Saturday, May 16, 2015

After a long stay the Kerala coast circulation to vanish in 24hrs !


Today as well the low-level circulation near N Kerala coast and N Kerala persisted ... http://ow.ly/i/aQE7x 
Today, the upper-level WD trough is seen from S-E Uttarpradesh to S Chatisgarh and drifting East... http://ow.ly/i/aQElb 

Due to Kerala coast circulation, heavy rains witnessed over S Kerala and S-tip Tamilnadu today.
10:30pm, Showers seen along Kerala coast and Heavy over S-tip Tamilnadu ... Nagercoil = 55mm
Trivandrum = 80mm so far http://ow.ly/i/aQEtR
10:30pm, Showers also seen over N-E Andhra and S Bengal ... http://ow.ly/i/aQEtR 

In 36hrs, the upper-level WD trough is expected to dip South upto S-central Andhra from N Bengal... http://ow.ly/i/aQEAg 
In 36hrs, a low-level circulation is expected over central coast Andhra and a trough from Bihar to S central Andhra http://ow.ly/i/aQEGL 

The N Kerala coast circulation is expected to vanish in next 18hrs.

18-May, As the low-level N-S trough from Bihar to N Tamilnadu all along S-E coast of India gets established the Day & Night temp will go Up.
From Monday, the day, night temp will rise considerably along entire S-E coast upto N,central Tamilnadu, Chennai.
On Wednesday, 20-May, the day temp for Chennai can touch 39 C or even 40 C !!

Kerala coast Circulation is expected to persist for 24hrs...
More scattered rain ahead for Kerala, W-ghats,central, central,N-W,N Tamilnadu
For next 24hrs...
More rain ahead for W,W-ghats, S,S-central Karnataka, S,S-central,N-E Andhra into Odisha ... http://ow.ly/i/aQF2h 
SW Monsoon style heavy rain to persist for S-coast Kerala and S-tip Tamilnadu on 17,18-May ... http://ow.ly/i/aQF5B 

Sunday...
#Chennai - moderate / light rain expected before 2pm.
#Bangalore - 1 or 2 T showers expected.
Rainfall over Tamilnadu, Kerala will reduce from Sunday midnight.
And
Drastically go down after Monday evening.
For 24hrs... more rain forecast for N-E Andhra, S,central,N-E Odisha and into S Bengal !

Weather at May 16, 2015 at 01:27PM

1:12pm, Huge Ts formed over north Bangalore. #weather

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Low LATITUDINAL westerlies and SWM

 (a) As rightly pointed out by IWM Shri. RAKESH , the Power House of SWM in SIO and is with unusual strength and lay centered about 4000 km south of Kanyakumari.

(b) Low LATITUDINAL westerlies is prominent below Kanyakumari and any LOW /WML / or trough formed in the prevailing westerlies close to Kumari may bring rain for Tamil nadu.

(c) This sort of LOW /WML will move in West-NWly direction.
[d] Similarly the veering westerlies sometimes become as descending air and may sometime cause FIRES etc at few locations.

May 16, 2015 at 10:01AM

Chennai - 10am, thunderstorm now over Polichalur zone. 8.1mm so far. #iwm

Weather at May 16, 2015 at 09:49AM

Nagercoil - 9:35am, heavy SW monsoon style rain from morning. #weather

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Weather at May 16, 2015 at 09:47AM

Chennai - 9:34am, moderate rain now over Polichalur zone. Its like NE monsoon. #weather

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South West Monsoon 2015 - Update #2 - 21st May for Andaman and early for Kerala.

Nino is here and expected to be a Super El Nino
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El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) indicators have shown a steady trend towards El Niño levels since the start of the year. Sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific Ocean have exceeded El Niño thresholds for the past month, supported by warmer-than-average waters below the surface. Trade winds have remained consistently weaker than average since the start of the year, cloudiness at the Date Line has increased and the Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) has remained negative for several months. These indicators suggest the tropical Pacific Ocean and atmosphere have started to couple and reinforce each other, indicating El Niño is likely to persist in the coming months.

Taken from Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Meanwhile, the Indian Ocean Dipole is expected to be just around neutral during next 3 months.
Remember, a positive IOD is good whenever there's an El Nino is in place.

Click here to read more about upcoming "Super" El Nino

Central, N-W India Heat LOW
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As of today, 15-May, the Heat LOW over N-W, central,E-central India is doing good. The pressure is around 1000mb over E-central India. This trend is good for attaining 994mb over N-W India around end of May.

Mascarene HIGH pressure system and Cross Equatorial Winds
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The high pressure system over South Indian Ocean is slowly moving into position, while the pressure 1038mb is above normal at this point of time. This'll drive more winds towards Somali coast.

In next 3 days (18-May), more cross equatorial winds will reach Somali coast and the Somali low-level jet will slowly start to pick up strength.

By 21-May, the SW Monsoon is expected to reach S,central Andaman Islands and over S,S-E Bay.

Sea Surface Temperature(SST) over Bay and Arabian sea
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The Bay and Arabian sea Sea Surface Temperature is around 30 to 32 C. A slight reduction in SST seen along Somali coast, and this should be around 20 C during the last week of May.

Bay LOW
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Can West or W-central Bay pop a strong circulation or LOW?
According to latest GFS, Only a weak circulation expected over N-central Bay on 19-May and move N-E.
A central Bay LOW around 20-May will be good for the SW monsoon winds to reach S,S-E Bay and S,central Andamans.

As of now the Monsoon onset over Kerala is on right track, It may enter around 26/27-May itself !!
A small component of monsoon current can affect S-tip Tamilnadu and S Kerala coast from 23-May !!
Srilanka is expected to get Monsoon rains from 23-May !

Upper-Level 200mb Jet
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Today, the upper-level jet is from East upto 10 north. This is good for the Monsoon onset over Srilanka, S,S-E Bay, S Andaman and even for S-tipTamilnadu and S Kerala.