lol – yeah.. It was nice while it lasted and I spent all 20 min getting soaked. but chennai is back to regular programming now – 30C with a feels like temp of 35C at 11PM 😛
The last 2 rain sessions at Besant Nagar..ie. yesterday and the day before..were extremely localised..clouds forming directly overhead and leaking their moisture immediately..yet to see the classical SWM TS
i have a strong feeling, chennai will not cross 700 mm for the year
kea, few days back you said we could get a good NEM. what has prompted you to change your stance
too early to say
I liked this part – Bangalore, which has less than half of Mumbai’s population, is the largest urban region in the country (excluding Delhi-National Capital Region). The core city is spread across 771 sq km and the region 8,005 sq.km. ,.. However, Chennai must get larger. I liked the second option, the model of Randstad, develop each of Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Chennai urban regions separately but they will all fall under one huge metropolitan zone. kind of like the NCR. this could take chennai’s size to more than 10,000 sq kms
Long Range Forecast Update for 2012 Southwest Monsoon Rainfall (issued on 22-06-2012) :
♦ Rainfall over the country as a whole for the 2012 southwest monsoon season (June to September) is most likely to be normal (96-104% of LPA).
♦ Quantitatively, monsoon season rainfall for the country as a whole is likely to be 96% of the long period average (LPA) with a model error of ±4%.
♦ Rainfall over the country as a whole for the month of July 2012 is likely to be 98% of its LPA and that for the month of August is likely to be 96% of LPA both with a model error of ± 9 %.
♦ Over the four broad geographical regions of the country, rainfall for the 2012 Southwest Monsoon Season is likely to be
93% of its LPA over North-West India,
96% of its LPA over Central India,
95% of its LPA over South Peninsula, and
99% of its LPA over North-East India
all with a model error of ± 8 %.
Has IMD lost their mind, monsoon already in a deficit of almost 40% in June and they’re predicting a normal monsoon????
Chennai has received 4 straight good to average NEM”s. Its about time the trend is broken. I think either this year or next year NEM will fail miserably.
it was 85% as per Kea’s station when I posted that 😛
Its interesting how the lesser of Nungambakkam and AP is used – Kea’s weather station pegs us at almost 37 already. If you find it pleasant – good for you 🙂
some of the archives-posted by ashwinds in JAN (WINTER) 🙂 😀
Yeah if anything its hotter today than yesterday.
We have inched our way to 31 now. Bah.. 😦
Need a break from this relentless heat… off to Delhi for a few days. Already dreading coming back – hope the temps dip a little by Monday.
Damn, now Chennai is the only metro which never has a real winter
As I left Delhi, people complained of a warm afternoon when it touched 22 which was also the “cold winter” night temperature people were complaining of when I landed back in Chennai at 8 PM. What contrasts this country has!
Nunga has never received less than 29 mm in June in the last 12 years. Its very much possible that the annual rainfall will be less than that at the end of the month with a zero in June.
Weather forecast until October 20th for Chennai:
The sky will remain generally cloudy. Heavy cloud formation can be expected sometimes in the late evenings. But no rains please. No sea breeze. No significant drop in the max and min temp which will continue to be around 39 and 33 degrees!
The weather bulletin will be updated once again during October once again based on El Nino or La NIna’s hyper active intrusion.
This wait for rains is more agonizing than the one we had for Sachin’s 100th Hundred. 😦 He disappointed us by reaching this glorious milestone with an insignificant 100. Hope the rains atleast don’t disappoint us with just 2mm to break this 170 days old record. We need real BIG rains!!
Waiting for rains in chennai is more like waiting for a century from Yuvraj Singh in a test match – you know he has the ability for very big tons but very rarely does actually score
Yesterday’s conditions seemed perfect to reach 40C again but we were denied – today conditions seem even better. Will we be denied 40C again? Our poor neighbors – Blore is struggling at 23C and Hyd is at 27C while Chennai strides to 34 at 9.30 AM itself.
The Veneer of Chennai weather has been scrapped and the “39c / 80%RH with a 30C midnight temp” median weather Core has been exposed.We get respite from this median weather thru mild interventionsfrom SWM and NEM..and this SWM failure has made End June like Mid May
The dry phase of MJO is spoiling the HRF figures. It is surprise that after 24 days into June, only one station from Peninsular India managed to cross 1000 mm. Just compare with 2011 figures for similar period. SWM 2011 comparitive figures. Meanwhile, the North Eastern HRF stations continue to impress. They failed miserably in 2011, but 2012 till June is definitely theirs. The MJO wet phase begins at end of first week of July, hopefully the peninsular HRF stations rock to their potential.
