Skymet weather

Weather in major airports in India on 8th June 2013

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
No Delays – Temperature will fall at Delhi airport. Sky will be partly cloudy. Rain is expected. Winds will blow from southwest.

Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar
No Delays – Amritsar airport will experience very hot weather as temperature will maintain. Sky will be partly cloudy. Westerly to northwesterly winds will prevail.

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
No Delays – Day temperature will rise at Lucknow airport. Sky will be partly cloudy. Winds will be easterly.

Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Varanasi
No Delays – Temperature at Varanasi airport will maintain. Sky will be mainly clear. Humidity levels will remain high due to easterly to southeasterly winds.

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
No Delays – Warm and humid weather will continue at Patna airport. Sky in Patna will be partly cloudy. Light rain may occur in Patna. Easterly winds will prevail.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
No delays – Temperature will drop in Kolkata but the weather will remain warm and humid. Moderate rain is expected and sky will be partly cloudy. Southeasterly winds will prevail.

Bangalore Airport
No delays – There are chances of thunderstorm with rain at Bangalore airport. Temperatures will maintain. Wind direction will be southwest.

 

Photograph by Ramesh NG

Monsoon closes in over Mumbai; rain to increase over central peninsula

The commercial capital Mumbai could witness its much awaited first monsoon showers during the next 24 hours. Rain could be heavy at a few places in the city and strong wind conditions will prevail during the next two days. Monsoon rains will also invade in some more parts of central Peninsular region over Marathwada, Telangana, south Madhya Pradesh and south Chhattisgarh during the period. Monsoon will enter over sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and northeast states.

The leading edge of southwest monsoon is surging ahead to reach Mumbai during the next 24 hours and expected to lash it with moderate to heavy rain. The first phase of monsoon rain with gradual increase in amount of rainfall will last till 15th of June. At least 15 to 20mm of rain at an average is expected from Saturday onwards.

Meanwhile, monsoon rain would further invade some more parts of central Peninsular region over Marathwada, Telangana, south Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh during the next two days. But during the same period, rain will reduce in interiors of south Peninsula.

Monsoon rain will increase in intensity along the west coast, and many places over coastal Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra will receive moderate to heavy rain. South Gujarat, southeast Rajasthan and southwest Madhya Pradesh will also get rain at one or two places as moist southwesterly winds from the Arabian Sea will start affecting them during the next two to three days.

The eastern part of monsoon line will make progress to cover some parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and northeast states. Heavy rain is expected at one or two places in these parts during the next 24 hours. The monsoon line is currently passing through Harnai, Parbhani, Ramagundam, Vishakhapatnam, Aizwal, Guwahati, Cooch Bihar and Gangtok.

Rain will be witnessed at one or two places over Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Gangetic West Bengal due to the trough of low pressure that runs from west Rajasthan to the Bay of Bengal across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.

Thunder and rain in Delhi for two weeks

Huge traffic jams during rush hours, humid afternoons, comfortable nights and mornings, are in the offing for Delhi-ites as on and off thunderstorms just like the one witnessed yesterday will continue for the next two weeks from 10th of June onwards.

Delhi received 15 mm of rain on Thursday that brought down the temperatures by at least 6 notches in a span of just two hours. The minimum settled at 25.7 two degrees, which is below average. Similar weather conditions with moderate to heavy rain during rush hours will lead to traffic jams and other woes alike on one hand but will also keep the temperatures in thirties on the other. So, after witnessing hot to very hot conditions or the peak of summer during May and the first week of June, Delhi-ites will be reprieved off this intense heat from 12th to 26th of June.

Power supply in Delhi & NCR could again be disrupted as rain with moderate to strong winds could uproot trees. However, the weather could provide slight relief to power distribution companies as power demand that recorded an all time high at 5642 MW in the national capital could fall due to somewhat pleasant conditions. Afternoon hours could be a bit uneasy due to heat and humidity but there would be a fall in power demand in morning and evening hours

Flight operations could face some disruption at times, just as yesterday 24 flights were diverted due to rain and strong winds under overcast conditions.

Frequency of thunderstorms will be high 12th of June onwards until the 16th, as a Western Disturbance will start affecting the north and northwest plains. The weather system will be more effective this time as there it will be a continuous moisture feed from the Arabian Sea, riding on southwesterly winds. High humidity levels and rise in temperatures lead to thunderstorms development post noon.

 

Photograph by Sudhi_11in

Weather in major airports in India on 7th June 2013

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
No Delays – Day temperature at Delhi airport will fall a bit. Sky will remain mainly clear. Winds will blow from west.

Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar
No Delays – Amritsar airport will experience heat wave.  Sky will be mainly clear. Westerly to northwesterly winds will prevail.

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
No Delays – Day temperature will rise at Lucknow airport. Mainly clear sky will be witnessed. Winds will be easterly.

Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Varanasi
No Delays – Temperature at Varanasi airport will fall. Sky will be mainly clear. Humidity levels will remain high due to easterly to southeasterly winds.

