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Weather in major airports in India on 7th February 2013

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
Delay- The weather in Delhi airport will experience fog and flight operations could be disrupted especially during the early morning hours as the humidity level will be close to 100% for a short period between 2:30 and 4:30 am. Fog in Delhi airport will increase after the next 24 hours.

Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar
Delay- Flight operations from the Amritsar airport could come to a standstill as dense to very dense fog could haunt early morning hours. A minimum temperature of around 4 degrees, slow winds and the humidity level of 100 percent will form this fog around the airport.

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
Delay- Flight operations at the Lucknow airport could take a hit especially during 4:30 am to 9:30 am. Conditions will be favourable for the formation of dense fog during these hours.

The delays in arrival and departure of flights for the above airports will depend on the intensity of fog that can be dense or less dense as the winds are expected to change speed.

Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Varanasi
No Delay- Flight operations will not be affected at Varanasi airport as there is no chance of dense fog. The weather in Varanasi will be cloudy with rain.

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
No Delay- The Patna airport will have a cloudy sky with chances of rain.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
No delays - Kolkata airport remains unaffected by fog and flights will be on time.

Bangalore Airport
No delays – The airport of Bangalore will remain free of fog. Southeasterly to easterly winds will be blowing in Bangalore.

 

Photograph by Ashok666

Cool mornings, fog likely to hit north, northwest; rain likely in east India

Another spell of cool mornings and foggy conditions are expected in north and northwestern parts of the country. This weather will continue during the next few days over these regions and gradually shift towards eastern parts of the country. East parts of the country will receive rain during the next 48 hours. Extreme southern parts namely Tamil Nadu and Kerala are also heading for a period of light rain during the next two days.

The strong Western Disturbance (WD) over east Jammu & Kashmir will move out of the region during the next 24 hours. That will let the northerly winds coming from snow-clad mountains resume in north and northwest India during the next 24 hours. These winds will lead to a drop in minimum temperatures by at least 5 degrees.

Night Temperatures will once again drop down to sub-zero in hills of Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh. They would remain 5 degrees or below at a few places in Punjab, Haryana and west Uttar Pradesh. The minimum temperature in Delhi is expected to drop by at least by 5 degrees during the next two days.

The left over moisture of the Western Disturbance with the help of low minimum temperatures and slow winds will form fog making a comeback in northwestern plains during the next 24 hours. The humidity level will be in late 90s during early morning hours in northwestern plains. Dense fog possibility will depend on the wind speed.

The eastward moving weather system (WD) will continue to give snowfall and rain in east Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. There could be heavy snowfall at one or two places in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during the next 24 hours.

Rain associated with the intense Western Disturbance will spread gradually from central Uttar Pradesh to east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and sub-Himalayan West Bengal during the next 48 hours. Rain would then reach northeastern states thereafter.

In south, a weak easterly wave in the southwest Bay of Bengal will reach extreme southern parts of the country in a day or two. South Tamil Nadu and south Kerala will receive rain at a few places during that period. The intensity of rain would be light.

 

Photograph by flickrprince

Love the rain like never before!

I'm going to love you

Like nobody's loved you

Come rain! I’ll love you!

Oh, it's raining again! Time to feel down and dreary? No! Learn to love the falling rain, which waters our world and can keep our spirits up. Here’s why we have planned to list down some ‘how and why’ should one enjoy the cat and dog weather.

Enjoy the weather- C’mon, don’t crib anymore for the traffic you would have to safe. If you are at the workplace, plan a lunch with teammates or simply order some pakodas and chai from the nearby dhaba. Take small coffee breaks to adore the beauty of cloudy skies and the rain. But if you manage to convince your boss and take a day off, rejuvenate yourself at home by simply cuddling up in your cozy quilt. Open the windows, lie down in bed and let the sound of the rain soothe you. And yes turn the TV off! Catch up on some reading instead.

Go outdoors- If you are not one of those who like to sit at home, then simply wear your raincoat, grab you camera and go outdoors to click some beautiful shots of the rain. If you‘re lucky, you could catch a few shots of some luvy- duvy couples enjoying a romantic day and ice-cream at the India Gate. Go to a lake view restaurant at Huaz Khas and grab a cup a steamy cup of coffee. Sip and gossip with your close friends.

Get Steamy with your partner- Literally! This is the best time to have a steamy romantic date with your boyfriend. Make it special by baking a chocolate cake, or prepare a favorite dish and enjoy it with a romantic movie at home. If you cant spend the day together due to your work schedules, go out for an extravagant dinner at a fancy place followed by a long walk. Do all those things you said you'd save until a romantic rainy day!