All figures compiled with limited data and IMD resources. Other places such as Mawsynaram, Long Island, Castle Rock and Hulikal would have also have made it to the list. Next cutoff list is 1000 mm (to be published on 1st July 2012).
Light cloud cover mitigating the early morning blast of heat. But it should clear up in a couple of hours and we should be back up at our regular 38-39 soon.
I saw the whole match and this is what the commentator told it is very warm for the players at around 24 degree c and reaction from our Chennai people will be laughing . The match should have been played here .
Sel..nee ennathan Vijay fan’a irundhalum idhellam over 😀
Cherrapunji’s monstrous Rainfall in last two days. Records 772 mm rainfall in 24 hrs
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I have been waiting to see what Cherrapunji has produced in the last two days for the past 4 years. Atlast it came today morning at 8.30 am.Its not Cherrapunji which is getting battered in Meghalaya
Jowai has got 200 and 224 mm rainfall in last 2 days.
Nongostin has got 266 and 172 mm rainfall in last 2 days
Cherrapunji rainfall stats are as follows –
1.Past 24 hrs rainfall – 772 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
2. Past 48 hrs rainfall – 1233 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
25-06-2012 – 461 mm
3. Past 72 hrs rainfall – 1370 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
25-06-2012 – 461 mm
24-06-2012 – 137 mm
4. Past 96 hrs rainfall – 1521 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
25-06-2012 – 461 mm
24-06-2012 – 137 mm
23-06-2012 – 151 mm
5. June Rainfall till 26-06-2012 – 3207 mm
6. Yearly Rainfall till 26-06-2012 – 5406 mm
Considering all over India the top 24 hrs recorded in 2012 are as follows
1.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 26.06.12 – 772 mm
2.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 25.06.12 – 461 mm
3.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 09.06.12 – 396 mm
4.Malvan, Maharashtra – 19.06.12 – 386 mm
5.Khowai, Tripura – 16.06.12 – 369 mm
6.Dapoli, Maharahtra – 18.06.12 – 337 mm
7.Dhubri, Assam – 16.06.12 – 315 mm
8.Falakata, West Bengal – 17.06.12 – 312 mm
unbelievable yes. But there are many unbelievable records.
1 minute – 3.8 cm (Barot, Guadeloups)
15 minute – 19.8 cm (PlumbPoint, Jamaica)
1 hour – 40.1 cm (Shangdi, China)
6 hours – 84.0 cm (Muduocaidang, China)
24 hours – 182.5 cm (FoeFoe, LaReunion)
How could any rainguage measure these kind of events especially the 1 hour 400 mm record. Just impossible.
1 hour – 40.1 cm (Shangdi, China)
Thats scary. It can unleash massive destruction. Cloud burst is often underestimated. It can be as deadly as a tsunami or earth quake.
our vry own chennai recorded 21cm in 3-4 hrs on 28th oct 2005 🙂
1 hour 40 cms is very, very rare. A lot of cities on east and west coast have seen avg of 5 to 7cms per hour. Mumabi in 2005 june 26 witnessed around 94 cms in 10 hours.
I remember on peculiar rain way back in april 1995. Minumbakkam got 22 cms in 6 hours …nungambakkam got 4 cms……..electric train was stopped at mount….
it is not the bay wing.. it is a low pressure trough hanging over the NE, sucking in all the moisture and preventing the rest of india from getting any rains., the trough is expected to last for another 48 – 72 hours.. until then, the odd TS for southern peninsula is all that can be expected.
bihar, UP and parts of west bengal and jharkand still under a major heat wave.. temp’s 8 degrees above normal in patna, 7 degrees above normal in varanasi, it has been this way for the last 48 hours..
I was sleeping in my terrace wit my frnz…. Bfore gng to sleep,i checkd the radar twice n sumthng was forming near maha-kalpakkam.. And nothing lukd threatning for my sleep at tat time…. Around 2.15 ,i guess…i dnt knw wen n wer our TS formed ..it was like a dooms day, I am 1 among the co ,who witnessed it….winds really lukd like a twister and the rain was a real monster……i came dwn n again fast asleep so dnt knw how long it continued….
