#Chennai - 5:41pm, another warm and cloudy day coming to end.
Again scattered moderate/light rain expected after 6pm.

#Chennai -5:50pm, Already light rain seen over North suburbs at around 20km from city.

Today, the Bay LOW, low,mid-level circulation is over N Chatisgarh and adjoining Odisha ... http://ow.ly/i/6pbrC 

And the Gujarat low,mid-level circulation is expected to persist over central Gujarat for 24hrs and fizzle out ... http://ow.ly/i/6pbrC 

The mid-level circulation over S,S-E Gujarat is expected to persist for another 2 days according to WRF model... http://ow.ly/i/6pbz3 

Chatisgarh mid-level circulation may not drift W-N-W, instead an another circulation is expected over S Bengal .. http://ow.ly/i/6pbH7 

Saturday, another strong low,mid-level circulation expected over S Bengal along N Bay... http://ow.ly/i/6pbH7

More rain ahead for E India

Today, the west coast offshore trough is active from N Maharastra coast to N Kerala coast, expected to persist for 2 days ! 

Today, the upper-level circulation(s) are seen over N Maharastra coast and over S-central Odisha... http://ow.ly/i/6pbRq 

The Odisha upper-level circulation is expected to weaken, drift, fizzle out over Jharkhand, N Chatisgarh in next 36hrs.

Almost the same case with upper-level (500hpa) circulation along N Maharastra coast ... it'll weaken and may persist till Saturday ! 

Rainfall alert for next 36hrs

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In next 18hrs, widespread showers expected over Chatisgarh, Odisha, N,N-E Andhra, E,N-E Maharastra, E,central,S-E Madhyapradesh.

Till Friday, HEAVY rain along South end of axis from E,S-E Rajasthan to Odisha thru MP, chatisgarh, Jharkhand http://ow.ly/i/6pc8y 

Till Friday evening, HEAVY rain to persist along S,central,S-W,S-E Gujarat !

Scattered rain to continue ALL along Maharastra coast, Mumbai, but the rain intensity is expected to be low from Friday morning.

There's NO relent of rainfall seen along entire Karnataka coast during next 42hrs.

Today after 6pm, Scattered moderate T showers expected over N,N-E,N-central coast of Tamilnadu, #Chennai !

Maharastra disaster and Rain report of 30-Jul-2014

Landslide in Maharashtra kills 17; 200 feared trapped ... http://ow.ly/zMltP 

Maharashtra hillock crash toll climbs to 25 ... http://ow.ly/zMlK9 

PUNE received the season's highest 24-hour rainfall of 84.3 mm till 8:30am of 30-Jul ... http://ow.ly/zMlRi 
BHUBANESWAR: Heavy rain on Wednesday, "several parts of the city remained inundated for hours"... http://ow.ly/zMlTL 

Davangere - 30-Jul, "After few days of break, rains have come back strongly today.Totally wet day today."
Belgaum - On 30-Jul, "continuous heavy to very heavy rain from 12pm" ... http://ow.ly/i/6p2MK  .. http://ow.ly/i/6p2N8 

Photos from Belgaum ::

Today, the N-W Bay LOW is slowly pushing W-N-W into land thru Odisha coast ... http://ow.ly/i/6os51 
Today, a mid-level circulation is popping over E,S-E Gujarat ... http://ow.ly/i/6os51

5pm, due to these 2 circulations...
HEAVY rain seen all along axis from N Madhyapradesh to Odisha ... http://ow.ly/i/6osbU 
5pm, Heavy rain seen over S,S-W,E Rajasthan, N,S Gujarat ... http://ow.ly/i/6osbU
5pm, VERY heavy rain seen along S coast Maharastra and over entire coast Karnataka, Goa ... http://ow.ly/i/6osbU

Today, the west coast Offshore trough is active from S Gujarat to N Kerala coast ... http://ow.ly/i/6osoZ 
In 36hrs, a LOW is expected over S-central Gujarat ... this will further enhance the west coast trough ... http://ow.ly/i/6osuG 

Today, 2 upper-level circulations seen...
one along N Maharastra coast, another over Odisha ... http://ow.ly/i/6osB5 
The upper-level circulation along Maharastra coast is expected to drift West slightly and persist for 2 days ... http://ow.ly/i/6osDV 
Meanwhile, the upper-level circulation over Odisha is expected to weaken and drift into N,central Chatisgarh in 36hrs http://ow.ly/i/6osDV

#Chennai - 5:20pm, So far a warm and cloudy day. Slowly clearing up now. 
Rainfall till 8:30am.
Nungambakkam= 8.3mm
IWM Polichalur = 0.9mm

#Chennai - This is yesterday's accumulated rainfall RADAR image ... http://ow.ly/i/6orKB 

Rain tweets from 29-Jul-2014
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ajoemanuel Jul 29, 4:03pm via Twitter for Android

@fabwrite @weatherofindia @chennaiweather Its raining in mogapper

OldSailor Jul 29, 5:09pm via Twitter for Android

@weatherofindia #Chennai #Nanganallur Light drizzle started 1705 hours pic.twitter.com/xeNrdRzsVS

#Chennai - scattered moderate rain expected today as well after 7pm and before 3am.

Weather Instagram at July 29, 2014 at 08:25AM

Dharmapuri - 8:20am, mild, windy, thin high cloud cover morning. #weather

from Instagram

Posted Monday 28th Night:

BB-5 currently as a low, will deepen slightly to around 994/996 mb by Tuesday 29th /Wednesday 30th, and track inland as shown in chart. System will survive as a UAC at 700 hpa levels till Thursday.
Another Low forms over the Gujarat/Rajasthan region. This forms mainly as the axis slip southwards. Associated with a strong UAC, the other seasonal low will be capable of precipitating heavy rains in the areas shown. 
Very Heavy rains expected in Kutch.
Very heavy rains amounting to > 110 mms expected in Surat and Bharuch from Tuesday evening.

UAC 2 will move West and effect the Sindh coast on Thursday. 

Mumbai City: Tuesday 29th  and Wednesday 30th  city will see intermittent rains, occasional showers. Heavy showers with prolonged duration, can lead to flooding in some areas.
Rains would amount to about 60-80 mms on Tuesday and 70-90 mms Wednesday.
Summary: Mumbai City:130-170 mms expected next 2 days (Tuesday/Wednesday).
All Northern and Eastern Outer townships can expect very heavy rains in excess of 100 mms next 2 days.
Thursday 31st: After a wet morning, rains decrease in intensity on Thursday. 

from www.vagaries.in

Weather Instagram at July 28, 2014 at 02:25PM

2:20pm, KRP dam, Krishnagiri. Cloudy, mild and windy. #weather

from Instagram

Weather Instagram at July 28, 2014 at 12:28PM

12:13pm, near krishnagiri, Tamilnadu. Cloudy, windy. No rain. Sign of heavy rain into SW Karnataka coast. #weather

from Instagram

RT @aash_tvm: Surprise!! It is raining here after some days!! Unexpected!! #Trivandrum #kerala @weatherofindia 6:30am