#Chennai - 7:36pm, moderate mini showers seen over West from city at around 40 to 60km. May push into W,S-W,N-W suburbs of city.

6:30pm, The low.mid level N Bay circulation has moved inland, now over Jharkhand, Odisha and N,central Chatisgarh http://ow.ly/i/3bYEl 
7pm, Heavy rain over E Uttarpradesh, E Madhyapradesh, central,N Chatisgarh, N,N-E Andhra, S Odisha, W,S,central,E Maharastra and Jharkhand.

12pm, #Monsoon (Saaral) rains pummelling our ghats, Mahendragiri to Naraikadu ranges ... PHOTO ... http://ow.ly/i/3bSkU 

#kolkata, yesterday and today !

#Kolkata - 11:50am, "COLOSSAL RAINS HIT SOUTH KOLKATA" and now (1:12pm) it is Clearing !

PHOTO >> This was #Kolkata yesterday (taken from https://www.facebook.com/WeatherOfKolkata) ... http://ow.ly/i/3bRrH 

DUE TO THE LOW OVER N.BAY, LAST 24 HRS HAS BEEN WET WET WET FOR EAST INDIA 
SOME OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL OF EAST INDIA IN 24 HRS ending 8:30am Today.

1. CONTAI (WB) - 188.4 MMS
2. BARIPADA (OR) - 158.4 MMS
3. JAMSHEDPUR (R) - 61.4 MMS
4. DIGHA (WB) - 45.8 MMS
5. BALASORE (OR) - 42.3 MMS
6. PURI (OR) - 38.8 MMS
7. RANCHI (R) - 38.4 
8. BASHIRHAT (WB) - 29.4 MMS
9. MEDNIPUR (WB) - 24.2 MMS
10. BANKURA (WB)- 25.5 MMS
11. BHUBANESHWAR - 23.5 MMS
12. ALIPUR (KOL WB) - 20.8 MMS
13. JHRASGUDA (OR) - 19.8 MMS
14. DUMDUM (KOL WB) - 15.5 MMS
15. PATNA (BH)- 15.9 MMS

Update on N Bay LOW and its prospects

Today, the N Bay LOW persists ... http://ow.ly/i/3bOZv 

The low, mid level circulation associated with N Bay LOW can be seen along N Odisha coast ... http://ow.ly/i/3bP3s 

There's another low,mid level circulation seen over N Karnataka and N-W Andhra ... http://ow.ly/i/3bP3s

Upper level 500hpa circulation is seen along Odisha coast... this is expected to drift S-W upto N-E Andhra in 36hrs http://ow.ly/i/3bPQ6 

The upper level circulation after drifting upto N-E,central Andhra coast in 36hrs, it is expected to move N-W into Maharastra on 22/23-Sep

GFS and NAVGEM models expect the present N Bay low level circulation to move West upto Madhyapradesh on 23-Sep.. http://ow.ly/i/3bQ3l 

During next 24 to 48hrs, rain expected to persist over W,S central maharastra.
HEAVY rain due to N Bay LOW will slowly push into most of Odisha, Chatisgarh and into E,S-E Madhyapradesh, S,E Uttarpradesh on 20,21-Sep
Heavy Showers over S,central Bengal is expected to subside from tonight ! Isolated moderate rain will persist till tomorrow evening.
Scattered HEAVY rain also expected for entire coast of Andhra and for N,N-E Tamilnadu, #Chennai during next 2 days.
HEAVY rain along S Maharastra coast, Goa, Karnataka coast and Kerala to continue for next 36hrs.. expected to reduce from Saturday !
Scattered Moderate rain expected for S Karnataka, #Bangalore and S Andhra during next 3 days !
During next 48hrs, scattered Rain expected over N,N-E Andhra... this depends on the upper level circulation's drift into N-E Andhra coast.
HEAVY rain to continue over Kerala and Karnataka coast during next 2 days !