Enjoyed riding motor bike in Rain today. Came home to Madambakkam from Guindy Via Chrompet. My Watch showed 34 degree in Guindy… When I reached Madamkkam it was showing just 23 degree…
most models show bangalore’s maximum and minimum temp’s plumetting from tomorrow onwards, not sure why as precipitation expected is just about 2 – 4 mm a day.. probably just overcasr skies and high wind speeds..
Tropical storm doksuri active in the west pacific, expected to cross philipines and strengthen in south china sea. Expectations are high of doksuri crossing vietnam, thailand etc and dumping moisture in the bay by the 03rd or 04th of july. However, if it takes a northerly route, it will suck away the monsoon moisture and we would need to wait until mid july for the monsoon to strengthen again.
KeaWeather Archives 
hope the wait will be over today if not this weekend. pleasant start to the day
I thought rains have started in Mumbai
24 hr season deficit
Mumbai (SCZ) 7.6 146.2 -122.1
Mumbai (CLB) TR 70.1 -222.2
Will we get back close to 40 again today? We are already at 37 at 1.45PM and yesterday it peaked around 4 PM.
Chennai’s glorious hot days are back again! If there is one place that is incorrigible in terms of climate is our very own city!
u both need to head to Delhi, its been 42-43 for the past 1 month. Add to that the water woes and the less than 800 mm annual rainfall.
Huge cloud mass developing in bay near Chennai and moving west..hope they are not dead high clouds!
Kea – thats not a fair comparison 😛 Delhi has REAL seasons. They only need to endure it for a while.
Kea, their summer is shorter than ours
2 days of power,water outage in bengloor
heavy cloud formation over wnw
looking good for a shower
T-storms approaching north chennai.might be nunga’s day
as expected its raining ere in mount
Pouring in Porur….
nothing in nunga as usual
its raining in teynampet
closer than yesterday. Good improvement.
mod shower now
w getting dark again
there was a mod shower here in mahalingapuram 10 mins ago
RT @karthikdot: It’s raining in #Chennai. Chaos on OMR! (6:37pm)
RT @dsanjeevkumar: Crazy Rain. Heavy Winds. Traffic Jams all over the place. @ Chennai. (6:38pm)
its calm and dry in nunga
dry even in medavakkam. can see only a few broken clouds
reports of rain in avadi
rains skip nunga for 2nd day in a row
drizzling now
nunga opens its account for 2012 swm
but unlikely will stop the 160+ dry phase.
Rain. Yes – not a drizzle but actual RAIN for about 20 minutes at Adyar. I am shocked. I am going to search for my “muppler”.
steady Rains for 15mins – between 6.45 pm and 7pm- in besant Nagar..and this time it was not drizzles..classic rainshowers!
@ ashwinds..I seem to have echoed you
lol – yeah.. It was nice while it lasted and I spent all 20 min getting soaked. but chennai is back to regular programming now – 30C with a feels like temp of 35C at 11PM 😛
Hot Day ahead today… Already 31.2 at 8.10 am..
Chance of a TS also today in eveng…
More Heat will bring the rain heavy today…
We have wait & watch..
If only more heat meant rain – if it were, we’d be giving chirapunjee a hiding
Glorious sunny day ahead
40C here we come!
We were close yesterday with 39
Yeah – I know – I was predicting we’d get somewhere thereabouts yesterday.
Mumbai monsoon update
Santa Cruz – 0 mm (last 24 hrs) – 146 mm since 1/6 (deficit of 146 mm)
Colaba – 0 mm (last 24 hours) – 70 mm since 1/6 (deficit of 248 mm)
clouds building up over w.getting pretty dark
today is surely our day i guess! radar showing good signs today than yesterday. 🙂
rain approaching nunga
only drizzles at the moment. By the way what will that tiny dot give?
one near arrakonam mite develop
Light rain in choolaimedu
no activity in blog today.
Rain heading towards Mount
massive clouds over w
pouring ere in mount
raining for the 4th day in a row.heavy now
stopped now 6-8mm
Started with a shower which lasted about 3 min at Adyar. Reduced to a drizzle now.
5 min of heavy drizzle in medavakkam just made it sultry here.add to it no breeze
raining again
nunga might just be lagging behind now but they shd get a big thunderstorm on a single night
Light rain here..
useless weather today.
seems to be useful today. Its, 3.27 pm now and Chennai touches 38.3 degrees…mission accomplished for the day
no no – we missed the 39-40 mark. This cold weather is not good for formation of TS 🙂
Awesome!
