#Chennai - More rain on cards... may push in at around 5pm.

#Chennai - 2:35pm

RT @naveenkumars84: @weatherofindia Its raining heavily at Tnagar #Chennai (2:43pm)

#Chennai - 2:40pm, Heavy rain seen over S,S-W,W Suburbs ... http://ow.ly/i/2EntO 

RT @mycitychennai: Scary clouds! Chennai are you ready for some action?! #Rain #Chennai (2:47pm)

#Chennai - NO rain so far in Pallavaram zone.

RT @narain: @weatherofindia absolute down pour at KK Nagar (2:53pm)

RT @devarya: @weatherofindia rain in Mylapore , #Chennai (2:54pm)

RT @itssaranyahere: Pouring crazy in nanganallur! :) #Chennai 2:54pm

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#Chennai - 2:56pm, Rain started over Pallavaram zone as well .

RT @interpid16: @weatherofindia Clouds here at Chennai. Funnel Clouds. http://t.co/mOgaUrnu1C (2:58pm)

RT @arvind_lfc: @weatherofindia Heavy rain in vadapalani area! :) #Chennai (3:02pm)

heavy rains in all over kolkata at 1 pm ....

Friday: 
Heavy rains to watch in North Konkan and adjoining Southern Gujarat Coast. 
Heavy Showers in Delhi NCR on Friday Night. Overnight rains around 35-40 mms average.
Mumbai, Friday will see times of heavy showers, with intervals of respite. Heavy showers on Friday night. Rains amount will be around 30-35 mms average.
Eastern and Northern  Outer Townships get heavy rains on Friday, with amounts up to 75 mms by Saturday morning.

Saturday: 
Early Saturday, Heavy rains watch out for Uttarakhand, adjoining UP,(districts of Bijnor, Muzzafarnagar, Meerut and Moradabad, with Meerut possibly getting 60-70 mms and Ghaziabad 50-60 mms.. and Western Nepal.Heavy rains to watch out in West MP ( Indore, Ujjain and Bhopal ), North Konkan.

Delhi NCR will get thunder showers and occasional showers. Rains may add up to 20-25 mms average.
So, mainly Thunder showers in Delhi NCR from Friday night thru Saturday night.

Mumbai will get occasional showers and spells of a heavy shower or two. Rains will amount to 30-40 mms average.
Eastern Outer Townships get very heavy rainfall and could add up to 80-90 mms in some towns.

Sunday: 
A Low forms over the Northern Bay region.
The Southern Quadrant shows excessive clouding, hence heavy rains for AP ( coastal Districts). 
Heavy rains in North move into Punjab. All regions of Punjab get heavy rains on Sunday.
Western MP continues with heavy rains for one more day.

Mumbai will get showers with periods of bright intervals. Occasional heavier showers will interrupt the day with rains up to 35-40 mms.
Outer Townships will get showers amounting to 40-50 mms.
Delhi NCR: Chance of thunder shower in some parts, and around 10 mms where it rains.

Chennai: Sunday Chance of drifting Thunderstorms from the NW and North.

Three Days City Outlook:
Surat can expect showers on all days with rains around 15 mms/day.

Pune sees a increase in rainfall intensity on Satursday and Sunday, with amounting increasing to 20 mms on Saturday.

Goa: Friday thru Saturday will be overcast with regular showers, some drenching on Saturday. Daily rain amount will be around 50 mms on Friday and Sunday, and about 60 mms on Saturday.

Kolkata: Chances of passing showers in parts of he city, measuring up to 10  mms /day.

Pakistan:
 Dalbandin was the hottest in Pakistan on Thursday at 45c.

The S W Monsoon current will be seen moving in to Northern Pakistan by Sunday. Pakistan Punjab will get heavy rains on Sunday. All towns and cities of Pak Punjab can expect rains . Northern Pakistan gets good rains this weekend. Islamabad can get heavy thunder showers.

Karachi has a chance of light showers on Friday. Saturday and Sunday see no chances of rains. Temperature range between 34 and 27c.
Nawabshah and Sukkar will be hot at around 42c, Sukkar could see a minimum of 31c on Sunday. 

In Nepal. Pokhra received heavy rains of 46 mms on Thursday. Kathmandu had light drizzles, with the day at 25c on Thursday.
Most of the rains will be in Western Nepal regions this weekend.

