Monsoon Watch -2 put up on Vagaries...with the current situation in Monsoon Parameters almost Normal as on Date

#HOT , Yesterday Ongole (Andhra) recorded the highest maximum temperature of 45 C. But, where is Ongole ?... http://ow.ly/kb7Wy 

#Chennai - Airport, yesterday's max temp was 38.7 C and now (1:10pm) it is 36 C and feels like 44 C.. sea breeze has set in now!

#WoW .. Yesterday's minimum temp was 14.2°C recorded at Ahmednagar (Maharashtra).

1pm, Cloudy over S-E Rajasthan, W,N-W Madhyapradesh. Fresh T.showers over N,N-E Tamilnadu, S,N-E Andhra, S.Odisha.. http://ow.ly/i/1UVhp 

1:35pm, T.showers seen over N-W of Chennai at around 80km and over W-S-W from Chennai at around 120km.

8:30pm, T.showers seen over Uttarakand, N,N-E Madhyapradesh, S.Bihar, S.Bengal, N-E states and S,central.Tamilnadu. http://ow.ly/i/1UBgn 

RT @shivaranjan: Room Temperature @ 7:09 PM #Chennai 32 C cc: @weatherofindia http://t.co/cT2CxyDQD7

HOT zones in India during next 3 days

Very HOT zones in India during next 3 days are going to be W,N-W India, N-E Madhyapradesh, S.Uttarpradesh and most of North Peninsula.

From Saturday, 20-Apr till 24-Apr, the HOT conditions along most of Peninsula and S-E India is expected to be below normal due to a strong low level Anti-cyclone to form over Central Bay.

Monsoon - update #1 - 17-Apr-2013

#Monsoon, 17-Apr - The Mascrene high is weak and there's a LOW pressure system East of Mauritius which is hindering the development!

#Monsoon, 17-Apr-2013 - Sea temperature is above 30 C over most of S.Bay and S,S-E Arabian sea ... http://ow.ly/i/1Utwg 

#Monsoon, 17-Apr-2013 - Seasonal heat LOW over N-central,N-W India is taking shape, today it was around 1002 mb.. http://ow.ly/i/1UtCo 

Yesterday, #Chennai - Airport recorded max temp. of 39.8 C. Now 2:10pm its around 37 C, feels like #WoW 47.7 C,Sea breeze slowly picking up!

7.8 earthquake in south eastern Iran on April 16, 2013

The ongoing collision of two enormous slabs of the Earth’s crust—the Arabian and Eurasian plates—caused a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in southeastern Iran on April 16, 2013. The quake was the largest to hit Iran in more than 50 years. Its epicenter was about 83 kilometers (52 miles) east of Khash, a city with a population of more than 70,000.

Earth’s crust is broken into giant plates that cover the surface of the planet like pieces of a puzzle. Individual plates constantly collide and grind against one another as they slide on top of a somewhat fluid layer of the Earth’s interior known as the asthenosphere, causing earthquakes in the process.

The Arabian plate is sliding north-northeast at a speed of about 37 millimeters (1.5 inches) per year relative to the larger Eurasian plate. Where the two plates collide in an area known as the Makran subduction zone, the Arabian plate plunges beneath the larger Eurasian plate. As it descends into the mantle where it will eventually melt, earthquakes occur deep beneath the surface, along the boundary between the two plates.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake was the result of faulting at an intermediate depth in the Arabian plate lithosphere, approximately 80 kilometers (50 miles) beneath Earth’s surface. The descending Arabian plate has caused quakes as deep as 160 kilometers (100 miles) beneath the surface in this area in the past, though most have been at much shallower depths.

This image, based on elevation data acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer(ASTER) on NASA’s Terra satellite, shows the area where the earthquake occurred. Land is shown with shades of green and beige. Higher elevations are lighter in color.

Taken from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov

Global agencies forecast a normal South West monsoon this year ... http://ow.ly/k8O0H