Monday, October 03, 2011

10pm, Medium high cloud cover can be seen over entire N-E Tamilnadu (except chennai) and over S,S-Interior Andhra.. http://t.co/lSh4tnOn
9:30pm, Heavy T.showers now over central Tamilnadu.. http://ow.ly/i/isF1
RT @shaitaaaaan: Heavy rain in tuticorin. Finally. CC: @weatherofindia (7:26pm)
chennai - Good sea breeze now 5:08pm at lower levels. T.cells visible over N, central. Tamilnadu ... http://ow.ly/i/irtb
Dry nortwesterlies fanning into the Bay of Bengal have cut a trough across the Bay .. http://ow.ly/6LpmU
chennai - temp. touched a max of 33.7 C (12:42pm).. Now 1:29pm the sky has cleared up.. HUMID now. T.showers expected towards evening

Monsoon withdrawal process still obstructed


The monsoon withdrawal process continues to be stalled along the Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat alignment.
But the dry nortwesterlies fanning into the Bay of Bengal have cut a trough across the Bay, held in place by two circulations over Assam and Meghalaya to the northeast and north Tamil Nadu in the southwest.
This trough coupled with an east-west shear zone (featuring opposing winds in the higher levels) over the south peninsula has been causing some weather in the region.
Global models suggested the trough would move closer to the coast and bring more organised rains into peninsular later during the week.
An India Meteorological Department (IMD) update said that the 24 hours ending Sunday morning saw fairly widespread rainfall being reported from Andaman and Nicobar Islands from the remnant monsoon circulation.
The rains were scattered over the Northeastern States, Madhya Maharashtra, interior Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Isolated rain fell over the western Himalayan region, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Konkan, Goa and Kerala.
Meanwhile, northwest India too is expected to witness its share of weather with the arrival of a western disturbance later during the week.
The IMD said that the westerly system would affect western Himalayan region and adjoining plains from Tuesday.
A forecast valid until Wednesday said that the remnant monsoon circulation would continue to cause fairly widespread rain or thundershowers over Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Fairly widespread rain or thundershower would also occur over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday and Tuesday.
Scattered rain or thundershowers are likely over the rest of the Northeastern States, sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
Towards the south, scattered have been forecast over Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, south Andhra Pradesh, interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep.
This monsoon (2011) Cherrapunji is not the wettest place in India ... it's Ranked 8th .. http://ow.ly/6LoTU
After 90 days of South West Monsoon, we finally have a winner and it is Amboli from Maharashtra.. http://ow.ly/6LoRA
Final withdrawal S-W showers possible for Goa, Karnataka coast, N.Kerala from 6-Oct till 10-Oct .. http://ow.ly/i/ir2y
@aditya_ug >> Due to upcoming circulation along S.Andhra coast on 5-Oct.. Final S-W showers possible for Karnataka coast, Goa from 6-Oct
Due to upcoming circulation along S.Andhra coast.. heavy T.showers possible for S.andhra, N. Tamilnadu, N. TN coast, S.Karnataka till 7-Oct
RT @aditya_ug: @weatherofindia light drizzle in Mumbai at 11. Sun is out and bright again! The heat is killing!
Today Analysis show High vertical velocity along Chennai... so higher chance of T.showers today and tomorrow.!
COLA model still predicts a circulation at lower levels along S.Andhra coast on 5-Oct... http://ow.ly/i/iqYq
A weak western disturbance will affect N-N-W from tomorrow... http://ow.ly/i/iqYi
Dry north-westerly winds are prevailing over northwest and central India in lower levels
On 2-Oct, Highest maximum temperature of 38.9°C was recorded at
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh)

Final Verdict: All India SWM winner is Amagaon with 8965 mm rainfall in 4 months

After 120 days of South West Monsoon, we finally have a winner and it is Amagaon from Karnataka. The legend Cherrapunji managed to cross 6000 mm mark. Amagaon & Hulikal were clear winners in 2011 SWM season.
I will still continue to rank the toppers in North East Monsoon too. From Tamil Nadu, Chinna Kallar made the list with 4800 mm rainfall. Watch out for this place in NEM. It gets rains in NEM too.