From Vagaries

Weather analysis and forecast, 18-Jul-2013

Today, 2 low level circulations seen, one over S.Bengal and another over E.Madhyapradesh and N.Chatisgarh ... http://ow.ly/i/2DOLJ

On 20-Jul, fresh circulation expected over N-N-W.Bay along S.Bengal and another over N-E.Madhyapradesh in the axis .. http://ow.ly/i/2DORr

On 20-Jul, Fresh LOW is expected over S.Bengal and another over N-N-E.Madhyapradesh ... http://ow.ly/i/2DOXU

Upcoming circulation over N-E.Madhyapradesh is expected to move N-W along the monsoon axis towards #Delhi after 20-Jul http://ow.ly/i/2DP50

Today, upper level 500hpa circulation is seen along central Andhra coast ... http://ow.ly/i/2DPcI

This upper level circulation is expected to drift along S-E coast upto N.Odisha coast in next 36 hrs.

Rainfall Forecast ::
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Meanwhile, the offshore trough along S-W coast is expected to deepen from tomorrow.. HEAVY rain for S.Maharastra coast, Goa, Karnataka coast

Heavy and widespread rain for Karnataka coast to continue for next 3 days. HEAVY rain expected for S,central Maharastra coast from 20-Jul

Heavy rain for #Kerala to continue during next 36hrs and expected to subside after that.

Less showers seen for #Mumbai during next 36 to 48hrs.. and increase after that!

During next 24hrs, good rain expected for S-E.Gujarat, most of Madhyapradesh, Chatisgarh,  Odisha and into Jharkhand.. http://ow.ly/i/2DTZL 

In next 18hrs, Rain expected for coastal Andhra, E.Uttarpradesh, N.Bengal, Sikkim and into North of N-E states .

On Saturday, Rain expected for N,N-E.Andhra, HEAVY over central,W,N-W.Uttarpradesh into Haryana, Uttarakhand, #Delhi 

On Sunday, Heavy rain expected for most of Uttarpradesh (especially over central), N,N-E.Madhyapradesh, N.Chatisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha

Chennai - 7:12pm

#Chennai - 7:10pm, HEAVY rain with high winds now over Pallavaram zone ... http://ow.ly/i/2DSoy 

#Chennai - HEAVY rain seen from North suburbs of City to South up to Madurantakam (8km S-S-W from city) and beyond.

RT @being_delhite: @weatherofindia Heavy Rain in Ashok Nagar and West Mambalam Area #Chennai (7:18pm)

RT @dsanjeevkumar: @weatherofindia Heavy Rains at Guindy/Velachery #Chennai Since 19:10hrs. 

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RT @manikandan23686: @weatherofindia heavy rain & wind at tondiarpet, #Chennai (7:24pm) 

RT @vnsiva: Hvy Rain across Mount Road , #Chennai (7:27pm)

Chennai - 5:45pm

#Chennai - 5:45pm, S,S-W,W suburbs are getting ready to host a Good heavy rain in next 30 min, and more showers ahead till 10pm.

#Chennai - 4:30pm

#Chennai - 4:30pm, Good cloud formations witnessed now. Sea breeze from S-E. Showers possible before 7pm.

#Chennai - 4:30pm, low intensity rain seen over S-W,W-S-W from city at around 60 to 80km.

Update from around India

Davangere - 6am, "raining...lot of rain activity happening since yesterday."

Malout - 9am, "passing clouds NE to SW" ... PIC ... http://ow.ly/i/2DNJl 

3:30pm, #Bangalore - "Heavy rain witnessed over BSK 2nd stage, JP Nagar"

2:48pm, "It is raining cats and dogs in Trivandrum, #Kerala"

RT @dheerajnair89: Enjoyed a great lunch as i watch the rain #monsoons #kerala http://t.co/PNsx5uyEeh 

Satellite IR at 1:30pm.. Heavy rain over Kerala

1:30pm, Showers seen over Punjab again, N-E.Rajasthan, central,E.Uttarpradesh, N.Andhra, W.Madhyapradesh... http://ow.ly/i/2DLbN 

1:30pm, HEAVY rain along Karnataka coast, Central Kerala and most of Kerala coast... Less rain along Maharastra coast http://ow.ly/i/2DLbN

RT @naikap: @goa @weatherofindia Weather in Goa: Valpoi Rainfall reaches the Century Mark! http://t.co/XwCUqlgkKq 

RT @harnish_naik: @weatherofindia >> Navsari, S-E.Gujarat on 17 july 2013 http://t.co/sJ5u3gkgw6 

#Chennai - 2:25pm, HIGH cloud cover continues.. now it has become thin and getting warm. Yesterday night Nungambakkam got 1.6mm