Monday, January 13, 2014

Outlook for Mumbai from 14th January :

14th January, Sankrant, and we need good winds for kite flying. So, late morning/afternoon will see NW winds at 15 kmph, and turning to winds from the North and around 15 kmph, but getting calm late evening/night. Temperature around 28/29c and morning will be around 18/19c at Scruz and 20/21c at Colaba.
Similar weather for Wednesday, brisk breeze, days around 29c.
Thursday 16th evening will be windy with WNW winds, and moist winds bringing in dew and some clouding in the night.
Friday morning will be foggy in the outer areas, with low around 16/17c in the suburbs. Windy in the day, with a high at 28c.
Friday partly cloudy specially in the outer regions.

A WD, is expected to cross the Himalayan States on the 16th and 17th. This WD will have a southerly trough in the plains. The trough slanting towards the SE (from NW), with an induced low around Northern MP/Adjoining UP, will have a favourable upper SW winds in the Southern and SE segment.
Rainfall is likely in MP, adjoining North Mah, and adjoining Western Up on 17th jan. 
Delhi NCR will be cloudy on 16th and with precipitation in some areas on 17th. 

Northern regions of Pakistan get rain/snow from the system, but rest of Pakistan remains dry, as the induced ( upper) low forms over India, and contributes most of the rain in the East of the WD.
Karachi will be dry, and between 25 and 11c...Thursday will be very windy, with gusty NE winds blowing.
Kathmandu may finally see its January dry spell broken..Rainfall expected in Kathmandu from the system on the 18th and 19th.
Due to J-3 pushing Eastwards, Heavy Rains expected in Dubai on Saturday 18th.

Saturday, January 11, 2014

#Kolkata - 6:39pm, "Breezy weather now with temp around 20 C".
Morning temperature expected to drop to 13 C.

Amristar #COLD again today, records a low temperature of 0.4 C

7:30pm, Due to W.D, Cloudy with showers over Bihar, Jharkhand, N Bengal and into North of N-E states... http://ow.ly/i/4ghbQ
7:30pm, Easterlies activity seen over S Bay along 10th parallel ... http://ow.ly/i/4ghbQ 

Present W.D is now affecting East, N-E India... and expected to move away by Sunday evening ... http://ow.ly/i/4ghfJ 
Scattered moderate rain to continue for East,N-E India till Sunday evening !
Another moderate W.D is expected to affect N,N-W,N-central India from Monday... http://ow.ly/i/4ghhA 

Some scattered rain expected along S,S-E Tamilnadu on Monday, Tuesday due to upcoming easterlies... http://ow.ly/i/4ghjz 

Friday, January 10, 2014

An easterly wave is seen pushing into S-E Bay today... it's expected to reach E,N-E Srilanka on Sunday.

The upcoming easterlies may affect S,S-E Tamilnadu below 10N from Sunday night to Tuesday evening, showers expected http://ow.ly/i/4fQFY 
Some rain stats from S tip of W-Ghats during past 2 days due to "01B" ... Dohnavur 93.6 mm, Naraikadu estate 234 mm.

#Chennai - Today again had a mild day. Another 21 C morning expected tomorrow.
Present 11:34pm temp. is 23.1 C
#COLD Amristar again, today records 0.4 C.

Till 8:30am today, Fursatganj in East Uttarpradesh records 1 cm... due to W.D trough.

10pm, Heavy rain / snow over S,E Kashmir and most of Himachal .. due to W.D ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOSc 
Latest analysis show that mid level W.D circulation seen over central Pakistan and N-W #India ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOYD 
Mid W.D trough is persisting along N-W,W-central India ... trough seen upto 22N ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOYD

Due to this W.D trough, Moisture seen over E-central, E India... this trough and mid level circulation is expected move East in 24hrs.
The W.D is expected to affect east India, Bangladesh and into N-E India before Sunday noon.
Cloudy with moderate rain expected in these zone
10pm, Cloudy with light rain over E Uttarpradesh, E,N-E Madhyapradesh ... http://ow.ly/i/4fOSc

What are the health effects of EXPOSURE to COLD

Cooling of body parts may result in various cold injuries (A) nonfreezing injuries, (B) freezing injuries  and (C) HYPOTHERMIA  which is the most serious. Nonfreezing cold injuries include chilblain, immersion foot and trenchfoot. Frostnip and frostbite are freezing injuries.

