El Nino, positive IOD set to impact Indian weather patterns: IMD
El Nino is a weather phenomenon that involves an abnormal warming up of water surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific Ocean, and tends to suppress monsoon rainfall in India. A senior IMD official said that as Sea Surface Temperature (SST) conditions over the Pacific and the Indian Oceans are known to have strong influence on Indian monsoon and the weather department is carefully monitoring the evolution of sea surface conditions over these Ocean basins.
IMD predicts monsoon in several states, rainfall in 7
IMD added that the southwest monsoon has moved to some parts of Telangana, most parts of Andhra Pradesh, parts of Odisha, parts of westcentral-northwest Bay of Bengal, more parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar. "Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon over some more parts of south Peninsular India, remaining parts of Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and Bihar and some parts of Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh during next two-three days," the weather forecast agency predicted.
IMD predicts heavy rainfall in 10 states
The IMD said that on Wednesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places is very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim while heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya. "On Wednesday there will be heavy rainfall at isolated places.
Cold wave in Delhi for next 2 days, mercury drops in many places in North India
According to the India Meteorological Department, Delhi will continue to be in the grip of a cold wave on Sunday and Monday. In the next 48 hours, the city's temperature may come down to 4 degrees. At the same time, the maximum temperature is expected to be 19 degrees on Sunday and 20 degrees on Monday. The minimum temperature of Delhi was recorded at 5.3 degree Celsius on Sunday morning.
Normal to above normal rainfall in July for north, central, south India: IMD
The IMD also said "normal to below normal" rainfall is most likely over most parts of east and northeast India and areas adjacent to east central India and some parts of west south peninsular India. Monthly rainfall for July 2022 over the country as a whole is most likely to be normal, i.e., ranging between 94 and 106 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA).
2022 may witness fourth consecutive year of normal monsoon: IMD
The 'normal' monsoon rainfall for the country, as a whole, would mean within a range of 96 to 104 per cent of the LPA, which is 87 cm or 870 mm. The IMD had, this April, introduced the new LPA, the new rainfall normal based on rainfall data from 1971-2020 for the southwest monsoon season, replacing the till then used rainfall normal that was based on data from 1961-2010.
Why did Delhi have only 13 days of heat wave from March till May officially?
Contrary to expectations, the number was reduced for May as the first 10 days and the last 10 days of May had relatively cooler due to the Western Disturbances (WDs). "While the WDs brought in light to moderate rain in the first 10 days and relatively higher rainfall after May 21 to Delhi NCR, they brought in heavy to very heavy rainfall in Western Himalayan Region that has a direct impact on the temperatures of the northwest Indian plains," an IMD scientist said.
Maximum temperature to see gradual rise from March 17: IMD
Meanwhile, overall rainfall activity is likely to be below normal over most parts of the country during the week till next Thursday. Maximum temperatures are likely to be above normal by 2-4 degrees Celsius over many parts of northwest, central, east, northeast India, and north Peninsular India and near normal over remaining parts of India.
Rains in Jan's first three weeks 222% more, Jan 11-19 saw most intense fog
Excess rainfall in the first three week of January - 31.2 mm as against normal 9.7 mm, marking a departure of a whopping 222 per cent, said IMD. During the same time, i.e., the first three week of January, east and northeast India received 12.7 mm against 9.3 mm (36% departure) northwest India received 60.1 mm against normal of 17.4 mm (245%), central India received 21.3 mm rainfall as against the normal of 4.5 mm (373% departure) while the south Peninsula received 18.2 mm against 6.8 mm (168% departure).
Delhi's maximum temperature up, nears season's usual average
Providing some respite from the coldwave being witnessed for the past few days, Delhi on Thursday recorded a maximum temperature of 19-degree Celsius -- two notches below season's usual temperature -- and a minimum temperature of 9.8-degree Celsius, three notches above the season's average, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said.
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