Weather Instagram at July 15, 2014 at 05:15PM

#chennai - 5:14pm, a warm day with less signs of rain. Photo at 2:30pm. #weather

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6:30pm, Satellite shows HEAVY rain over most of Madhyapradesh, N,central Chatisgarh, Jharkhand, S,central Bengal .. http://ow.ly/i/6dRa9 

Central,E India heavy rain is due to the circulation which has pushed from Odisha into N Chatisgarh ... http://ow.ly/i/6dRgG 
This circulation is expected to further push into N-E Madhyapradesh and fizzle out in next 24/42hrs... http://ow.ly/i/6dRl1 

On the West coast, the offshore trough is expected to be active along Maharastra coast and Karnataka coast during next 2 days!
Today's mid-level circulation near S-W Gujarat coast is expected to come close and persist during next 2 days ... http://ow.ly/i/6dRzN 

Rainfall alert for next 42 hrs
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Till tomorrow night, HEAVY and widespread rain expected over Madhyapradesh, Chatisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand... http://ow.ly/i/6dRKF 
Scattered rain to continue over N,N-E Andhra during next 36hrs.
Tomorrow as well scattered moderate rain expected over S,W,Central Bengal.
By tomorrow evening, Showers will push into S,E,central Uttarpradesh as well.
HEAVY and widespread rain expected over S,S-E Gujarat and some will push into central Gujarat as well before midnight of 15-Jul.
HEAVY and widespread rain will continue along Maharastra coast, Karnataka coast, Goa, scattered over Kerala during next 2 days!
Scattered rain will persist over Uttarakhand, Himachal and N Uttarpradesh till tomorrow evening.
Scattered HEAVY rain to persist for next 2 days over most of N-E states of India.

Mumbai - to get more widespread HEAVY rain during next 2 days!
Bangalore - a moderate evening shower possible on 15-Jul.
#Chennai - light / moderate rain again possible for city suburbs after 4pm of 15-Jul.
Kolkata - 15-Jul, more showers ahead around noon and into evening.

RT @aash_tvm: പെയ്യാനൊരുങ്ങി മഴമേഘങ്ങൾ. ഓഫീസിൽനിന്നുള്ള കാഴ്ച!
Ready to shower! #rain #trivandrum #kerala http://t.co/MAXWIt51d7 (5:15pm)

#Chennai - can expect scattered moderate / light rain after 5pm. Only a 25% chance of rain today.

RT @aash_tvm: രാവിലെ മുതൽ മഴയാണല്ലോ!!!!
Raining here from morning!! #trivandrum #Kerala #Malayalam @weatherofindia (11:17am)

Today, the N-W Bay LOW has pushed inland into N Odisha ... http://ow.ly/i/6dFTA 
A mid-level circulation is persisting over N-N-E Arabian sea near to S-W Gujarat coast ... http://ow.ly/i/6dFYd 
The west coast offshore trough is active from N Maharastra coast to N Kerala, S Karnataka coast ... http://ow.ly/i/6dG2R 

12:30pm, Due to Odisha circulation, Heavy rain seen over Odisha, S,central Bengal, S Chatisgarh, N,N-E Andhra.. http://ow.ly/i/6dG5B
12:30pm, scattered rain seen all along Maharastra coast, S-E Gujarat, Karnataka coast and most of Kerala coast .. http://ow.ly/i/6dG5B  

RT @aknarendranath: @weatherofindia Finally raining in Delhi. 2:06pm

Weather Instagram at July 13, 2014 at 09:30AM

Near Morappur, Dharmapuri - 9:25am, cloudy, mild and windy. #weather

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Monsoon failure: Sowing lagging so far behind raising spectre of hyper food inflation, negative agriculture & GDP growth

The above table gives the area sown with various crops between June 1 and July 10, in million hectares.  The normal sowing window for Kharif crops is June 15 to July 15. Even if the monsoon gets its act together in a late revival, it is obvious that even if late and early maturing seeds are extensively used, the sowing gap is too large to be bridged. India is facing prospects of hyper food inflation this year which also inflate our food import bill. 

Read more: http://exitopinionpollsindia.blogspot.in/2014/07/monsoon-failure-sowing-lagging-so-far.html

Pune - 10:50am, its raining here... http://instagram.com/p/qVvjYxxvXx/

Weather Instagram at July 12, 2014 at 10:58AM

Dharmapuri - 10:54am, mild, windy, and cloudy. #weather

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