Date:12/08/2003 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2003/08/12/stories/2003081205520700.htm

Miscellaneous - Weather

Weather

INSAT picture at 11.30 hrs IST on August 11. (Observations recorded at 8-30 a.m. on August 11)

Ma Mi R TR

ANDHRA PRADESH

Anantapur 35 25 0 72

Arogyavaram 33 25 0 146

Bapatla 35 27 0 390

Calingapatnam 29 27 tr 180

Cuddapah — — — —

Gannavaram 34 27 0 497

Hanamkonda — — — —

Hyderabad AP 30 23 12 387

Kakinada 33 28 tr 398

Kammam 32 24 3 452

Kavali 35 27 0 274

Kurnool 34 25 tr 274

Mahbubnagar 31 24 0 405

Machilipatnam 35 28 0 271

Nandyal — 27 0 260

Narasapur 33 28 0 363

Nellore 34 27 0 270

Nidadavolu — — — —

Nizamabad 30 24 45 488

Ongole 35 27 0 287

Ramagundam 29 25 0 645

Rentachintala — — — —

Tirupathi AP 35 28 0 423

Tuni 33 27 0 498

Vizag AP 33 28 0 261

Vizag 31 27 0 246

KARNATAKA

Agumbe 25 17 25 4218

Bangalore AP 31 20 0 189

Bangalore 31 21 0 213

Bagalkote — 23 0 —

Belgaum AP 26 20 tr 204

Belgaum 27 21 tr 376

Bellary — — — —

Bijapur 33 23 0 86

Chitradurga 32 22 0 79

Chikmagalur 26 20 0 163

Gadag 33 22 0 65

Gulbarga 32 23 0 —

Hassan 27 19 0 223

Honavar — 25 4 2006

KGF — — — —

Karwar 32 26 1 2691

Madikeri — — — - —

Mangalore AP 30 24 7 2545

Mysore — — — —

Mandya 32 21 0 138

Panambur 31 26 2 2611

Raichur — — — —

Shimoga 28 21 0 132

Shirali 31 — — —

Tumkur — — — —

KERALA

Alappuzha 30 22 tr 1057

Kannur 31 25 1 2184

Kochi AP 31 26 tr 1237

Kottayam 31 27 1 1149

Kozhikode 32 26 0 1567

Palakkad — — — —

Punalur 33 23 0 718

Thiruvanantha

-puram AP 31 25 tr 369

Thiruvanantha

-puram City 32 24 tr 365

TAMIL NADU

Adiramapattinam 38 25 0 158

Coimbatore AP 35 24 0 37

Coonoor 23 16 0 213

Cuddalore 36 24 1 128

Chennai AP 36 27 0 297

Chennai 36 37 0 168

Dharmapuri 36 26 0 185

Kanyakumari 34 26 0 123

Kodaikanal 19 12 13 277

Madurai AP 37 26 tr 162

Nagapattinam 36 25 3 146

Palayamkottai 36 28 0 35

Pamban 35 27 0 47

Parangipettai — 21 35 —

Pondicherry AP 36 25 0 163

Salem 36 26 0 192

Thanjavur 36 24 10 271

Tiruchi AP 37 26 tr 120

Tiruchi 38 26 3 103

Tirupattur 36 26 0 241

Tiruttani 37 26 0 393

Tondi — 28 0 95

Tuticorin 35 28 0 5

Ooty — — — —

Valparai 26 17 0 1202

Vedaranyam 36 24 1 153

Vellore 35 27 0 255

LAKSHADWEEP

Amini Divi 30 26 0 1003

Minicoy 32 27 1 586

OTHER STATIONS

Kolkata (Alipore) 31 27 3 703

Mumbai 31 26 5 1639

New Delhi 33 27 5 858

The columns show maximum and minimum temperature in Celsius, rainfall during last 24 hours (tr-trace) and total rainfall in mm since June 1.

Rain likely in Karnataka

CHENNAI AUG. 11. Rainfall occurred at most places over coastal Karnataka, at many places over Telangana and at a few places over Tamil Nadu. Isolated rainfall occurred over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and interior Karnataka. Mainly dry weather prevailed over Lakshadweep and dry weather prevailed over Rayalaseema.

The chief amounts of rainfall recorded in cms. are: Perambalur 6, Erode, Thirukattupalli (Thanjavur dt.) and Chettikulam (Thiruchirapalli dt.) 5 each, Parangipettai, Kattumannarkoil (Cuddalore dt.) and Siddapura (Udupi dt.) 4 each, Bhavani, Villupuram, Ibrahimpatnam (Rangareddy dt.) and Nannilam (Thiruvarur dt.) 3 each, Chengam (Thiruvannamalai dt.), Madurai South, Cholavaram (Thiruvallur dt.), Utnoor (Adilabad dt.), Tandur (Rangareddy dt.) and Agumbe 2 each, Thanjavur, Mayiladuthurai (Nagapattinam dt.), Polur (Thiruvannamalai dt.), Thuraiyur (Thiruchirapalli dt.), Thiruvannamalai, Mannargudi (Thiruvarur dt.), Ilayangudi (Ramanathapuram dt.), Idudi, Nizamsagar (Nizamabad dt.), Puttur (Dakshina Kannada dt.) and Bidar 1 each.

FORECAST (valid until Wednesday morning): Rain or thundershowers are likely to occur at many places over coastal Karnataka, Telangana, and at a few places over coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Kerala and interior Karnataka. Isolated rain or thundershowers are also likely to occur over Rayalaseema and Lakshadweep.

Heavy Rainfall Warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely to occur over North Coastal Andhra Pradesh during the next 48 hours.