Chennai - 5:45pm, a heavy shower can be seen over n-w from city at 40km

RT @abishekkalro: @weatherofindia RT @abishekkalro: Marthumalai hills under rain http://t.co/V4vXHqVk 3:20pm

RT @prashantthegame: @weatherofindia very heavy rainfall,jaipur,11.45pm, 21-Aug

Cherrapunji crosses 10000 mm for the year 2012

Peninsula Giants in Maharashtra and Karnataka stole the show in August with stations such as Kollur, Agumbe, Kitwade, Amboli, Shiragon, Tamini and Dawdi all getting close to 2000 mm in 20 days in August.

Cherrapunji, after posting monstrous rainfalls of 3600 mm in July and 3450 mm in June 2012, August was silent till yesterday with just 500 mm till 19th. Yesterday it got around 105 mm and followed it with a 384 mm today. I posted earlier that Cherrapunji would cross 10000 mm mark by mid August.

Here is the list of instances in past few years, when Cherrapunji has crossed 10000 mm and the date of crossing is as follows -

2012 - 21st August, 2012 (10298 mm till date)

2011 - it did not cross 10000 mm for the year (ended year at 8372 mm)

2010 - 23rd July, 2010 (ended year at 13472 mm)

2009 - it did not cross 10000 mm for the year (ended year at 9070 mm)

Will it cross 14000 mm mark for the year, i dont think so personally. In last 20 years of rainfall in Cherrapunji it managed to cross 14000 mm mark only thrice.

1995 - 14210 mm

1998 - 14537 mm

2004 - 14791 mm

Last time when hell broke loose in Cherrapunji in a Calender Year was in 1974 when  it got around 24555 mm rainfall with 8205 mm falling in July alone.

RT @prashantthegame: @weatherofindia raining,jaipur 10:11am

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia Bangalore 9.00am, Lovely morning, dark clouds, cool breeze, however no heavy rains yet.

RT @aknarendranath: @weatherofindia Heavy rains in Delhi. http://t.co/reDtiOid 7:56am

Rain for entire W,S-W coast will be very less from today till 25-Aug.

During next 24/36hrs.. heavy rain will be over S,central,E.Madhyapradesh... http://ow.ly/i/RCnA

Widespread heavy rains for most of N-E states during next 48hrs... http://ow.ly/i/RCok

Heavy rains forecast for Sikkim, N.Bengal, Bihar, Nepal and entire Himalayan foothills from today till 24-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/RCpa

Present rains for #Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, E,N-E.Rajasthan, Himachal and Uttarakand to continue till 24-Aug.. http://ow.ly/i/RCq6

Rain for Himachal, Uttarakand, Nepal and entire foothills to continue from today till 25-Aug.

Some rains may push into E.Gujarat during next 24/36hrs.

Rain over S,S-E.Karnataka, S.Andhra, N,N-E.Tamilnadu, #chennai to persist and even become heavy & widespread after 22-Aug.

RT @rahulpilot: @weatherofindia The rain just began ! Its been so hot and finally it cooled down! http://t.co/IaPHA3PD #Mangalore 5:35pm

Today, the monsoon LOW is over E,central,N,N-E.Madhyapradesh... http://ow.ly/i/RBKM  

Offshore trough along S-W coast might go down after 22/23-Aug... http://ow.ly/i/RBUi

Today, the low level circulation is over S.Madhyapradesh ... http://ow.ly/i/RC1B

The low level circulation extends upto E,N-E.Rajasthan.

Present S.Madhyapradesh circulation will move North and expected to vanish along N,N-E.Madhyapradesh & W-UP in 24hrs . http://ow.ly/i/RC4Z

Today an UAC can be seen along W.Maharastra and over Arabian sea just along coast of Maharastra .. http://ow.ly/i/RC6J

Models suggest that almost NO UAC expected over Land or over seas near India during next 3 days.

Medium level circulation is expected over W.Uttarpradesh along #Delhi on 22/23-Aug... http://ow.ly/i/RCaN