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
No Delays – Weather at Patna airport will be warm and humid. Sky in Patna will be partly cloudy and light rain may occur. Easterly winds will prevail.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
No delays – Warm and humid weather conditions will prevail at Kolkata airport. Sky will be partly cloudy. Southerly winds will continue. Rain is not expected.

Bangalore Airport
No delays – There is a chance of thunderstorm with rain in Bangalore. Temperatures will maintain and Wind direction will be southwest.

 

Photograph by Rameshng

Heat wave likely in northwest plains; monsoon inches towards WB, northeast

Some parts of Punjab, Haryana, west Madhya Pradesh and west Rajasthan are expected to witness heat wave conditions during the next two to three days. The weather could be extremely hot in some parts of west Rajasthan where temperature may rise above 47 degrees. Meanwhile, monsoon will advance towards sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and northeast states during the next two days. Monsoon rain would continue to occur over south Peninsula during the period.

Hot and dry winds would bring one of the hottest days this June over northwest plains. Bikaner and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan could record maximum temperatures of 47 and 45 degrees respectively during the next 24 hours. Amritsar and Ludhiana in Punjab are expected to register day temperatures at 46 and 45 degrees or more during the next two days.

Hissar in Haryana could record its hottest days at 47 and 48 degrees during the next two days. This kind of temperature would continue to exist till 10th of June. Pre-monsoon showers and clouds could bring down the temperature in this region thereafter.

Monsoon rain is expected to occur in the east and northeast India for the first time during the next two to three days. Some parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim could experience monsoon rains at many places during the period. There could also be heavy rainfall at one or two places in these regions.

Monsoon rain will continue over Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh during the next two to three days. Many places in these states will witness moderate rainfall with one or two places expected to receive heavy downpour. The monsoon line is passing through Harnai, Parbhani, Ramagundam and Vishakhapatnam.

One or two places in east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa will also receive showers during the next two days. The trough of low pressure runs from west Rajasthan to east central Bay of Bengal across east Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Orissa.

Hottest day for Delhi today?

After recording 43.6 degrees as maximum temperature yesterday, Delhi could record one of the hottest days of June during the next 24 hours as day temperature could rise to 44 degrees or above. Temperatures will remain in the same range till 10th of June when the city is expected to receive its first pre-monsoon showers. It will tumble-down to lower 40s or less for the rest of the month.

Delhi has been witnessing rise in temperature for the past few days due to wind conditions. Westerly land winds are prevailing in the northwest region. The influence of these hot winds would increase, as they are likely to blow for longer hours in the next two days.

Similar weather conditions will prevail over the entire northwest plains with west Rajasthan, some parts of Haryana and Punjab experiencing heat wave conditions during the period.

18th June 2010 remains the hottest day in the national capital in last ten years with temperature recorded at 45.4 degrees. The all time record for the hottest day in the month in Delhi is 29th of June 1944 when a maximum of 47.2 was registered.

 

Photograph by brain.gratwicke

No fish during the monsoon?

Did you know there is a ban on fishing in the monsoon season? And did you know they say you are not supposed to eat fish in months that don’t contain an ‘r’ in their names?

So does that mean all the fish you eat during your trip to Goa or Mumbai in the monsoon is all frozen from the last month?

Well, not really, although there is a ban on fishing activities during the monsoon season, a time which is the breeding period for fish, Goans still make sure that they have their fill of fish and rice each day!

Since fishing at this time is detrimental to the procreation of fish, locals venture into sweet waters with canoes and cast their nets to catch fresh water fish. There are several fish species that are found during the rains in lakes and ponds.

Therefore you see most fishermen switching to angling in the monsoon months. This also happens to be one of the most favorite pass times for locals.

Despite the ban on fishing during the monsoon the reason why you still continue to get fresh fish along the west is because the fish is coming from elsewhere in India.

Peter Biswas who has been in the fish selling business for the last 12yrs prefers his promfrets and crabs and surmais coming in from the Vishakapattam and Kolkata during the monsoons. “We have a much better cold chain in India now,” says Peter. “Most boats that go out have chilling/freezing facilities on the boat itself, which makes it safer than it was before, and therefore okay to eat during these months. Also, it was hard for fishermen to venture out in rough weather, making fish difficult to access but today technology makes it easier for us to get seafood all year round. But obviously it makes fish a little more expensive than usual.”

So come rain and monsoons, it shouldn’t hamper your plans of eating spicy and savory fish, be it while you’re travelling to the coast or are sitting back in Delhi.

Monsoon rains may cause mayhem in Mumbai again

Grappling with warm and humid conditions for last one month or so, Mumbaikars are on the verge of receiving their first monsoon showers starting this Friday. But their joy and relief could soon turn into agony as after making its debut, rain will gradually increase and could last till 15th of June with one or two spells of heavy rain that may bring life to a standstill. It is expected that the average rainfall will be 15 to 20 mm during the period.

Rain during the period from 10th of June to 15th of June will be moderate to heavy and could cause waterlogging and traffic jams. We have observed that Monsoon rains in Mumbai during June usually occur in evening hours and hinder traffic flow on the roads and streets of Mumbai. So commuters could face problems going back home.

