Weather Forecast India 21 October 2012 Climate Report

♦   TEMPERATURES:   Maximum   temperatures   were   below   normal   by   2­6°C   over   many   parts   of   south Peninsula;   2­4°C over many parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana & West Rajasthan. They were above normal by 1­2°C over many parts of central, east   and northeast India and   by 2­4°C over isolated

pockets of Maharashtra. The highest maximum  temperature of 38.3°C was recorded at Surendranagar (Gujarat) in plains of the country.

♦   RAINFALL : Rainfall occurred at most places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Kerala and Lakshadweep; at many places over south interior Karnataka; at a few places Rayalaseema and at one or two places over Odisha, Haryana,  Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and west Rajasthan. Weather remained mainly dry over rest parts of the country. The chief amounts of rainfall (1 cm and above) recorded at 1730 hours IST of yesterday were: Cuddalore­13,  Tirupathi­5, Karaikal and Kochi­3 each,  Agathi,  Nagapattinam,  Bapatla,  Kupwara,  Kavarathi   and  Gannavaram­2  each  and   Arogyavaram, Kozhikode, Puducherry, Chennai, Tondi, Ongole, Mangalore, Minicoy, Kodaikanal, Nancowry and Coonoor­1 each.

♦   CLOUDS: Kalpana­1: Cloud imagery at 0530 hours IST shows convective clouds over parts of Jammu & Kashmir, south Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, southwest & southeast Bay of Bengal, south Andaman sea and southeast Arabian sea. Low/medium clouds are seen over parts of   rest western Himalayan  region, west

Rajasthan and rest south peninsular India.

♦  Northeast   monsoon   was   vigorous   over   Tamilnadu,   south   Andhra   Pradesh   and Kerala during past 24 hours  ending at 0830 hours IST of 20th October.

♦   The   trough   of   low   extends   from   Lakshadweep   area   to   eastcentral   Arabian   Sea   off Maharashtra coast. Under its influence a low pressure area may develop over southeast Arabian Sea during next 24 hours.

♦  The western disturbance as an upper air system over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir   persists  with  an  induced  upper  air  cyclonic  circulation  in  lower  levels   over  west Rajasthan and neighbourhood.