Monday, October 29, 2012


Posted @ 11.45 pm IST Monday: 
BB-10 about to hit Sri Lanka...

In the last 6 hrs (since vagaries' report), BB-10, a deep depression, remained at 996 mb, takes another leap, and moves W/SW by another 55 kms, to 8.6N and 81.5E.It is just 50 kms east of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. Later, continuing its track thru Sri Lanka, the system should strike Indian mainland at current strength in the region targeted by vagaries . But peak winds constant at 35 knots (in the West and Southern sector).....
Vagaries track projection has remained unchanged since the last 

AS-2, in the last 6 hrs, has remained stationary at 6.5N and 71E, at remained at 1008 mb...almost in the same position since Sunday mid-day report.

Chennai will get windy weather and frequent rains on Tuesday Gusty NE winds at 40 kmph. Rain amount 30 mms.(average)
Wednesday will be overcast with frequent thundershowers. Rain amount around 45-50 mms.

Mumbai: Tuesday 30th and Wednesday 31st: Light  clouding will keep day warm at 34c. Nights will be around 23c.
Thursday 1st Nov: cloudy with stuffy nights. Light rains expected on Thursday night and/or Friday. 


Posted @ 8.00 pm IST:





In the last 6 hrs (since vagaries' report), BB-10, a deep depression, strengthened to 996 mb, takes a  comparatively  "bigger" leap, and moves W/SW by another 110 kms, to 8.6N and 82E.But peak winds constant at 35 knots (in the West and Southern sector).....

AS-2, in the last 6 hrs, has moved 6.5N and 71E, that is in a Westerly direction and remained at 1008 mb...

Next update: 11.30 pm IST


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Posted @ 2 pm IST Monday..Position:

BB-10 almost stationary, having moved just about 10 kms due west..South and SW quadrant show maximum winds at 35 knots, while west and North show 25-30 knots...clouding thick in West and South sectors...
AS-2 also stationary and at 68.9E, shows no signs of deepening yet..


Posted @ 9.00 am Monday:
BB-10, depression, and getting deep, is now at 9.6N   83.7E, almost stationary since our last report ( Yesterday, below), as a depression at 1000 mb and getting deep. Just East off the Northern tip of Sri Lanka, it will move along the projected track and hit Central regions of Coastal TN, near,  Sivaganga and Ramanathpuram,  as a deep Depression.  
Coastal regions of TN will be gusty with 35-40 knts winds and Chennai as expected strong NE winds. 
Peak of the precipitation will be in central TN with some places getting upto 12-15 cms and maybe 18 cms in the odd place.

AS-2, still at 1008 mb, at 6.2N and 68.9E, has moved west, also as expected, and should deepen a bit initially.





BTW, the trough from O-3 is expected to push deep into Central India by tomorrow.

Next Update by 2 pm IST Monday...

35 comments:

Unknown said...

very true rajesh sir ,
these systems in the sea's can change their route anytime ,and can track anywhere as the winds take them. looks like ,bay circulation also has changed its track.

Unknown said...

sorry rajesh sir, what i meant was the bay system also looks like its going to take a change in its direction , instead of travelling inland n then towards the west

Rajesh said...

answer to some query:
Hottest in Asia on Sunday 28th: Mecca 40c, Hottest in sub-continent: Bhuj, Karachi and Nawabshah 37c. Mumbai 36c.

Abhijit Modak said...

Some spiral clouds reaching in South Konkan now. So are they are coming from Bay low ?

Unknown said...

rajeshbhai, what's outlook for western vidarbha ??....potey

N.KiranKumar Reddy said...

It seems that the bay system is tracking NW direction...

Rajesh said...

Cmdr Potey: I would say rains in Western vid and Marathwada from ,say, 1st November, for a couple of days. Due to the same reason as explained in blog.

abhijit: If you see the cloud motion vectors image, you will see that the spiral over konkan is def. from AS-2..

Unknown said...

Rajesh sir
are these 2 systems going to merge with each other ,are there any chances of rains over konkan including mumbai . with the effect of AS-2.

Anonymous said...

but rajesh its seems quite strange that only the IMD charts shows AS-2 whereas the other international charts doesnt even have a hint of it.. the whole AS seems to be quite normal as per their charts......

Unknown said...

Rajeshbhai, thanks. The crops are standing and ready for harvest i.e. Moong etc. One more problrm...posting a comment is getting tedious ..the alphabets are to jumbled and difficult to recognise

Abhijit Modak said...

@ Rajesh Sir. Thank you for guiding. Last night only we discuss that murjan thrown spiral on first day but AS- 2 not. But today shaping nicely started to through spiral clouds now . So now direction of tracking still you maintain NW ? Or due to Bay influence system moving more near to west coast now !

sset said...

BB-10 is not producing expected widespread rains of 300mm-400mm, like UACs over Maharashtra and Rajisthan.Seems only 1-2 places over coastal TN got 100mm of rain.
Bangalore as now very sunny. All hopes on BB-10. We need this low to remain in-place for atleast few days and not vanish into AS.

