Weather Instagram at November 14, 2014 at 04:02PM

Tirunelveli - 3:55pm, little bit of rain half an hour back now its just drizzling. #weather

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Weather Instagram at November 14, 2014 at 03:50PM

Chennai - 3pm, Anakaputhur zone. Mostly clear over east and getting warm. #weather

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RT @IamKanal: Thundering. Lightning. Raining  Kochi. With camera person Unnikrishnan, this is kanal 2:51pm  https://t.co/B8YRDDTaj5

RT @sanjeevnaique: It's raining here in Margao 35kms from state capital Panaji at 1.55 pm @naikap

Today, 99W is seen as a weak low-level circulation over S-S-E Arabian sea... its easterly trough seen upto N-Maharastra coast. 
The low-level easterly trough is seen from S-S-E Arabian sea to N coast of Maharastra ... http://ow.ly/i/7A0R1 
Will persist for 36hrs !

Before midnight today...
HEAVY scattered rain for W,S-W coast of India along W-ghats... http://ow.ly/i/7A0WP 
In next 24hrs...
HEAVY scattered rain for S,S-W,W,W-central Maharastra and Konkan region.
Today..
HEAVY T showers expected for W-ghats, S,S-W,W,S-central Tamilnadu.

For Tamilnadu coast, Chennai...
Sharp showers forecast again for early morning, mid-morning of Saturday !
 http://ow.ly/i/7A144 

Weather Instagram at November 14, 2014 at 09:25AM

#chennai - 9:20sm, polichalur zone heavy rain now. One or two sharp showers expected before 3 pm. #weather

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Gulf of Mannar system

The system in Gulf of Mannar is formed encircling the southern tip of TN.

This will ensure rainfall in south interior TN

There will be a lull in the north part of TN or less rain in northern region.

"PROJECT MAUSAM"

Project Mausam: India's answer to China's ‘Maritime Silk Road'

• It is Narendra Modi Government's most significant foreign policy initiative to counter-balance the maritime silk route of China.
• The project emphasises on the natural wind phenomenon, mainly the monsoon winds used by Indian sailors in ancient times for maritime trade.
• This initiative will enable India re-connect and re-establish communications with its ancient friends in the Indian Ocean region.
• It would lead to an enhanced understanding of cultural values and concerns.
• The project purposes to determine the Indian Ocean "world" - expanding from East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka to the Southeast Asian archipelago.

What is China's maritime silk route?

• It an initiative to develop regions along an ancient route connecting Western China with South and Central Asia. 
• The aim of this initiative is to strengthen China's economic ties with various nations, including those within Asia and Europe.
• It proposes China to work with partners to develop maritime infrastructure, especially ports.
• Originally, the "maritime silk road" was proposed to foster cooperation and goodwill between China and the ASEAN countries. 
• The "maritime silk road" is parallel to the land-based "new silk road," which runs westward from China through the Central Asian states.
• The route is likely to see China further intensify its naval activities in the region.
• It extends from its naval base in Hainan Island (South China Sea) to Bagamayo in Tanzania, Africa, with several of the ports encircling mainland India. 
• Hambantota (Sri Lanka), Gwadar (Pakistan), Chittagong (Bangladesh) and Marao Atoll (Maldives) are the ports being built by China as per the initiative.

What is Silk Route?

• It is a series of trade and cultural transmission routes.
• It connected the West and East by linking traders, merchants and other persons from China to the Mediterranean Sea.
• It derives its name from lucrative Chinese silk trade, a major reason for the connection of trade routes into an extensive transcontinental network.

Weather Instagram at November 13, 2014 at 05:41PM

Chennai - 5:35pm, Nungambakkam... "Rain break after a long drizzle". #weather

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Chennai - 5pm, a lull in showers now.
Another light rain will reach South suburbs in 45min. After that a 2/3 hr break is possible.

Chennai - 5pm, a lull in showers now.
Another light rain will reach South suburbs in 45min. After that a 2/3 hr break is possible.