Just came back from Bangalore and Cochin excellent weather with monsoon clouds hanging around.
The last 2 rain sessions at Besant Nagar..ie. yesterday and the day before..were extremely localised..clouds forming directly overhead and leaking their moisture immediately..yet to see the classical SWM TS
38C + “maintenance” load-shedding = HELL
Luckily its winter now – if this had happened 2-3 weeks back…..!
Put on ur muppler and sleep well inside a closed room with heater on..
Clouds clearing up over entire peninsula…bay is almost empty..no westerlies and also sea breeze..no chance of rain..
Someone left the heater outside. And it heated up the entire city.
Believe it or not this monsoon has been a complete failure until now.
Cherrapungi – 1687 mm- since June 1st. 1,300 mm of that was pre monsoon shower. Before monsoon set in it was +500 mm, now the deficit is -325 mm.
Not good for the already struggling economy. Bad monsoon = disaster
chennai set to become a humongous urban zone covering 8,800 sq km
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3555740.ece?homepage=true
Now Kea will reply, “Very useful info to our blog..how is it going to benefit Chennia weather and especially Nunga?” 😛
of course it affects our blog. Bigger city means more bloggers and more facebook likes
weak monsoon expected to continue for atleast another 10days
After 10 days, there will be no monsoon
poor swm=gud nem(thunderjove’s theory :D)
i have a strong feeling, chennai will not cross 700 mm for the year
kea, few days back you said we could get a good NEM. what has prompted you to change your stance
too early to say
I liked this part – Bangalore, which has less than half of Mumbai’s population, is the largest urban region in the country (excluding Delhi-National Capital Region). The core city is spread across 771 sq km and the region 8,005 sq.km. ,.. However, Chennai must get larger. I liked the second option, the model of Randstad, develop each of Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Chennai urban regions separately but they will all fall under one huge metropolitan zone. kind of like the NCR. this could take chennai’s size to more than 10,000 sq kms
Really sultry outside. But no chance of rain as usual. Even the heat is ok, but high humidity is the worst part.
what the hell is this?????
Long Range Forecast Update for 2012 Southwest Monsoon Rainfall (issued on 22-06-2012) :
♦ Rainfall over the country as a whole for the 2012 southwest monsoon season (June to September) is most likely to be normal (96-104% of LPA).
♦ Quantitatively, monsoon season rainfall for the country as a whole is likely to be 96% of the long period average (LPA) with a model error of ±4%.
♦ Rainfall over the country as a whole for the month of July 2012 is likely to be 98% of its LPA and that for the month of August is likely to be 96% of LPA both with a model error of ± 9 %.
♦ Over the four broad geographical regions of the country, rainfall for the 2012 Southwest Monsoon Season is likely to be
93% of its LPA over North-West India,
96% of its LPA over Central India,
95% of its LPA over South Peninsula, and
99% of its LPA over North-East India
all with a model error of ± 8 %.
Has IMD lost their mind, monsoon already in a deficit of almost 40% in June and they’re predicting a normal monsoon????
They can go only step by step. They can’t jump from above average to below average in one shot.
A serious challenge will be mounted to get back to 40 today. Awful weather to wake up to with no clouds and the sun in full blast.
I like it. Atleast my solar powered weather station will be fully charged before our monsoon
Kea – if your solar powered weather station has not been charging fully before today, its battery is broken 🙂
Enjoy d summer babe….whatever d weather outside i ll stay comfortable inside….put voltas ac in ur living room babe 😀
Outside Hot..Shiva! Shiva! Inside Cold..Shiver! Shiver!
@allymed01
Chennai has received 4 straight good to average NEM”s. Its about time the trend is broken. I think either this year or next year NEM will fail miserably.
i guess we would have to wait and watch. hope we have a good NEM
“i have a strong feeling, chennai will not cross 700 mm for the year”
ashwinds vandhadhuku apuram, idha blog’la ellarum over’a “feel” panna aarambichutanga 😀
Crystal clear blue sky..ashwinds, u may shiver outside..get inside ur room!
