down.. http://ow.ly/i/ObhO

From 1-Aug, most of the rain will be along Foot hills of Himalayas, Nepal, N.UP and N.Bihar .. http://ow.ly/i/Obil

On 2/3-Aug.. Entire E.India may see a short Spike in showers, which may last for 2 days.. http://ow.ly/i/Obj8

Due to northward shift of the Western end of Monsoon axis .. Showers will push into Uttarakand, Himachal and into Punjab from 2/3-Aug.
Today a LOW can be seen over S.Bengal and adjoining N.Bay .. http://ow.ly/i/Ob5Q

The present weak Offshore trough along S-W coast is expected to weaken even more after 3-Aug !! .. http://ow.ly/i/Ob6C

Today's low level circulation can be seen extending from N-corner.Bay to E.Madhyapradesh .. along present monsoon axis. http://ow.ly/i/Ob7F

In next 36hrs, the present low level circulation will die over N.Chatisgarh & N-E.Madhyapradesh.. http://ow.ly/i/Ob8j

From 1/2-Aug, the western end of Monsoon axis will shift North towards Himalayan foot hills.. while East end is likely to reach N.Bay

Today, 2 UAC can be seen, 1 over N.Bay and another along S.Gujarat coast .. http://ow.ly/i/Obbi

Present N.Bay UAC will move West into Orissa & S.Chatisgarh and die along S.Orissa on 1-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/ObbW

Models suggest, After 2-Aug, NO UAC expected over both seas till 7-Aug..!! Bad for monsoon.

A low level circulation over N.corner.Bay & S.Bengal will persist from today till 5-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/ObeT 
#chennai - had a partly cloudy, Hot & Windy day so far.. 3:30pm. Records 34.0°C at 3:10pm.

Today, Vertical.V will be high along S.Karantaka, N.Tamilnadu, S.Andhra & #chennai after 5pm.. T.showers possible .. http://ow.ly/i/OaYN

Entire E-central & Central India will have High Vertical.V for next 24hrs.. more showers forecast .. http://ow.ly/i/OaZY 

#chennai - 3:30pm, NO sea breeze yet and Strong westerly winds in low levels have reduced in speed.

Sunday, July 29, 2012


Outlook For next 3 days, Monday, 30th July, Tuesday, 31st July and Wednesday 1st August:
Not a very august begining for the month...I do not know if I have got my basics right, but i see a break monsoon condition for Central, Western, Southern and peninsula India from Wednesday, 1st August.

Monday: Axis remains in the current position, along Northern Rajasthan/North MP/UP and W.Bengal....with the UAC weakening over N.Rajasthan. Embedded UAC over Up keeps the region active. Eastern off shore trough remains intact.
Heavy rainfall in the region where the 3 states of AP/Maharashtra/Chattisgarh merge. Some locations can get upto 100 mms in 24 hrs.The region around this area gets heavy rains, with Nagpur seeing some convective and heavy showers Monday and more in the night.
Konkan sees it usual medium rains, with precipitation measuring between 20-40 mms at some stations along the coastal belt.

Tuesday and Wednesday: MJO in our seas enters into a weak phase.
The axis shifts Northwards towards UP and Utteranchal. touching foothills of Himalayas by Wednesday.
Delhi NCR could see precipitation on Wednesday evening as the rains approach the adjoining Utteranchal regions. Increase in rainfall over Central Nepal as rainfall rushes to Utteranchal and adjoining UP.
We see rains decreasing from Chattisgarh/Vidharbha and Northern AP areas.
Further decrease in Konkan from Monday levels by Wednesday.
South,(Interior Karnataka and TN) the usual sporadic showers (some convective) and in very isolated pockets.
No meaningfull increase in intensity in Gujarat and rest interior Maharashtra.

citywise forecast on vagaries.
Heavy rains to continue for W,N-W,N.Madhyapradesh, E.Rajasthan for another 24hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/O5aX

Showers along Maharastra coast will increase slightly from tomorrow till 1-Aug and then reduce again.. http://ow.ly/i/O5bk

Rains over central, E.India will go down drastically from 31-Jul.. and continue till 3/4-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/O5bW

Some rains may linger over N,N-W.Uttarpradesh, Uttarakand and into Himachal untill 3/4-Aug... http://ow.ly/i/O5cy 
RT @kavismusings: Blinding rain.  Mumbai-Pune Highway. (5:14pm)
Offshore trough along S-W coast persists but weak.. and will continue till 1-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/O52t

Today, the low level circulation can be seen over N-N-E.Madhyapradesh and it's extension can be seen upto Jharkand.. http://ow.ly/i/O54R

Today, the upper level circulation is over central.Chatisgarh .. http://ow.ly/i/O55C

The UAC is expected to move slightly to West and vanish over S.Madhyapradesh & N.Maharastra in another 48hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/O567

A fresh UAC over S.Gujarat may pop on 31-Jul and vanish in 24hrs .. http://ow.ly/i/O56y

The low level circulation is also expected to vanish in more or less the same zone, N,N-E.Madhyapradesh in 24 to 48hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/O57m