Heavy afternoon showers to continue for Coastal & south-Interior Karnataka till 1-Jan-10 .. http://yfrog.com/3nt9mp

Heavy cloud formation again over Lakshadweep & South Bay is very active .. http://yfrog.com/6mkpfj

ECMWF too agrees with the IMD outlook for end of 1st week - LOW over SW bay and wheeling into Chennai & South Andhra coast.

IMD: Forecast 1st Week of Jan, LOW over south-west Bay of Bengal may erupt, wheeling to cross the Chennai-south coastal Andhra Pradesh belt.

On Sunday, 27-Dec, the lowest minimum temperature of -1.0 deg Celsius was recorded at Adampur in Punjab.

Models had forecast the ongoing rains over the west coast and adjoining west-central peninsula, which could creep into central India

circulation tossed up by the easterly wave persisted over the Lakshadweep Islands on Monday supported at the ground level by the ‘warm pool'

IMD: strong northwesterly winds in the lower troposphere over the Indo-Gangetic plains would sustain themselves over the next two days.

IMD:: 10 per cent surplus the north-east monsoon season has notched up at the end of the penultimate week ending December 23.

South peninsular India is still being impacted by the easterly wave, though associated weather activity has shifted to the west coast.