LOL. Forget SWM – Bangalore will get some good rain over this weekend from all the sweat thats vaporizing in Chennai
“Really sultry outside. But no chance of rain as usual. Even the heat is ok, but high humidity is the worst part”
its only 35c currently at chennai ap and humidity also vry low
http://foreca.com/India/State_of_Tamil_Nadu/Chennai
can nunga do a first zero June in many many years
As Obama says – Yes You Can!
it was 85% as per Kea’s station when I posted that 😛
Its interesting how the lesser of Nungambakkam and AP is used – Kea’s weather station pegs us at almost 37 already. If you find it pleasant – good for you 🙂
highest humidity recorded today was 64% at 8.how can it be 85%?? something wrong with kea stations reading
where do u get the 64 from?
imd.sry i think it is avg humidity
Dont know if they use Kea’s station but Wunderground also concurs with Kea station readings:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/VOMM/2012/6/23/DailyHistory.html
Closing in on the elusive 40C which we have not seen since June 15th.
3C to go, another 3 hrs left before temp starts falling. Come on Chennai – crank up the heat.
some of the archives-posted by ashwinds in JAN (WINTER) 🙂 😀
Yeah if anything its hotter today than yesterday.
We have inched our way to 31 now. Bah.. 😦
Need a break from this relentless heat… off to Delhi for a few days. Already dreading coming back – hope the temps dip a little by Monday.
Damn, now Chennai is the only metro which never has a real winter
As I left Delhi, people complained of a warm afternoon when it touched 22 which was also the “cold winter” night temperature people were complaining of when I landed back in Chennai at 8 PM. What contrasts this country has!
only if the rain gauge is collecting sweat
Thanks for looking it all up 🙂
JAN (WINTER) – ROFL. Yeah. Right.
Jon,
at 8:30 am, IMD reported Humidity of 58 % for nunga. Kea reported 52 %. Where did the 80 come from?
Nunga has never received less than 29 mm in June in the last 12 years. Its very much possible that the annual rainfall will be less than that at the end of the month with a zero in June.
no some rain possible later tis month.a couple of ts wil be gud enough
i mean last week
we have been waiting for this all month long.
mumbai last 24hrs rainfall- TR
vry poor start for mumbai and looks like tis trend wil continue for another week or so..
cherrapungi inching towards the 200 cm mark for the month. Adds 15 cm past 24 hours
When was the SWM active to get into dormant stage?
Weather forecast until October 20th for Chennai:
The sky will remain generally cloudy. Heavy cloud formation can be expected sometimes in the late evenings. But no rains please. No sea breeze. No significant drop in the max and min temp which will continue to be around 39 and 33 degrees!
The weather bulletin will be updated once again during October once again based on El Nino or La NIna’s hyper active intrusion.
LOL… I bet your forecast is going to be close to accurate
This wait for rains is more agonizing than the one we had for Sachin’s 100th Hundred. 😦 He disappointed us by reaching this glorious milestone with an insignificant 100. Hope the rains atleast don’t disappoint us with just 2mm to break this 170 days old record. We need real BIG rains!!
Waiting for rains in chennai is more like waiting for a century from Yuvraj Singh in a test match – you know he has the ability for very big tons but very rarely does actually score
Yesterday’s conditions seemed perfect to reach 40C again but we were denied – today conditions seem even better. Will we be denied 40C again? Our poor neighbors – Blore is struggling at 23C and Hyd is at 27C while Chennai strides to 34 at 9.30 AM itself.
Damn. Denied again. We’ll be back again tomorrow with a gloriously sunny Monday.
The Veneer of Chennai weather has been scrapped and the “39c / 80%RH with a 30C midnight temp” median weather Core has been exposed.We get respite from this median weather thru mild interventionsfrom SWM and NEM..and this SWM failure has made End June like Mid May
Aside from the occasional, statistically significant downpours, this is pretty much the norm for Chennai.
Dry Lonavala Lake and Western Ghats 😦 – Indian Weatherman
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ECV6lUC1hdg/T-XFRJg7t2I/AAAAAAAAAQ0/vBtLaBIOZHo/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDAwMjYtMjAxMjA2MjMtMTg1NS5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-703036
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-78CMrJxkPQA/T-WR5bO0o2I/AAAAAAAAAQk/-jFI7h806Qk/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDAwMjUtMjAxMjA2MjMtMTUxMC5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-756993
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mDwsTGJ6eP8/T-WHKBAaXiI/AAAAAAAAAQU/SGXmFESi_zM/s1600/%253D%253Futf-8%253FB%253FSU1HMDAwMjEtMjAxMjA2MjMtMTQzMy5qcGc%253D%253F%253D-707840
“When was the SWM active to get into dormant stage?” – guru
Nice one..appdi nalla narukkunu naalu vaartha kelunga Kea’ya!