Be a kid- If you are a housewife, you’re already lucky because your kids will most probably have the day off. So go out with them for a small pizza picnic. For once, be a kid with your kids, splash and let them splash around in the puddles. They can take their rubber ducks and bath toys with them, or float paper boats in the pool of water. The smile on your kid’s face will make your day the most memorable rainy days of all. Please don’t leave the pets at home. Your dog will have plenty of things to do outdoors on a rainy day.

Go shopping- Its true girls need an excuse to go shop, so what better excuse than this! While most people will be lazing at home, the markets will be packed. Who knows, you might just get a rainy day discount on your dress. But don’t forget to use the public transport to avoid traffic snarls on the road because of the rain.

Photo by Nicki Varkevisser.

 

How to avoid traffic jams during rain

A record-breaking rainfall in Delhi in the last month of January caused major traffic jams in the entire city once again. After forecasts of thunderstorm, heavy rain and hailstorm lashing the city for the next two days, people are already planning to take a day off or leave work extra early to avoid jams. Heavy rains and bad weather makes it even more stressful and painfully long to drive through inevitable traffic snarls and choc – a – block roads.

Although traffic jams are sometimes unavoidable there are steps you can take to be prepared and lessen your chances of being stuck in it. Follow these tips and plan ahead and you will notice that your time in the car will decrease.

1- Be alert about the rain situation your area. Knowing about the current weather can help immensely in saving time and energy. If it has rained already, take a route that avoids roads with huge pot holes and water pools.

2- Keep your FM radio on to find directions so you can adopt routes which are safe to drive during heavy rain.

3- There are plenty of aps and traffic monitor websites that provide a live and detailed view of the traffic situation on the road you can take or were planning to take, try ‘Google traffic’. This research before you head out could save on a lot of fuel.

4- Adjust your work schedule. The average person works between 8am and 6pm, which means that they all usually travel to and from work at the same time. If you plan on getting to work an hour early and leaving an hour late, you will likely avoid the majority of the traffic and added to that, make your boss happy.

5- Car accidents and break-downs are most common during rain and can cause the longest jams. We advise you to be a little pro-active and help the traffic to move in a more organized way and faster. This will save everyone’s time, including yours.

6- News, newspapers and government bodies always stress on this one. Prefer taking public transport on days when heavy rains and hailstorm have been forecasted. Leaving the comforts of your car for a day will not bother so much. Make sure you carpool with 3 to 4 people, if taking the car, is extremely necessary. This is not only save fuel, but also that you will be in the company of friends during a jam.

7- Walk down if your work place is a few kilometers away. Put on your sport shoes that you carried with you to work, and take a long, pleasant and rainy walk home. Save money, aggravation, environment- all at once.

A survey showed that Indians spend more than 90 minutes on an average, every day to travel to their respective workplaces. The study further showed that Mumbaikars spend the maximum time on the road, most of which is undoubtedly because of the rain.

Weather in major airports in India on 6th February 2013

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
No delays – The weather in Delhi airport will see rain and cloudy to partly cloudy sky but flights in Delhi airport will remain on time as fog in Delhi airport is still missing. The weather will change after the next 24 hours and there is possibility of fog in Delhi airport thereafter.

Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar
No delays - Flights will be on time in Amritsar airport. Overcast conditions will give way to cloudy to partly cloudy sky. It will rain in Amritsar during the next 24 hour but will reduce significantly thereafter.

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
No delays - Arrivals and departures from the Lucknow airport will be unaffected as there is no fog expected during the next 24 hours. Cloudy to partly cloudy sky will be witnessed in Lucknow.

Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Varanasi
No delays – Flight operations at Varanasi airport will be on time. Shallow fog might occur during early morning hours but that will not affect the airport.

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
No delays - The Patna airport remains unaffected and flight operations will be smooth. The sky will remain partly cloudy.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
No delays - Kolkata airport has had clear weather for last few days, the same weather conditions will continue to guarantee hassle free flight operations from the airport.

Bangalore Airport
No delays – The airport of Bangalore will remain free of fog and there is no chance of flight disruptions from the airport.

