Date:19/08/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/08/19/stories/2006081907920700.htm

Miscellaneous - Weather

Weather

INSAT PICTURE AT 11-30 hrs. Observations recorded at 8-30 a.m. on August 18.

Ma Mi R TR

ANDHRA PRADESH

Anantapur 33 24 0 92

Arogyavaram — — — —

Bapatla 37 26 0 196

Calingapatnam 31 26 tr 820

Cuddapah — — — —

Gannavaram 31 26 1 337

Hanamkonda — — — —

Hyderabad AP 28 23 3 462

Kakinada 32 26 0 386

Kammam 32 25 0 492

Kavali 35 27 1 136

Kurnool 33 23 2 300

Mahbubnagar — — — —

Machilipatnam 33 27 5 379

Nandyal 33 23 0 328

Narasapur 32 27 6 351

Nellore 36 27 0 106

Nidadavolu — — — —

Nizamabad 30 24 tr 778

Ongole 37 27 tr 157

Ramagundam 32 27 0 613

Rentachintala — — — —

Tirupathi AP 37 27 0 102

Tuni 32 25 1 478

Vizag AP 33 27 0 551

Vizag 30 26 tr 542

KARNATAKA

Agumbe — — — —

Bangalore AP 29 20 tr 229

Bangalore 29 21 1 218

Bagalkote 28 22 0 121

Belgaum AP 25 20 8 748

Belgaum 24 21 14 1425

Bellary 33 — — —

Bijapur — — — —

Chitradurga 26 20 3 213

Chikmagalur 25 19 8 415

Gadag 26 21 1 277

Gulbarga 29 18 0 273

Hassan 24 18 0 —

Honnavar 28 24 36 2166

KGF — — — —

Chintamani 29 20 5 284

Karwar 26 24 136 2185

Madikeri 20 17 28 2125

Mangalore AP 29 23 43 2350

Mysore 27 20 2 147

Mandya 28 21 1 144

Panambur 29 24 42 2101

Raichur 33 23 0 162

Shimoga — — — —

Shirali 27 24 53 2595

Chikkanahalli — — — —

Tumkur — — — —

KERALA

Alappuzha 29 23 5 1291

Kannur 31 23 27 1907

Kochi AP 30 24 20 1721

Kottayam 29 23 25 1394

Kozhikode 31 24 28 2098

Palakkad 26 23 2 1136

Punalur 31 22 11 1012

Thiruvanantha

-puram AP 30 23 4 495

Thiruvanantha

-puram City 31 24 4 450

TAMIL NADU

Adiramapattinam 34 24 0 85

Coimbatore AP 31 22 0 39

Coonoor 24 14 0 112

Cuddalore 38 24 0 173

Chennai AP 37 26 0 290

Chennai 37 27 tr 233

Dharmapuri 33 23 0 81

Kanyakumari 29 24 0 172

Kodaikanal 18 12 0 95

Madurai AP 38 26 0 39

Nagapattinam 37 27 0 25

Palayamkottai 35 26 0 17

Pamban 33 27 0 5

Parangipettai 36 — — —

Pondicherry 38 26 tr 181

Salem 33 24 0 176

Thanjavur 37 25 0 —

Tiruchi AP 38 27 0 16

Tiruchi 37 26 0 16

Tirupattur 31 24 0 70

Tiruttani 37 26 0 —

Tondi 33 26 0 42

Tuticorin 37 26 0 1

Ooty 17 11 0 243

Valparai 21 18 19 1876

Vedaranyam 34 23 0 13

Vellore 37 26 0 94

LAKSHADWEEP

Amini Divi 30 25 3 433

Minicoy 32 25 11 619

OTHER STATIONS

Kolkata (Alipore) 30 25 17 932

Mumbai 29 26 1 1887

New Delhi 38 29 0 458

The columns show maximum and minimum temperature in Celsius, rainfall during last 24 hours (trace) and total rainfall in mm since June 1, 2006.

Isolated rain likely in Tamil Nadu

CHENNAI: Southwest monsoon has been active over coastal Karnataka. Rainfall occurred at most places over coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Lakshadweep and at a few places over south interior Karnataka. Isolated rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and north interior Karnataka.

The following stations recorded very heavy to heavy rainfall in cm:-

Karwar 14, Siddapura (Udupi dt) 9, Dharmasthala (Dakshina Kannada dt) and Sringeri (Chickmagalore dt) 8 each and Belthangadi (Dakshina Kannada dt), Kammardi and Lakkavalli (both Chikmagalur dt) 7 each.

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

Heavy Rainfall Warning: Isolated heavy rain is likely to occur over Kerala, coastal and south interior Karnataka during next 48 hours.

Isolated light to moderate rain is likely to occur over Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.

Outlook for subsequent two days: No significant change.