All India

Rainfall in mm's (Min 4000 mm)
  1. Amagaon (Karnataka) - 8965
  2. Hulikal (Karnataka) - 8311
  3. Amboli (Maharashtra) - 7449
  4. Kollur (Karnataka) - 7427
  5. Agumbe (Karnataka) - 7405
  6. Gaganbawada (Maharashtra) - 6900
  7. Gavali (Karnataka) - 6775
  8. Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 6698
  9. Mulshi Dam (Maharashtra) - 6471
  10. Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) - 6464
  11. Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 6140
  12. Patagon Dam (Maharashtra) - 6027
  13. Kasari Dam (Maharashtra) - 5870
  14. Bhira (Maharashtra) - 5725
  15. Kerveshe (Karnataka) - 5696
  16. Radhanagri Dam (Maharashtra) - 5421
  17. Koyna Dam (Maharashtra) - 5419
  18. Kadra (Karnataka) - 5325
  19. Lonavala Dam (Maharashtra) - 5318
  20. Siddapura (Karnataka) - 5289
  21. Gerosoppa (Karnataka) - 5206
  22. Tillari (Maharashtra) - 5066
  23. Gorkhana (Karnataka) - 5038
  24. Mandangad (Maharashtra) - 4840
  25. Ajekar (Karnataka) - 4820
  26. Valpoi (Goa) - 4817
  27. Dapoli (Maharashtra) - 4813
  28. Chinna Kallar (Tamil Nadu) - 4800
  29. Chiplun (Maharashtra) - 4690
  30. Vaibhavwadi (Maharshtra) - 4638
  31. Rajapur (Maharashtra) - 4542
  32. Kankavli (Maharashtra) - 4534
  33. Bhagamandala (Karnataka) - 4532
  34. Tulshi Lake (Maharashtra) - 4526
  35. Sawantwadi (Maharashtra) - 4480
  36. Mhasla (Maharashtra) - 4445
  37. Karkala (Karnataka) - 4422
  38. Lanja (Maharashtra) - 4402
  39. Matheran (Maharashtra) - 4400
  40. Walwand (Maharashtra) - 4393
  41. Ratnagiri (Maharashtra) - 4369
  42. Dodamarg (Maharashtra) - 4291
  43. Quepem (Goa) - 4285
  44. Sudhgad (Maharashtra) - 4282
  45. Bhatkal (Karnataka) - 4266
  46. Radhanagri (Maharashtra) -4262
  47. Vadakara (Kerala) - 4231
  48. Malvan (Maharashtra) - 4219
  49. Tala (Mahrashtra) - 4170
  50. Kudal (Maharashtra) - 4078
  51. Honavar (Karnataka) - 4073
  52. Pawna (Maharashtra) - 4057
  53. Sanguem (Goa) - 4047
  54. Ponda (Goa) - 4042
  55. Kottigehara (Karnataka) - 4031
  56. Udupi (Karnataka) - 4026
  57. Khed (Maharashtra) - 4002
Places such as Tamini, Hulikal, Nilkund, Mawsynarm, Poochippara, Walakkad and Castle Rock would have also made the above 4000 mm list.

Major Cities

Apart from the above places, the rank of India's Major Cities (Population above 2 million) for the SWM are as follows
Rainfall in mm SWM total
  1. Mumbai – 3155
  2. Kolkata – 1403
  3. Bhopal - 1266
  4. Surat – 1218
  5. Lucknow – 1046
  6. Indore - 982
  7. Nagpur – 911
  8. Patna - 871
  9. Pune – 803
  10. Chennai – 789
  11. Ahmedabad – 728
  12. Jaipur – 675
  13. Delhi – 622
  14. Bangalore – 540
  15. Hyderabad – 528
For Chennai monsoon (NEM) is yet to begin, i am sure it will end second in the list behind for the year behind Mumbai.

Region wise SWM Toppers

With limited available data, the following are the region wise toppers (Rainfall in mm SWM total)

North India

1.Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) - 3180
2.Dehradun (Uttranchal)- 2426
3.Jammu (Kashmir) - 1238

Central India

1. Guna (Madhya Pradesh) - 1825
2.Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) - 1692
3.Raipur (Chhattisgarh) - 1562

North East India

1.Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) - 6140
2.Chouldhowaghat (Assam) - 3026

East India

1.Buxaduar (West Bengal) - 3380
2.Darjeeling (West Bengal) -2657
3.Gangtok (Sikkim) - 2540

North West India

1.Kaprada (Gujarat) - 2811
2.Pardi (Gujarat) - 2476
3.Umerpada (Gujarat) - 2441
4.Mt Abu (Rajasthan) - 2050

West India

1.Amboli (Maharashtra) - 7449
2.Gaganbawada (Maharashtra) - 6900
3.Sangameshwar (Maharashtra) - 6698
4.Mulshi Dam (Maharashtra) - 6471
5.Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) - 6464
6.Patagon Dam (Maharashtra) - 6027

South India

1.Amagaon (Karnataka) - 8965
2.Hulikal (Karnataka) - 8311
3.Agumbe (Karnataka) - 7405
4.Kollur (Karnataka) - 7427

Islands

1.Maya Bundar (Anadaman) -3788
2.Long Island (Andaman) -2579
3.Port Blair (Andaman) -2297