Salem, Tamilnadu - Rain

RT @aravindslm: @weatherofindia its #raining in Salem, Tamilnadu now (6:18pm)

5:42pm, Rain in Ayyampet, Tanjore district of Tamilnadu.

Super Rainfall in Kerala

Rainfall in mm ending 8.30 am on 05.08.2013

Panamkutty - 303

Neeriamangalam - 234
Vazhathope - 229
Idukki - 223
Peermade - 212
Thodupuzha - 208
Munnar - 182
Piravom - 174
Thamaraserry - 170
Myladumpara - 153
Sengulam - 149
Potingal - 141
Anakayam - 136
Kanjirappally - 133
Kakki - 123
Kozha - 121
Manjeri - 120
Perumbavur - 119
Kottayam - 115
Madupatty - 112
Chalakudy - 110
Aluva - 110
Vyanthala - 110
Kodungallur - 109
Kochi - 107
Ernakulam South - 107
Mancompu - 106
Kuttiyady - 105
Vaikom - 101
Chalakudy Dam - 100
Cherthala - 99
Karipur AP - 96
Kurudamannil - 96
Alappuzha - 96
CIAL Kochi - 95
Vadakara - 92
Ponmudi - 92
Kumarakom Agro - 91
Pamba - 90
Kozhikode - 90
Kayamkulam - 88
Kayamkulam Agro - 86
Quilandy - 86
Palakkad - 86
Aryankavu - 81
Trivandrum AP - 79
Angadippuram - 77
Varkala - 75
Kumarakom - 75
Ponnani - 73
Kottarakkara - 73
Haripad - 70
Trivandrum - 68
Chengannur - 68
Neyyattinkara - 67
Perinthalmanna - 65
Vellayani - 65
Enamackel - 64
Kunnamkulam - 64
Irikkur - 64
Thrissur - 61
Mavelikkara - 53
Punalur - 53
Pookot - 51
Nilambur - 50
Nedumangad - 47
Vythiri - 35
Pattambi - 34
Kannur - 34
Vellanikkara - 33
Kudlu - 33
Hosdurg - 33
Cheruthazham - 32
Konni - 25
Alathur - 24
Thalasserry - 23
Mattanur - 21
Thrithala - 20
Kollengode - 20
Taliparamba - 19
Mannarkad - 19
Thariyode - 17
Ottappalam - 17
Mananthavady - 16
Panniyur - 15
Vadakkancherry - 13
Chittur - 10

Compiled by Pradeep John

Satellite IR at 5pm - "Heavy rain ALL along monsoon axis"

5pm, HEAVY rain ALL along the monsoon axis from N,N-W.Rajasthan to Odisha ... http://ow.ly/i/2Nkjn 

5pm, HEAVY rain also over N,N-E.Andhra, W.Bengal and central coast, S-central Tamilnadu... http://ow.ly/i/2Nkjn 

Showers along N,N-E.Andhra, S.Chatisgarh and Odisha is due to a low, mid level circulation  over Bay near N-E.Andhra http://ow.ly/i/2NksA 

5pm, Heavy rain for #Kerala, S.tip of Tamilnadu continues ... expected to continue for next 36hrs... http://ow.ly/i/2Nkjn

#kolkata and #Malout weather update

Malout - 3:43pm, "clear skies with distant Thunder cells over S-W (into N.Rajasthan) may be raining over Sri Ganganagar"

#Kolkata - "a brief shower at around 12pm"

#Chennai - late evening rain expected

High vertical.V expected after 7pm today till early hrs along N-E.Tamilnadu, #Chennai and S.Andhra.. RAIN expected http://ow.ly/i/2NiQy 

#chennai - Had a good high cloud cover till 2pm and now (5:14pm) it's Sunny. Rain expected after 8 pm and towards midnight, early hrs.

5pm, Rain seen along Central Tamilnadu coast.

#Chennai - rainfall till 8:30am today, Nungambakkam = 12.4 mm and Airport = 5.1 mm

Update from #Delhi and Pune

RT @gsarkar: It's a cool SuNNy MoNdAy morning in Pune.. Oh Sun! Good to have you back after 1 and half months of continuous rain. (12:10pm)

RT @drjagadesh: @weatherofindia It is raining heavily now in Patel Nagar , #Delhi (12:53pm)

RT @aknarendranath: @weatherofindia Rains re-visit Delhi. (1:22pm)

Chennai - rain 12am

Chennai - 11:40pm, showers seen over central, west zones of city. More rain ahead in next 30min

Updated at 12:44am

Chennai - 12:42am, steady rain for the past 10min over Polichalur zone.

RT @Loveislife212: @weatherofindia wow just found out it's drizzling thanks to you, Chennai 11:57pm

RT @ranganaathan: And it has actually started raining in T-Nagar @weatherofindia Chennai , 12:01am

RT @imprasath: Its Pouring at Mount Road @weatherofindia Chennai , 12:03am

#Chennai rain from 9:45pm

RT @maddysutrave: @weatherofindia #chennai - impeccable prediction of rain.. Though showers are heavy #mogappair 09.45pm 

RT @amruthaupendran: .@weatherofindia Spot on. Stepped out of restaurant at 10.05 in #tnagar and it was pouring... #chennai 

RT @am_venkatesh: @weatherofindia mild shower in anna nagar #chennai 10:07pm

RT @archvivekh: Raining cats and dogs in ambattur for the past 30 mins @weatherofindia accompanied with lightening and thunder! YAY! 10:10pm

RT @joesat: #Chennai - Raining steadily for the past one hour @weatherofindia #palavakkam 22:45 

#Chennai - 10:45pm, Heavy T.showers seen near Airport zone ... http://ow.ly/i/2MHJA 

#Chennai - 11pm, Polichalur zone getting strong drizzles.

Analysis and forecast for next 2 days

A weak upper level circulation over N-central Bay is expected to move into position on tomorrow, now seen along E.Bay http://ow.ly/i/2MFcQ 
A weak low level circulation is expected to be along N-W.Bay along Odisha coast on 4/5-Aug .. http://ow.ly/i/2MFoE 

During next 24 to 48hrs, high vorticity seen along S.Chatisgarh, N,N-E.Andhra and S,central Odisha... Scattered rain expected in these zones
During next 36,48 hrs.. high Vorticity also seen over N-W.Bihar as well.

Scattered rain expected for S.Odisha, S.chatisgarh, N-E.Andhra during next 36hrs ... http://ow.ly/i/2MFAc 
Less rain expected for most of N,N-W,W,central India and even for Maharastra and Karnataka coast during next 36hrs.. http://ow.ly/i/2MFAc
Showers for #Kerala to continue during next 36hrs.
On Monday, scattered heavy rain expected for N,N-E.Andhra, S.Chatisgarh, S.Odisha and over N,N-W,E.Bihar.. http://ow.ly/i/2MFGW 

On Monday, Rain expected for E,S-E.Maharastra as well.
From tomorrow, scattered rain expected for N.Bengal, Sikkim, N,central zones of N-E states.

#Chennai - light showers in next 1 or 2 hrs

#Chennai - 6:14pm, W,S-W suburbs get ready for some mini light showers in next 1 / 2 hour.

-- update at 7:39pm --

#Chennai - 7:39pm, a mini shower is nearing W,S-W,S suburbs of city in next 30 min.

#Chennai - light showers touched zones south of Tambaram and some parts of S-S-W suburbs at around 8:20pm.

-- update at 9pm --

#Chennai - 9pm, another round of light showers approaching suburbs, this time for N-W,N and W. Expected to reach in next 15 to 30 min.