All of today's thunderstorms were peppered around central and southern western ghats... all are Pre-monsoon showers.
Some weak South-west air current is already over south-western parts of Indian Peninsula.. this is creating thunder showers in late afternoon over western Ghats.
Tornadoes in India is uncommon. And only area previously hit was around northern Orissa and along with west-bengal border.
Here's the FULL news report, images and a FULL report from IMD
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20 feared killed in Orissa tornado (original from http://www.hindu.com/2009/04/01/stories/2009040159730900.htm)
Special Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: At least 20 people were feared killed when a tornado hit about 11 villages under Rajkanika Block of Kendrapara district of Orissa on Tuesday.
Official sources, however, confirmed eight deaths and said the toll was likely to increase when rescue teams entered the affected villages.
According to initial reports, the tragedy took place around 4.40 p.m. when the tornado caught the villagers unawares. Hundreds of houses were damaged in the villages that were spread over a five kilometre radius. Such was the intensity of the tornado that people were lifted to a height of 25 to 30 ft.
According to Kendrapara District Sub-Collector Ranjan Kumar Das, personnel of Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force were on their way to the affected villages for rescue and relief operation.
Rescue work was hampered because of darkness and roadblocks caused by hundreds of uprooted trees.
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The temperature forecast predicts that the next 10 days we'll feel some abnormal temperatures and gradually it'll go down due to a possibility of early set in of SOuth-west air current... not the SOuth-west monsoon itself.
Original from http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601091&sid=awmgXqMEF_qQ&refer=india
By Pratik Parija and Vipin Nair
April 28 (Bloomberg) -- India's monsoon, forecast to be near normal this year, may arrive a week earlier than the normal June 1 date, boosting prospects for an early planting of crops such as rice, oilseeds and cotton.
The weather office doesn't foresee a delay in the onset of the June-to-September rainy season, D. Sivananda Pai, a director at India Meteorological Department, said today on a conference call organized by brokerage Edelweiss Securities Ltd.
India's 235 million farmers rely on the timing of the four- month season to decide which crops to grow. Their incomes are watched by makers of consumer goods and appliances. Companies such as ITC Ltd., India's biggest cigarette maker, and textile company DCM Ltd. are selling more in the villages than in urban areas, the Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry has said.
"A proper monsoon does improve market sentiment and help rural demand," said H.S. Goindi, head of marketing at TVS Motor Co., India's third-biggest motorcycle maker. "It is extremely important." Small towns and rural areas account for as much as 55 percent of the company's sales, he said.
Rains this season may be 96 percent of the 50-year average, the weather office said April 17. The central region may receive more showers than last year, while falls in the southern parts of the country may be the same as last year, Pai said. Areas in the north east and north west may get less rain than last year.
Adequate rainfall will help sustain the record 4.3 percent average growth in farm output Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has presided over since 2005, raising incomes among the 742 million Indians who live in the countryside. That may help the Congress party-led government, seeking re-election in polls that started on April 16, to counter the slowest growth since March 2003.
India, the world's second-biggest grower of rice and wheat, depends on the monsoon to water its farms as about 60 percent of the arable land isn't irrigated. Planting of most early winter- harvested crops, including rice, corn, lentils, soybeans, peanut and sugar cane, begins with the onset of the monsoon.
To contact the reporter on this story: Pratik Parija in New Delhi at pparija@bloomberg.net; Vipin Nair in Mumbai at vnair12@bloomberg.net
Today's match:
vs 
At Pretoria (a new venue), 8 PM India time.
Weather: 
Clear skies and 0% chance of rain.
Other areas in South-Africa is getting heavy rainfall.. take a look
No worries for today's match.... sit back and Enjoy!
Thunder Showers on 25-Apr-09, over south-east Andhra. Today's huge thunder cell was more near to Chennai. Isolate thunder cells can be seen over south western ghats
Latest satellite pic.
Today's matches and weather forecast.
vs 
in Durban at 4 pm India time.
Partly cloudy with showers and thunder- showers - 30% chance of Rain
vs 
in Cape Town at 8 pm India time.
cloudy with light rain - 30% chance of rain.
Both the forecasts are not good for matches..
Going by latest weather RADAR from Durban suggests.
Some mild drizzle bearing clouds around... nothing to worry for this match.
Keep your fingers crossed for the next match in Cape Town.
we'll update on this later.
Updated at 9:54 pm India time
Thunder cells on 24-Apr-09.
Can be seen over south-central Andhra, North-Western Tamilnadu and all along South western Ghats.
We'll update the RAINfall amounts after 24 hrs.
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Today's match at Durban, 8 PM india time.
vs 
Here's the latest satellite pic
Forecast says...
partly cloudy with 0% chance of rain.
So it's going to be good news for "Punjab Kings"