#Chennai late evening T shower, 18-Sep

Chennai - 9:43pm, heavy rain just started over Polichalur.

gsankar2011Sep 18, 9:46pm via Twitter for Android

@weatherofindia Wah. It's raining in Chennai. Haven't had such accurate prediction of rain. Good job.

archvivekhSep 18, 9:46pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

@weatherofindia pouring in Ambattur! Wow! Loving it

_M0HIT_Sep 18, 9:49pm via Twitter for Android

@weatherofindia loving this...rain here always pleases me :-)

vipinkumar_gSep 18, 10:04pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

@weatherofindia heavy rain near cenotaph road. Chennai - 10 pm

vipinkumar_gSep 18, 10:08pm via Twitter for BlackBerry®

@weatherofindia Traffic Congestion in Mount road due to heavy rain.

arjuunsramanSep 18, 10:10pm via Twitter for Android

It's pouring crazy in Chennai western suburbs - Mugalivakkam, Porur for the last half an hour!! @weatherofindia

fabwriteSep 18, 10:22pm via Twitter for iPhone

It's raining cats & dogs in #Mandaveli#Chennai @chennaiweather@weatherofindia

Arvind_LFCSep 18, 10:23pm via Web

@weatherofindia Heavy rain with massive thunder n ligthning in vadapalani!!#chennairain

#Chennai Rain alert, 9pm

@mihirkparekh >> #Goa, karnataka coast, S coast Maharastra - can get more heavy and V.Heavy rain on Thursday, Firday and even into Saturday.

#Chennai - 9pm, A heavy T Shower system is nearing city from W-N-W. This system may cover entire Chennai city. May reach in 30 to 40 min !

Heavy rain over #Kolkata, 6pm

RT @bumblme: raining cats and dogs for almost an hour now... #Hyderabad #rains 5:51 PM @weatherofindia 

#Kolkata - 6:04pm, very heavy rains lashing .
130 mms/hr rainfall going on ....
strong thunderstorm


#Chennai - 6:45pm, Showers continue over Ponneri zone even now. Showers expected to push into city before 9/10pm.

Update on N Bay and N.Karnataka circulations !

#Chennai - 4:15pm, #HOT at 35 C (feels like 39 C). And showers seen over Ponneri zone North from city at around 30km.

4:30pm, HEAVY rain over Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, N Chatisgarh, N,N-E Andhra, S Maharastra due to circulations... http://ow.ly/i/3bjzx 

Bangalore - 4:03pm, "quick rain at domlur zone"

Belgaum - 5:30pm, "Its over cast condition from yesterday with intermittent drizzling.Yesterday night got a heavy rain for one hour."

Today, there was 2 circulations, one over N Bay along Bengal and another over S-central Maharastra ... http://ow.ly/i/3bjZU 

Today, the low level Anti-cyclone persists over N-W,N-central India ... http://ow.ly/i/3bjZU

The N-central Anti-cyclone and the weakened monsoon axis will not allow the N-W movement of Bay circulation.

The N Bay circulation may drift S-W along coast upto N-E Andhra coast in next 2 days.

Today, there's an upper level circulation seen over N Karnataka and N-W Andhra, Hyderabad ... http://ow.ly/i/3bkc4 
The N Karnataka circulation is also expected to persist in almost same zone for next 2 days.

Kolkata - 5:36pm, "Its raining here."

#Chennai - 3:40pm, heavy T showers seen near Chengelpet, around 50km S-W from city. System is moving E-N-E. Rain may push into S,S-W suburbs

3pm, Heavy rain along Central,N Kerala, N,central,N-E Andhra, S Odisha, S,N Chatisgarh, Jharkhand, S Bengal ... http://ow.ly/i/3aGpO 

#Chennai - 4:19pm, HEAVY T showers now over Tambaram zone.

RT @rajugana:  Bangalore 6.00pm, Clear skies, hot and humid day.. Formation of Dark clouds in the evening.. sky pic http://t.co/19IOuzYnfb