Anticyclone of the North Arabian sea will be moving towards Saurashtra & Kutch. By the 10th or 11th of this month, this anticyclone will be near or over Saurashtra and Kutch This situation will bring heatwave over this region. The heatwave is associated with the hot winds flowing from Rajasthan […]
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During summer we quite often hear about heatwave conditions at various places in India. This article explains that under what circumstances the heat waves are declared. Different countries define heatwave as abnormal rise of temperature for a particular number of days. While in India, India Meteorological Department has defined it […]
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In 2019 Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) at its highest with index value 2.0 deg C and above. As per the Dr. Saji N. Hameed, who discovered IOD, 2019 was one of the strongest positive IOD. Positive phase of IOD resulted in good rain over India and less rain over North Australia, […]
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After the withdrawal of Southwest monsoon, the Inter Tropical Conversion Zone (ITCZ) starts shifting south and enters the Southern Hemisphere by November first week. But the band of clouds can be seen to the north of Equator even in first week of December indicating the presence of ITCZ in Northern […]
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North East monsoon give rain to peninsular India mainly Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Rayalseema, Interior Karnataka and Kerala. North East monsoon occur due to flow pattern during October November and December. An intense anticyclone develop over Siberian area. The flow from this Anticyclone give rise to north easterlies wind over […]
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Santacruz, Mumbai recorded 121 mm in just 3 hours from morning 0830 am to 1130 am and still continued to record 207 mm till 1430 hrs IST which already crossed the definition of extremely heavy rain. While Colaba recorded only 56 mm at 1430 hrs IST. The highest rainfall ever […]
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On 3rd August 2019, Alibag – 410 mm, Thane 372 mm, Kalyan 307 mm, Mumbai 204mm and upto Vallsad along coast faced extremely heavy to very heavy rainfall. Whenever there is cyclonic circulation over East Central Arabian sea earlier and a low pressure area over Northwest Bay of Bengal, the […]
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On 30th June 2019, several places in the the districts of Palghar in North Madhya Maharashtra recorded extremely heavy rainfall exceeding 300 mm. These rainfall have occurred within span of 12 hours. This has been peculiar phenomenon since past few years that Palghar district record such rainfall. It is anticipated […]
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The Cyclone VAYU formed over adjoining East Central Arabian sea in the night of 10th June 2019. Initially it moved northerly and was expected to make landfall over Gujrat. However, on 12th July 2019 when it reached 300km away from Veraval the cyclone moved Northwesterly. It moved parallel to the […]
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This week central India will face heat wave. Vidarbha, West MP, East Rajasthan, West UP, North Maharashtra and Marathwada will have hot days, with maximum temperatures in some parts expected to reach 50 degree Celsius. In next four days Vidarbha and Madhya Pradesh there will be severe heat wave. Monsoon […]
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