SWM Toppers from 1.6.12 to 24.6.12
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The dry phase of MJO is spoiling the HRF figures. It is surprise that after 24 days into June, only one station from Peninsular India managed to cross 1000 mm. Just compare with 2011 figures for similar period. SWM 2011 comparitive figures. Meanwhile, the North Eastern HRF stations continue to impress. They failed miserably in 2011, but 2012 till June is definitely theirs. The MJO wet phase begins at end of first week of July, hopefully the peninsular HRF stations rock to their potential.
Rainfall in mm (Minimum of 700 mm)
Cherrapunji (Meghalaya) – 1975
Kumargram (West Bengal) – 1135
Falakata (West Bengal) – 1110
Malvan (Maharashtra) – 1080
Chepan (West Bengal) – 1000
Agumbe (Karnataka) – 990
Shirali (Karnataka) – 965
Coochbehar (West Bengal) – 930
Gokarna (Karnataka) – 920
Kollur (Karnataka) – 920
Udupi (Karnataka) – 900
Patgaon (Maharashtra) – 890
Pernem (Goa) – 885
Barobhisha (West Bengal) – 870
Panjim (Goa) – 865
Gaganbawda (Maharashtra) – 820
Karkala (Karnataka) – 810
Mayabunder (Andaman & Nicobar Islands) – 805
Dhubri (Assam) – 800
Hasimara (West Bengal) -795
Dabolim (Goa) – 795
Gazoldoba (West Bengal) – 790
Vadakara (Kerala) – 785
Vengurla (Maharashtra) – 785
Mapusa (Goa) – 775
Mormugao (Goa) – 770
Honavar (Karnataka) – 760
Buxaduar (West Bengal) – 750
Karwar (Karnataka) – 735
Gangtok (Sikkim) – 730
Passighat (Arunachal Pradesh) – 725
Dodamarg (Maharashtra) – 720
Panambur (Karnataka) – 710
Dapoli (Maharashtra) – 710
Quepem (Goa) – 700
Devgad (Maharashtra) – 700
Silchar (Assam) – 700
Nagarkata (West Bengal) – 700
Chinnakallar (Tamil Nadu) – 700
Siddapura (Karnataka) – 700
Diana (West Bengal) – 700
Enamakkal (Kerala) – 700
All figures compiled with limited data and IMD resources. Other places such as Mawsynaram, Long Island, Castle Rock and Hulikal would have also have made it to the list. Next cutoff list is 1000 mm (to be published on 1st July 2012).
For more stats visit – http://tamilnaduweatherman.blogspot.com
Tamil Nadu SWM Toppers from 1.6.12 to 24.6.12
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Chinna Kallar (Coimbatore) – 700 mm
Sholayar (Coimbatore) – 510
Valparai (Coimbatore) – 470
Devala (Nilgris) – 450
Upper Bhavani (Nilgris) – 380
Light cloud cover mitigating the early morning blast of heat. But it should clear up in a couple of hours and we should be back up at our regular 38-39 soon.
no positive news for the SWM. It is expected to be in the slow side even in the beginnng of July
yup..bad news
dashman keeps giving 1 star to all the comments. Guess thats his job until the rain returns.
Cherrapungi records wettest day of the year and wettest 48 hours of the year.
461 mm and 600 mm respectively
Top 24 hours rainfall in 2012
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Wow Cherrapunji records another massive rainfall
1.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 25.06.12 – 461 mm
2.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 09.06.12 – 396 mm
3.Malvan, Maharashtra – 19.06.12 – 386 mm
4.Khowai, Tripura – 16.06.12 – 369 mm
5.Dapoli, Maharahtra – 18.06.12 – 337 mm
6.Dhubri, Assam – 16.06.12 – 315 mm
7.Falakata, West Bengal – 17.06.12 – 312 mm
any chance of ts today?? seems to be hazy with high clouds
another one of those useless SWM days
weather looks diff today.hope we get a ts
Useless only as far as rain is concerned. Its way better weather than anything we’ve had in the last few days 😛
http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_bangalore-receives-trace-rainfall_1706387
Bangalore receives trace rainfall 😀
wow, finaly something for Bengluru.
pouring rain in ne bangalore
wat?? 😦
of course few more drizzles will be recorded
spot on 😀
Excellent comment of all time..by Kea..5 stars for him!