Arpit Sharma said...

sir any chances of O-3 bringing rain to Delhi-NCR?

sset said...

very interesting link - just like match fixing we have water fixing between KAR and TN - water wars

http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=2012102820121028001602879afb063d4

Rajesh said...

arpit: O-3 as yet is precipitating rains in Dubai...as of strength now, the effect will be upto hills, and maximum Punjab plains. But, 1 chance of strengthening is the trough from O-3, which may attract moisture from AS-2..lets wait and watch

Rajesh said...

Some rainfall amounts
India: Karaikal 45 mms in 9 hrs today. Sri Lanka: Trincomalee 110 mms (24 hrs ended 5.30 pm IST), Colombo 72 mms (midnight till 5.30 pm IST) mms today.

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Abhijit Modak said...

Now some weather models even showing no rains for Mumbai ! And surprisingly drop in min temp too for Mumbai up to 18 C ! And rain taking route of Chennai to Hyderabad to Nagpur and deviating NE towards Orissa, Bengal !

So really WD effect coming so down up to Central India till Guj, MP ! As some model showing drop in min temp for Mumbai and no rains reaching Mumbai instead deviating to NE over Vidarbha region from SE Maharashtra !!

Anonymous said...

i think you guys should also track sandy hurricane.... lots of action there as well...

Abhijit Modak said...

And really temp dropping here in Badlapur. Its 22.7 C temp outside at 10.30pm itself with very clear skies so already chilly here . So tomorrow morning Badlapur will experience 19 C at 6am ! If no cloud appears in morning time.

Otherwise till yesterday it would be 25 C at 10.30pm and in morning it would reduce to 21 C here.

GSB said...

Hi everybody!! Back after a gap of few days !! Home PC inaccessible due to home renovation. Using my Tab to access..

Abhijit, you are lucky to talk of 19 c temp !! Here at Thane the min today was 25.5 c in the morning for a few minutes and then quiclkly shooting up to 34/35 c by afternoon. And today with the cloudy conditions that made the situation even worse...dull and dreary.. miss the first two weeks of October..





Unknown said...

No Abhijit.Check out for COLA(wxmaps.org).Still they r showing rains in mumbai.Lets hope....

Abhijit Modak said...

Yes. Lets see what is store for us. Till Pune and South Konkan confirmed rain but Mumbai still 50% chances only as per current conditions ! Now spiral clouds seen over whole AP and few crossing into Maha border also. So this spiral are sure from Bay low now.

Unknown said...

AS-2 is abt to fizzle out in the arabian by weekend, and BB-10 will track NNE, SO mumbai will not experience any major rainfall but may be few scattered showers , some places.Overall it will be a hit n miss case for mumbai.

Unknown said...

Puneet: some maps are still following the old track of the system which could have brought heavy rains in mumbai, but unfortunately the track has changed n weather has cooled down in mumbai.rains are very unlikely in mumbai . tommorow should make things look even clearer.hope mumbai gets some rain .

Rajesh said...

sam: BB-10 going NE ?? what are you saying ? Its going west into TN.
After that it fizzles out..not sustainable..dont go by the forecast models (if i can advise), they change like a chameleon. Be sure of yourself.
dont you think vagaries has been quite constant..at least i try my best..one has to put up the most probable calculations initially itself. Many changes in forecasting is misleading and makes you loose your own confidence.

see, you have now understood abt AS-2 also...it cannot sustain.

Abhijit Modak said...

Badlapur got chilled today with min temp dropping to 17.7 C @ 6am today.

Condensation on car & bus windows and roof. Leaves of trees and grass also condense with water drops falling on ground. Dew point must be 8 °C here . With Humidity around 40%.


Many peoples who are catching local trains from Badlapur for their job in Mumbai also discussing that today very chilly(cold) start for the day so seems winter started now !

Unknown said...

i m sorry sir , i think i was too much in haste, to predict abt BB-10.

sset said...

Amoung all confusions/chaos about haricannes(Sandy), BB-10(depression), AS-2 - would be interesting to see who is going to give maximum rain (wish it is for south India/Sri Lanka). Wonder US guys make huge news about Sandy Superstorm - India encounters much bigger Mumbai-1000mm rain in 24hours, Orissa SuperCyclone.

By the way after tree cutting,lake draining,garbage,bird flu - Bangalore has its latest fashion addition - "RAT FEVER"- required "piped piper of Hamlien" as per todays Bangalore Mirror

Abhijit Modak said...

Nashik IMD AWS showing min temp of 10. 6 C at 6.30am today morning so severe cold wave in Nashik ! . Karjat (Raigad )near Badlapur was having min temp of 17 C at 6.30am today.

Abhijit Modak said...

Pune 13.8 C & Shirdi 11.5 C min temp of today morning.

So sudden cold wave patch in few places of Maharashtra today.

Abhijit Modak said...

IMD Pune site updated Pune min temp as 12.7 C .
Mumbai IMD showing min temp of Santacruz at 20.4 C & Colaba at 24 C for today morning.

Ron said...

the coverage on this depression in bob has been poor in indian media..infact there is more news on sandy than this..only this morning do i see media channels flashing this news..wonder y so late..

Ron said...

there is a definite drop in minimum temp in mumbai..was a bit chilly that normal...

emkay said...

Finally tropicalstormrisk shows the BoB depression to be a tropical storm with wind speeds of 40 knots

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