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Diwali eve weather update !

RT @rajugana: @weatherofindia Bangalore 4.30pm, Clear skies, Hot and humid day.. no rain for the past few days!!! 

RT @tweettojaykay: Yes. The rain gods love our little state. #kerala #india #rain http://t.co/Y8ps5GcliL (5:51pm)

#Chennai - 6:17pm, "City has received NO rain so far from easterlies", now it's CLEAR evening with low cloud movement from E-N-E.
#Chennai - 6:20pm, Mini showers seen ALL around city from 100 to 200km.

Showers expected to pop over Bay tonight, early hrs and move in.

Easterlies affecting Andhra coast and showers expected for #Chennai tonight.

3pm, Easterlies is popping showers along Andhra coast and W.D continues to affect Kashmir, Himachal ... http://ow.ly/i/3ATYD 

#Chennai - 3:30pm, warm with stiff breeze from East. 
No sign of rain yet !
#Chennai - 3:30pm, Good scattered showers seen over most of S Andhra, around 70 to 200km N,N-N-W from city.

RT @avarakai: Light showers. #Delhi @weatherofindia  (4:16am)
(Showers due to W.D )
Scattered Heavy rain expected over S,S-central,W Tamilnadu and central,S Kerala during next 2 days.

@Sona_Monii >> #Kolkata - "NO rain expected in near future ". Weather will be Dry and the max temp will go down by 2 deg C from Monday.

1 or 2 showers expected on Diwali day for #Chennai, S,central Tamilnadu, Kerala

#Chennai - 12:30am, Upper level winds are now East and picking up speed.
Now showers seen over N suburbs of city (near Ponneri)

Weak low level circulation over W-central Bay persisted till afternoon of 31-Oct.. this delayed the Easterlies push towards Tamilnadu coast.

Latest analysis show that easterlies is now over central Bay and expected to reach S Andhra, Tamilnadu coast in 18hrs http://ow.ly/i/3AzUS

#Chennai - 1:45am, Due to easterlies, showers are already pushing into city suburbs. Rain now over Redhills zone.
The showers due to easterlies along S Andhra coast, N,central Tamilnadu coast, #Chennai is expected from today till evening of Sunday !
Before evening today (1-Nov).. 2 or 3 sharp showers expected over S Andhra coast, #Chennai city, suburbs, N,central Tamilnadu coast.
Before today (1-Nov) evening, Heavy T showers expected over S,S-central, W-ghats Tamilnadu and over S,central Kerala.
Before Diwali evening, some T showers may break into S,S-central Karnataka as well.
T showers over S,central Kerala and S,W,central Tamilnadu is also expected till evening of Diwali day and Sunday as well.

Kashmir, Punjab gets scattered rain due to W.D

Present upper level W.D trough is expected to persist and drift East till evening of 1-Nov ... http://ow.ly/i/3Apxi

8pm, Cloudy skies with moderate rain continue over Kashmir, Himachal, Uttarakhand and even over #Delhi, S Haryana.. http://ow.ly/i/3ApW6
8pm, HEAVY T showers seen over central,N-central Kerala and moderate rain also seen over S Tamilnadu ... http://ow.ly/i/3ApW6

Due to W.D, rainfall stats till 8:30am today, Ludhiana, Tissa (Himachal), Pahalgam (Kashmir) 3cm
Already night temperature is going down over N India... today morning, Nazibabad (Uttar Pradesh) recorded 11.5ºC

Evening, the circulation over W-central Bay persisted and same as the case with S-E Arabian sea circulation as well.
Meanwhile, Kashmir is cloudy with moderate rain due to W.D ... http://ow.ly/i/3zMsX 

Present W-central Bay circulation may delay the Easterlies rush towards the Tamilnadu coast and S Andhra coast.
The easterlies will reach N,central Tamilnadu coast, #Chennai and S Andhra coast by evening of 31-Oct.
Upcoming easterlies is expected to give rain for more parts of Tamilnadu and especially along Tamilnadu coast till 3-Nov.

@NTSHAMZ2010 >> #Chennai can expect 1 or 2 moderate rain on 31-Oct, 1-Nov and on Diwali day.
#Bangalore - can expect showers on Diwali day, 3-Nov.

Except S Andhra, Tamilnadu, W-ghats Kerals,.. Rest of #India can expect DRY and mild days till Diwali.
Cloudy conditions and rain due to W.D is expected to last till evening of 1-Nov for Kashmir, N Punjab and for N Himachal.

#Chennai - 2pm, Heavy rain now over Pallavaram zone.

Heavy rain ahead for N,central coast and S,W Tamilnadu from today !

1pm, W.D is affecting Kashmir and N Himachal, cloudy with moderate showers seen over Kashmir ... http://ow.ly/i/3zqFh 

Today, an elongated low level circulation seen over W-central Bay and Easterlies is seen rushing into S-E Bay ... http://ow.ly/i/3zqIs 
Today there's a low level weak circulation over S-E Arabian sea .. expected to live short and this is good for N-E Monsoon along Tamilnadu.

N-E Bay along Myanmar is having a anti-cyclone ... which is also a driving force for N-E monsoon current ... http://ow.ly/i/3zqMh 

The easterlies is expected to reach N Tamilnadu coast, S Andhra coast, #Chennai at the earliest by noon/evening of 31-Oct.
N-E monsoon - Sharp and intermittent showers expected for #Chennai, S Andhra coast, N,central Tamilnadu coast from morning / noon of 31-Oct.
For #Chennai the showers can start from morning or towards evening of 31-Oct.
Almost 99% chance of 1 or 2 showers before midnight.

W.D will continue to affect Kashmir with some moderate rains till evening of 1-Nov.

Chennai - 12:30pm, sharp shower now over Polichalur zone

#Chennai - 1:45pm, mini showers seen over S,S-W suburbs. Cloudy and mild now.

Andhra and Odisha from 23-Oct to 27-Oct-2013

Andhra rains claim 53 lives, damage crops in 11 lakh hectares ... http://ow.ly/qhEjX 

Andhra FLOODS satellite image comparison.. Taken from http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov
Taken on 27-Oct-2013

Taken on 28-Oct-2013

Rainfall stats for Andhra from 24-Oct to 27-Oct, Taken from https://www.facebook.com/WeatherOfKolkata

Rainfall stats for Odisha from 23-Oct to 27-Oct.