Dear Kea…..sounds like your are reporting from favorite cherrapunji 🙂
If you are your statement is spot on sir :))
during last night’s euro match a commentator said, “its warm here at temp of 20 c. what would be namma Chennai’s reaction?
That would be similar to sub zero temperature for us. Because our minimum rules the roost at 32 and 33 degrees,
I saw the whole match and this is what the commentator told it is very warm for the players at around 24 degree c and reaction from our Chennai people will be laughing . The match should have been played here .
Billa Song remix..dedicated to Kea…
Guys..u r invited to post ur situation songs..Kea will judge the best one.. 🙂
Ithayam Chennai Ithayam
Innum Ethanai Veyilaithan Thaangidumo
Ithayam Chennai Ithayam
Innum Ethanai 40+i Thaangidumo
Veppa Thoondilil Maatikkondu
Uyir Thathalithu Thudikkirathey
Kaayam Yaavaiyum Thaetrikkondu
Mazhayai Marupadiyum Ninakirathae
Ullukulae Thudikum Siru Ithayam
Ethanayo Thaneerai Ithu Vizhungum
Vendum Mazhai Endru Kaetkaiyilae
Vaendaam Vaendaam Endru Varathe..
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Cherrapunji’s monstrous Rainfall in last two days. Records 772 mm rainfall in 24 hrs
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I have been waiting to see what Cherrapunji has produced in the last two days for the past 4 years. Atlast it came today morning at 8.30 am.Its not Cherrapunji which is getting battered in Meghalaya
Jowai has got 200 and 224 mm rainfall in last 2 days.
Nongostin has got 266 and 172 mm rainfall in last 2 days
Cherrapunji rainfall stats are as follows –
1.Past 24 hrs rainfall – 772 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
2. Past 48 hrs rainfall – 1233 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
25-06-2012 – 461 mm
3. Past 72 hrs rainfall – 1370 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
25-06-2012 – 461 mm
24-06-2012 – 137 mm
4. Past 96 hrs rainfall – 1521 mm
26-06-2012 – 772 mm
25-06-2012 – 461 mm
24-06-2012 – 137 mm
23-06-2012 – 151 mm
5. June Rainfall till 26-06-2012 – 3207 mm
6. Yearly Rainfall till 26-06-2012 – 5406 mm
Considering all over India the top 24 hrs recorded in 2012 are as follows
1.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 26.06.12 – 772 mm
2.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 25.06.12 – 461 mm
3.Cherrapunji, Meghlaya – 09.06.12 – 396 mm
4.Malvan, Maharashtra – 19.06.12 – 386 mm
5.Khowai, Tripura – 16.06.12 – 369 mm
6.Dapoli, Maharahtra – 18.06.12 – 337 mm
7.Dhubri, Assam – 16.06.12 – 315 mm
8.Falakata, West Bengal – 17.06.12 – 312 mm
772?? unbelievable 🙂
unbelievable yes. But there are many unbelievable records.
1 minute – 3.8 cm (Barot, Guadeloups)
15 minute – 19.8 cm (PlumbPoint, Jamaica)
1 hour – 40.1 cm (Shangdi, China)
6 hours – 84.0 cm (Muduocaidang, China)
24 hours – 182.5 cm (FoeFoe, LaReunion)
How could any rainguage measure these kind of events especially the 1 hour 400 mm record. Just impossible.
1 hour – 40.1 cm (Shangdi, China)
Thats scary. It can unleash massive destruction. Cloud burst is often underestimated. It can be as deadly as a tsunami or earth quake.
our vry own chennai recorded 21cm in 3-4 hrs on 28th oct 2005 🙂
1 hour 40 cms is very, very rare. A lot of cities on east and west coast have seen avg of 5 to 7cms per hour. Mumabi in 2005 june 26 witnessed around 94 cms in 10 hours.
I remember on peculiar rain way back in april 1995. Minumbakkam got 22 cms in 6 hours …nungambakkam got 4 cms……..electric train was stopped at mount….
bay wing of monsoon seems to be vry active
You are right. From start of june bay part of SWM has been very active.
hope w coast comes to the party soon
it is not the bay wing.. it is a low pressure trough hanging over the NE, sucking in all the moisture and preventing the rest of india from getting any rains., the trough is expected to last for another 48 – 72 hours.. until then, the odd TS for southern peninsula is all that can be expected.