Toes, fingers, ears and nose are at greatest risk because these areas do not have major muscles to produce heat. In addition, the body will preserve heat by favouring the internal organs and thus reducing the flow of blood to the extremities under cold conditions. Hands and feet tend to get cold more quickly than the torso because:
  • they lose heat more rapidly since they have a higher surface area-to-volume ratio, and
  • they are more likely to be in contact with colder surfaces than other parts of the body.
If the eyes are not protected with goggles in high wind chill conditions, the corneas of the eyes may freeze.


The most severe cold injury is hypothermia which occurs from excessive loss of body heat and the consequent lowering of the inner core temperature (internal temperature of the body). Hypothermia can be fatal.

Thursday, January 09, 2014

Polar Vortex Sweeps US

The so-called "polar vortex" of dense, frigid air that dropped temperatures in some parts of the country to record lows is now spreading to southern and eastern parts of the U.S., shattering more temperature records, forcing flights to be canceled and keeping many schools and businesses shuttered. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCYx8_VwQtQ















#COLD over North India continues ... today morning Amristar records a low temp of 1 C.
Present mid level W.D circulation is slowly moving into N,N-central India... less rain activity witnessed so far over N-W,N-central India.
Mid level W.D circulation and its trough will slowly drift East across India during next 48hrs.
At present the mid level trough is seen along N-W and N-central India... moisture due to this is drifting east into East India.
Due to W.D trough... showers expected along E Uttarpradesh, Bihar, E Madhyapradesh, Jharkhand and Bengal on 10-Jan http://ow.ly/i/4f6bN 
On 11-Jan, Showers are expected into Sikkim and central,North zones of N-E states.
8:30pm, at present it's cloudy with moderate rain over N-E Madhyapradesh, E Uttarpradesh and N,N-W Bihar... http://ow.ly/i/4f6o8 

01B and it's rainfall for S Tamilnadu - Papanasam records 18cm

01B has almost vanished along S tip of Tamilnadu ... moisture persists ... http://ow.ly/i/4f1F9 
5:30pm, most of S,S-central,W Tamilnadu is cloudy even now ... http://ow.ly/i/4f2Rg 

Scattered HEAVY rain over Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Ramnad and Kanyakumari district on 7,8-Jan-2014.
Nagercoil - "got strong drizzles even today morning, due to 01B".

Rainfall (cm) till 8:30am of 8-Jan::
Rameswaram (Ramanathapuram Dist) 5, Manimutharu (Tirunelveli Dist) 4, Kanyakumari, Tondi (Ramanathapuram Dist), Vedaranyam (Nagapattinam Dist) 3 each, Pamban (Ramanathapuram Dist), Nagercoil (Kanyakumari Dist), Nanguneri (Tirunelveli Dist), Sivaganga, Ottapadiram (Toothukudi Dist), R.S.Mangalam (Ramanathapuram Dist), Papanasam (Tirunelveli Dist), Radhapuram (Tirunelveli Dist), Tirupuvanam (Sivaganga Dist), Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli Dist), Srivaikuntam (Toothukudi Dist), Palayamkottai (Tirunelveli Dist), Cheranmahadevi (Tirunelveli Dist), Tiruvadanai (Ramanathapuram Dist) 2 each

Rainfall (cm) till 8:30am of 9-Jan::
Papanasam (Tirunelveli Dt) 18, Manimutharu (Tirunelveli Dt) 12, Mylaudy (Kanyakumari Dt) 8, Radhapuram (Tirunelveli Dt) 6, Ambasamudram (Tirunelveli Dt), Kanyakumari (Kanyakumari Dt), Nagercoil (Kanyakumari Dt), Colachel (Kanyakumari Dt) 5 each, Cheranmahadevi (Tirunelveli Dt), Satankulam (Toothukudi Dt), Bhoothapandy (Kanyakumari Dt) 4 each, Ramanathapuram (Ramanathapuram Dt), Thuckalay (Kanyakumari Dt), Srivaikuntam (Toothukudi Dt), Eraniel (Kanyakumari Dt), Rameswaram (Ramanathapuram Dt) 3 each, Tiruchendur (Toothukudi Dt), Kuzhithurai (Kanyakumari Dt), Kalugumalai (Toothukudi Dt) 2 each

S,S-E Tamilnadu to get more rain and cloudy days on 12,13,14-Jan... as another easterlies is expected to affect zones below 10th parallel.

Today Dense fog engulf Badlapur so visibility got drops to 50 mtr.