In Mumbai, if it rains in the range of 35 to 65 mm then it is advisable to board Mumbai locals as roads will get waterlogged and commuting would become a serious problem. But if the rain is less than 35 mm then commuters could opt for road transport.

The real phase of heavy to very heavy rain in Mumbai would start by the end of month and would continue till 4th of July. But if Mumbaikars keep themselves abreast with rain forecasts then they could save themselves from the pain of getting stuck in traffic snarls.

Monsoon in Mumbai was deficient last year during the month but going by the early monsoon prediction this year, it is expected to receive just above average rainfall during the month of June and above average rainfall in the month of July. The average rainfall for the month of July is 799.7 mm with 23.2 numbers of rainy days.

Last year monsoon was almost a week late and the city received the first showers on 17th of June. The highest rainfall in a day was recorded at 75.4 mm on 28th of the month. In total, the month of June in 2012 received 298.5 mm much less than the average of 523 mm.

In 2011, the southwest monsoon reached the Mumbai coast on 5th of June and gave rainfall in excess of 661 mm with the heaviest rainy day recorded on 12th of June at 184.4 mm.

 

Photograph by Anuradha Sengupta

Weather in major airports in India on 6th June 2013

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
No Delays – Day temperature at Delhi airport will rise further, thus it will be very hot tomorrow. Sky will be mainly clear. Winds will blow from west.

Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar
No Delays – Amritsar airport will also have a very hot day tomorrow as temperature will increase. Sky will be mainly clear. Winds will blow from northwest.

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
No Delays – Day temperature at Lucknow airport could rise by up to 3 degrees tomorrow so the day will be hot. Sky will remain mainly clear. Winds will be easterly.

Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Varanasi
No Delays – Temperature at Varanasi airport will rise marginally. Sky will be mainly clear. Humidity levels would also be high due to easterly to southeasterly winds.

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
No Delays – Weather at Patna airport will be warm and humid. Sky in Patna will be partly cloudy. Thunder development is possible. Easterly winds will prevail in Patna.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
No delays – Warm and humid weather conditions at Kolkata airport will continue tomorrow. Sky will be partly cloudy. Southerly winds will continue.

Bangalore Airport
No delays – Generally a cloudy sky is expected at Bangalore airport tomorrow. Rain is expected. Temperatures will remain near average. Wind direction will be southwest.

 

Photograph by sugate Banerji

Monsoon progress to remain on track; further rise in temperature in Delhi

Monsoon rains will spread to rest of north interior Karnataka, some more parts of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra during the next two days. Northeast region could also receive monsoon showers during the period. Northwest plains including Delhi will witness very hot and dry weather conditions in next couple of days. Heat wave is expected in Rajasthan.

The monsoon line is passing through Harnai, Satara, Gulbarga, Hyderabad and Nandigama. Moist southeasterly winds would give rain at many places in Kerala, Karanataka and a few places in Andhra Pradesh. Along the west coast rainfall will remain intact and Goa, coastal Maharashtra will have rains during the period.

Monsoon along the west coast remains buoyant in the Arabian Sea compared to east coast and the Bay of Bengal. The eastern part of monsoon line in the Bay of Bengal is falling behind and therefore northeast states are yet to get monsoon showers. They are expected to receive first monsoon showers on Friday. Rain will gradually pick up in the region thereafter.

Pre-monsoon rains would continue to occur in east and east central India during the next two days. The trough of low pressure area now runs from Bihar to Andhra Pradesh. One or two places in Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and north coastal Andhra Pradesh may get rain during the period.

North India has a Western Disturbance over Jammu & Kashmir but that would not bring any relief to the plains of north and northwest India. Northwesterly to westerly winds in north India would keep temperatures high. Temperatures in some parts would remain above average during the coming few days.

Heat wave may resurrect itself in Rajasthan as some of the places would continue to record temperatures above 45 degrees as westerly winds would continue to dominate the weather. Central India close to northwest plains will also witness very hot and dry days.

Weak monsoon expected in Delhi

There seems to be no relief in sight for Delhiites reeling under extreme hot conditions as temperatures in the national capital have consistently remained above or close to 40 degree Celsius since the month of May. And if that wasn’t agonizing enough, weather analysts have predicted a weak monsoon for Delhi. They have also gone to the extent of predicting below average rainfall.

However, there may be some rain in Delhi and NCR in the month of June that would pull down temperatures to comfortable levels but they would only be pre-monsoon showers and not monsoon rains.

Weather models at Skymet Weather predict that Delhi in June will witness more rainfall than normal even as days are getting hotter than usual, “As of now we are expecting about 80mm of rain in the capital this month and frequent dust storms either due to a passing western disturbance and or because of the pre monsoon activity”, Mahesh Palawat, Head of the forecasting team at Skymet said.

Thundershowers are possible from 10th June onwards and would continue till 23rd or 24th of June. This slight change in weather may make your evenings and nights cooler forcing you to assume that monsoon has arrived which possibly may not be the case.

Monsoon is expected to hit Delhi by 8th of July but scanty rainfall is expected throughout the month. In other words July will be very uneasy, hot and humid. The same scenario will continue throughout the month of August and September raising a scare of deficit rain in the national capital.







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