4pm, http://ow.ly/i/yu6N ...T.cells dotted over N,N-E Andhra, S.Orissa, S.Karnataka, and W.Ghats of Kerala

4pm, this same looking satellite shot of India is being repeated for the 3rd day today.. http://ow.ly/i/yu6N

Heat to become mild after 11-Apr over entire Peninsula, N-W, west India... but going to be severe over Central, E.central India.

Bay is expected to produce a strong and sustainable LOW / Cyclone after 25-Apr and before 20-May-2012. !!

A strong circulation will pop over S-S-E Bay and this'll move West and die ... http://ow.ly/i/yu4P

Anti-Cylones over N. Arabian sea and N. Bay will continue till 15-Apr and beyond... http://ow.ly/i/yu4B

More moisture to move in from S. Bay into S. Tamilnadu and S. Kerala in coming weeks... http://ow.ly/i/yu4n

chennai - another 36 deg C and now 3:28pm having mild sea breeze from S-E.

All India Rainfall Toppers - 01.01.2012 to 08.04.2012

The rainfall figures given are in mm (Top 20 places - min 200 mm)

1. Anini (Arunachal Pradesh) - 720
2. Car Nicobar (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 530
3. Manali (Himachal Pradesh) - 520
4. Tuting (Arunachal Pradesh) - 480
5. Cherrapunji (Megahlaya) - 470
6. Nancowry (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 360
7. Dharmashala (Himachal Pradesh) - 360
8. Kalpa (Himachal Pradesh) - 350
9. Bhuntar (Himachal Pradesh) - 270
10. Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh) -250
11. Hut Bay (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) - 240
12. Kavali (Andhra Pradesh) - 233
13. Piravom (Kerala) - 230
14. Srinagar - (Jammu & Kashmir) - 210
15. Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) - 210
16. Silchar (Assam) - 200
17. Tezu (Arunachal Pradesh) - 200
18. Pechiparai Dam (Tamil Nadu) - 200
19. Perunchani Dam (Tamil Nadu) - 200
20. Gangtok (Sikkim) - 200

Other places may also have obtained more rainfall than the station quoted above. 

After last year's epic rainfall race for being the wettest places during South West Monsoon. I have compiled a poll for viewers and rain followers voting for the season 2012. The link to the polls is here Poll code. The 2011 rankings can be found here - 2011 SWM rainfall rankings

Scattered T.showers to continue over Bangladesh and entire N-E states till 14-Apr and beyond.