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/agri-biz/article3569666.ece?homepage=true
SWM very active since this morning over North kerela , coastal karnataka and goa.
Check out:
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/INXX0012:1?interactiveMapLayer=sat&baseMap=r&zoom=6
Monsoon Trough across North pakistan and kashmir has relented and as expected SWM is strengthening.
Hearing news of major distress among farming community in konkan regions.
Hope rain gods shower their blessing at the earliest.
June – mid july was my only hope this season, the pacific is expected to get warmer from july and el nino conditions are a high possibility.
bihar, UP and parts of west bengal and jharkand still under a major heat wave.. temp’s 8 degrees above normal in patna, 7 degrees above normal in varanasi, it has been this way for the last 48 hours..
light rainfall near kothanur in bangalore…
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/69-of-India-gets-deficient-rains-monsoon-to-miss-Delhi-date/articleshow/14414464.cms
Southern Arabian sea is hotting up near the equator. about 1.5 degrees warmer than the bay.. could see some action coming from there soon
monstrous ts over kalpakkam and some developing towards w of Chennai
cloudburst near tirupathi looking east, non stop lightning and thunder, i guess its near gudur..
Nunga got only drizzles…but moderate rain in areas of central, egmore, chetpet & PH road…….
Strange, no activity in the blog. Nunga atleast got 42 km/hr wind and 24.2 min temp
And believe it or not, the record breaking dry phase is close to touching 180 days
Anna Nagar Got moderate rains too. May be 4 to 5 mm.
Avadi – 21 mm
Madhavaram – 13
Ennore – 7
It was two massive storm north and south of Chennai. As usual Nunga missed. Record breaking dry phase continues.
I was sleeping in my terrace wit my frnz…. Bfore gng to sleep,i checkd the radar twice n sumthng was forming near maha-kalpakkam.. And nothing lukd threatning for my sleep at tat time…. Around 2.15 ,i guess…i dnt knw wen n wer our TS formed ..it was like a dooms day, I am 1 among the co ,who witnessed it….winds really lukd like a twister and the rain was a real monster……i came dwn n again fast asleep so dnt knw how long it continued….
Did the monsterour rain give atleast 10 cm?
real monster interms of intensity and not amount of rain…
Kerala coastline , karnataka coastline and goa covered by dense clouds. New spell starting
http://www.weather.com/weather/map/interactive/INXX0012:1?interactiveMapLayer=sat&baseMap=r&zoom=6
july luks gud initially…
Horrific bus accident over Anna flyover at 2pm today 😦
30 hurt as bus falls off Anna Flyover
Broadway to Vadapalani M17….
the wait is over . heavy rains lashing medavakkam
massive storm battering Chengalpattu. Chennai may get few drizzles later tonight.
Enjoyed riding motor bike in Rain today. Came home to Madambakkam from Guindy Via Chrompet. My Watch showed 34 degree in Guindy… When I reached Madamkkam it was showing just 23 degree…
it was a cloud burst at siruseri n kelambakkam,omr. massive rain along with gales
most models show bangalore’s maximum and minimum temp’s plumetting from tomorrow onwards, not sure why as precipitation expected is just about 2 – 4 mm a day.. probably just overcasr skies and high wind speeds..
mild drizzle in mount.looking good for heavy rain
Tropical storm doksuri active in the west pacific, expected to cross philipines and strengthen in south china sea. Expectations are high of doksuri crossing vietnam, thailand etc and dumping moisture in the bay by the 03rd or 04th of july. However, if it takes a northerly route, it will suck away the monsoon moisture and we would need to wait until mid july for the monsoon to strengthen again.
nxt one heading straight for nunga
which one?? that is so far away! 😦
metar reading says 50km/hr wind at chennai ap
no rain in chennai why rain always going interior.Any change of rain in chennai tonight
by the look of things i guess Chennai has recorded the lowest min temp among the metros
Chennai will surely get some rain tonight as per the current radar image
Heavy Rain approaching us…..The DRY PHASE RECORD is going to be last day…..
whether the DRY PHASE RECORD will be last day…..?????
rain is no more heavy! it wont even reach chennai.. its dissipating as it enters chennai! 😦
http://www.firstpost.com/photos/images-bus-falls-off-flyover-in-chennai-30-injured-359297.html
rain started here in annanagar. moderate now
Moderate to mild heavy rains lashing Anna Nagar West