 

Photograph by Marklyon

Rain in Delhi will decrease; cold wave to grip north, northwest India post rain

Rain and snowfall in north India will continue for another 24 hours and gradually decrease thereafter. The exit of rain and snowfall in the region will drop the minimum temperatures and with below normal day temperatures a spell of cold wave will grip the entire north and northwest India after the 24 to 48 hours. Rain will now reach east India over east Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, Bihar,  Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand during next two to three days.

The strong Western Disturbance that remains active in Western Himalayan region will continue to affect northwestern hills and plains during the next 24 hours. Rain and snowfall will decrease gradually in 24 to 48 hours as the weather system will move out of the region during the period. Rain in Delhi will also reduce during the next 24 hours.

The exit of Western Disturbance will leave a possibility of a significant drop in minimum temperatures that will bring another period of intense cold in northwestern region. According to Mahesh Palawat, head forecaster at Skymet Weather, the night temperatures could plunge by 5 to 8 degrees as wind pattens will change and the winds that are now coming from southwest and southeast will turn to blow from north and northwest.

Winds coming from these directions will induce wind chill in plenty, as they will be taking off from recent snowfall areas of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. With opening up of the skies, day temperatures would rise gradually in the next  three to four days to give some relief during the day time in northwest region. Fog may start developing in northwest region after 48 hours as there will be moisture available in the region in form of left over of the Western Disturbance. Intensity of fog will depend on the wind's speed.

Rain belt will shift towards east India as the effect of Western Disturbance will reach there due to its eastward movement. Rain is expected at a few places in east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand during the next three days.

 

Photograph by Kyle Tylor

Haryana emerged as the highest rice producer in spite of less rain

A forecast of less rain in most of the agriculturally important north Indian states had put a lot of farmers into a state of worry. And sure enough, a rain deficit of about 40% was recorded in Haryana and Punjab. Seeing this, agriculturists had estimated that the rice and wheat production in 2013 will be quite low. But to everyone’s surprise, Haryana has still managed to achieve the highest ever productivity of the ‘Kharif’ food-grains 2012-13. This is the highest rice production ever recorded (39.76 lakh tonnes) since the inception of the Haryana ? in 1966.

What’s astonishing is, that is has been achieved despite the state having received 36.8% less rainfall as against the normal rainfall from May to September, 2012.

A spokesman for the Haryana Agriculture Department said “in case of coarse rice, 23.54 lakh tonnes of production with a productivity of 40.03 quintals per hectare in an area of 5.88 lakh hectares has been achieved.”  This therefore remained he highest, both in production and productivity since 1966-67. Similarly, the production of basmati rice was also achieved at 16.22 lakh tonnes with a productivity of 25.87 quintals per hectare in an area of 6.27 lakh hectares which was also the highest since 1966-67.

Scientist and Dr. NVK Chakravarty at Skymet said, “One must learn from each other’s experiences. These figures clearly state that the farmers paid detailed attention to the irrigation system to fight the less rain this season.” He added that the canal system in the state of Haryana is also well organized and properly maintained which has aided in achieving this feat. Great weather with optimum sunshine and less fog this winter has helped in high productivity.

Photo by Rajkumar1220.

The Kumbh Mela 2013; Weather of Allahabad will be rainy

The soul of India, the Kumbh Mela is almost a religion in itself. The significance of an ordinary and still not so ordinary bath can be known only if one experiences this enlightening experience for himself. Earlier in the month of January Skymet Weather had forecasted the weather of Allahabad so that if you are planning to visit the holy city, you can plan accordingly. And because it’s never too late, the Kumbh Mela will be on for the entire February month, you must book your tickets soon.

Avid travelers are always ‘weather wise’ when it comes to making plans to travel to a new city and that is why we have decided to provide an update on the weather of Allahabad for the month of February during the Kumbh Mela 2013.

Weathermen at Skymet forecast rainy days ahead during the Kumbh Mela 2013. The weather of Allahabad will be cloudy and the sun will be dull. Light rain is expected on Feb 7th and 8th. Fog, on the other hand will not hamper flights or bother travelers for a week but it could bring some trouble from Feb 9th to 12th. Fog could be dense during these days. Till then, thick mist and haze will block the view of the sun for all those wanting to take a dip in the Ganges early morning.

The first few days of the February month was pleasant with the morning temperature at 11⁰C and the maximum around 27⁰C. The weather of Allahabad could be a bit warmer as the temperatures could rise after the 12th of Feb and days will be bright and sunny. Though the weather will be perfect and fog free on the crucial days of Ekadashi (Feb 6th), Mauni Amavasya Snan (Feb 10th) and Basant Panchami (Feb 15th) during the Kumbh Mela 2013, when millions and millions of people take a dip in the holy water.

