Tuesday, April 17, 2012
RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia Baroda 11.35am, Now, some high cirrus clouds covering the sun..a pic thru window http://t.co/UHAGmOtR
Monday, April 16, 2012
July rains could fail India, says Japanese model
In our archive, Normal Monsoon Forecast: Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), we predicted July the month of extreme uncertainty for the monsoon because of a negative IOD. More so as it is the month that accounts for nearly 33% of the SW Monsoon. Our model assumed a weak IOD maybe upto 4% deficiency for July.
But the Regional Institute for Global Change (RIGC) in Tokyo forecast now say that things could go much worse - almost total failure of the monsoon during July. If so, this is really bad news as next year we can expect another lean monsoon due to the weak El Niño event expected.
Rule on monsoon forecasts to be eased
This is proving embarrassing. There actually exists a law prohibiting private agencies from forecasting the monsoon. This means that people like Rajesh Kapadia and me are law breakers as we published our monsoon forecasts! But there is good news. A change in a decade-old rule will allow private organizations in the country— and not just the India Meteorological Department (IMD)— to issue monsoon forecasts. Phew!
RT @saifarash: Clear skies nw Kozhikode 2pm,increasing clouds,chance for T shower at evening LIVE pic from my house http://t.co/6l3QWJzD
Some one asked, HOW "feels like" temperature is calculated?? Here it is... http://ow.ly/aizRE >>> http://ow.ly/aizS6
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