Hailstorm likely in Delhi, Haryana, Punjab & west UP

Delhi and other areas in northwest plains are witnessing a fresh spell of winter rain. The rain will intensify and many places in the region will receive rain during the next 24 hours. One or two places in the region are expected to be lashed by hailstorm as well.

Delhi has recorded 1.2mm of rain since 8:30am yesterday till 2:30pm today. Amritsar recorded rainfall in excess of 11mm while Hissar in Haryana recorded 3.8mm of rain, Srinagar and Patiala recorded 3.2mm of rain each since 8:30am Sunday till 2:30pm on Monday. and rain is expected to increase and intensify during the next 24 hours.

Rain will increase during the next 24 hours in the region. The amount of rain will depend on the southern limit of the Western Disturbance and if it comes close to Delhi just like it did on January 17th this year when the weather system touched south Delhi, rain will be bountiful again.

The weather in Delhi has turned quite similar to that of 17th of January this year when heavy rain with hailstorm lashed the city and in just 24 hours, January 2013 became the wettest January in last 10 year.  A whopping 34mm of rain was recorded in Delhi then as a strong Western Disturbance similar to the one over Jammu & Kashmir right now had affected the weather in northwest India.

A trough of low pressure area running from the Arabian Sea to southwest Rajasthan with a cyclonic circulation over Rajasthan and adjoining areas of Gujarat is providing moisture feed to the northwest region and central India as the winds are southwesterly to southerly over these regions.

 

Photograph by IrisDragon

Weather in major airports in India on 5th February 2013

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
No delays - Flights in Delhi airport will remain unaffected as fog in Delhi airport is not expected. The weather in Delhi airport has got better as minimum temperature rose and the winds are blowing at much better speed of 0 to 15kmph. The sky will be cloudy with overcast conditions at times.

Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport, Amritsar
No delays - Flights will be on time in Amritsar airport. Overcast conditions will be witnessed at the airport and there are chances of rain or thunderstorm in Amritsar. There is no chance of fog in Amritsar airport

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow
No delays - The arrivals and departures of flights will be on time from Lucknow airport. Partly cloudy to  cloudy sky at times, will be witnessed in Lucknow. Fog chances have reduced in Lucknow airport.

Lal Bahadur Shashtri International Airport, Varanasi
No delays - Shallow fog is expected at Varanasi airport at wee hours but flight operations will be on time.

Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna
No delays - The Patna airport will be free of fog and there is no chance of delays in flight operation. Temperature has increased and winds are faster than the last few days.

Netaji Subash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata
No delays - Kolkata airport will continue to see clear weather and flight operations will remain smooth from the airport

Bangalore Airport
No delays - Fog is not expected in Bangalore airport thus flight operations will be on time.

 

Photograph by rajkumar1220

Weather forecast for the week in India 4th to 10th February

North and northwest India
The night temperatures in north and northwest India could take a nose dive and a spell of severe cold could return in the region mid-week. The week in these parts starts will overcast conditions with rain at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. These weather conditions would continue till Wednesday. There are chances of hailstorms at one or two places in the plains.

Heavy to very heavy snowfall with extremely heavy at one or two places will hit Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand at the start of the week. These weather conditions would give a fair amount of snowfall till mid-week. Sun will come out in full from Thursday in the northwest hills to melt this snowfall and with winds originating from here would drop the minimum temperatures by at least 5 degrees, so towards the weekend weather would turn severe. The plains will have low temperatures by Saturday and Sunday with plenty of moisture and that would lead to fog in the region as well.

Central India
Madhya Pradesh is expected to receive rain at one or two places from start of the week till mid-week. These parts including Gujarat and Rajasthan are experiencing rain with clouded sky as a trough of low pressure area persists at areas running from Arabian Sea to Rajasthan with a cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan and adjoining Saurashtra and Kutch.

East India
East Uttar Pradesh and east Madhya Pradesh will have rain on Tuesday or Wednesday at one or two  places. Fog will make a comeback in east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar thereafter as due to northerly winds minimum temperatures will drop and moisture left over of the Western Disturbance will create fog.

Northeast
A cyclonic circulation over Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura will give rain at one or two places at the start of the week. The reach of ongoing Western Disturbance over Jammu & Kashmir by later in the week will again bring rain in the region.

South
Extreme southern parts of the country could have showers towards weekend as northeasterly winds will bring rain at one or two places.







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