After the coldest day in the plains with a maximum at 10.6c on Wednesday 20th, Amritsar may see a low of 2/3c on Thursday morning. In fact Punjab (India & Pak) will see very cold conditions on Wed night recording temperatures around 1-3c in many places. Thick fog on Thursday in both Punjabs. 
Delhi NCR may record 2-4c on Thursday morning...

On Wednesday between 8.30 am -2.30 pm, Puri (Odisha) measured 117 mms of torrential rains.

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WEST MAHARASHTRA (INCLUDING MUMBAI) GETS COLD AND DRY .. 20 JAN 2016 

MUMBAI SCZ : 28.4 c(max) / 12.6 c (min) 

BADLAPUR : 27.1  c(max)  / 9.6 c (min) .. [Vagarian Abhijit's private reading]

COLDEST minimum temp IN MAHARASHTRA STATE : NASHIK min @ 5.8 c / max @ 26 c 

MAHARASHTRA MAP ..20 JAN 2016 (MAX/MIN TEMP IN C)

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INDIA ..20 JAN 2016 (MAX/MIN TEMP IN C)

Posted Tuesday Night:

Cold days in M.P. Day Temps on Tuesday: Guna 15.2c,  Khajuraho 15.8c, Satna and Sagar 16.1c, Bhopal 18.7c.
Light rains in Jharkhand.

Rain regions withdraw from M.P. on Wednesday, moving East into W.Bengal, Odisha and NE States.
A.P. and interior Karnataka may get showers on Wednesday. Cool day in Bangalore at around 23/24c.
Kolkata can expect showers on Wednesday..around 15-20 mms expected and around 25c in the day.

Due to inflow of moisture (to the UAC over Central India), rains occurred in Karnataka and Telengana as expected. Light rains and cold day in Hyderabad. Around 22c.

An extra flow of moisture towards the periphery of the Upper trough, brought unexpected rains to Karachi early Tuesday. 3 mms were recorded.
See Report in Vagaries Pakistan

Posted Monday,18th Night:
Bhopal had 21 mms of rain in the day on Monday..Along with rains in many places, Cold day in most M.P. on Monday 18th, with Satna seeing a high of 17.3c, Jabalpur & Gwalior 20.0c, and Khajuraho 18.6c.
Rains and Hail expected on 19th in M.P, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, East Vidharbh, Telengana (Hyderabad) and Interior Karnataka (Bangalore).

Gurgaon (NCR) saw a low of 3.2c and Meerut 2.8c.
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See Rohit's Page for Mumbai Surroundings ...17th Jan 2016

Posted 14th Jan Night:
Thursday 14th: Day Temperatures dip in Punjab....Ludhiana saw a high of 12.4c, Patiala and Ambala 15c and Amritsar was 15.7c as the maximum.
Delhi centres recorded 19c in the day. The first day in the season to fall below 20c !
In the Mountains, Srinagar was at 7.6c in the day, Simla saw a high of 9.9c on Thursday.
In the East, Cherrapunji was at 16.2c as the high at low was 5c..(no rains).
Pakistan: Muree saw a high of 8.5c, Lahore was 15.5c, while Islamabad was at 18.0c.

This comes as a relief to Northern India. Most of the Northern regions have been experiencing warm weather. After Christmas, the peak winter period, the days started getting warmer....the temperatures are above normal from 2c to 7c. 

In Kumaon, which is getting unusually warm temperatures, the fruit trees have started flowering, almost 45 days in advance. 
Day temp Anomaly from 13th Dec 2015-13th Jan 2016.

The Uttarakhand and H.P. regions along with the Northern plains are also very dry with very little precipitation. Some hill stations and regions in Uttarakhand have not even received the first snowfall yet.

Precipitation anomaly ( % of normal Rains) from 13th December 2015- 13th Jan 2016.

Wither Global Warming ?

2015 v/s 2014....Antarctic Sea Ice Extent

2014

2015 

In 2015, sea ice coverage was greater than average around the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea, and the Wilkes Land coast, according to an analysis by the National Snow & Ice Data Center. The Ross Sea and the Indian Ocean-facing coast had below average sea ice.

2015: 18.83 million square kilometers (7.27 million square miles).Maximum on 6th October. 

2014: The second image shows the annual maximum on September 20, 2014, a record-high extent of 20.14 million square kilometers (7.78 million square miles). 

Scientists think the strong El Niño could have had an effect on Antarctic sea ice in 2015. El Niño causes higher sea level pressure, warmer air temperature, and warmer sea surface temperature in the seas off west Antarctica—all of which affect the sea ice distribution.

“After three record-high extent years, this year marks a return toward normalcy for Antarctic sea ice,” said Walt Meier, a sea ice scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Sea ice atop the Southern Ocean around Antarctica reached its annual maximum extent on October 6, 2015. The extent was less than the previous three years, which brought consecutive years of new record highs.

 From NASA Earth Observatory.

Some more Interesting Readings and Weather Phenomena...

Hole-Punch Clouds over the Southeast U.S. recently..

Posted Sunday Night 9 pm IST:
The night temperatures have started dropping as noted in Thursday's Post:

Mumbai Santa Cruz which saw 16c on Sunday morning, will see a further fall Monday morning, with Mumbai Colaba heading for a fall after 20c on Sunday morning. Pune which was 10.9c on Sunday morning will see a further drop.
Delhi was 8,8c on Sunday morning, and seeing more cold Monday morning.
Srinagar, as expected was -3.8c on Sunday morning, Gulmarg -9c and Leh plummeting to -15c. 
In H.P, Keylong recorded -11c.
Surat, reached 15c on Sunday morning.....

Let's see the next 12 hrs now...

TOP 10 STATIONS OF KERALA ABOVE NORMAL
(from 1-10-2015 to 6-1-2016)
ERNAKULAM		857.9	491.8	74
KANNUR		527.4	345.2	53
PATHANAMTHITTA		957	628.1	52
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM		790.9	526.5	50
KOTTAYAM		722.1	538.6	34
KOZHIKODE		558.7	422.6	32
MALAPPURAM		558.4	448.4	25
KASARAGOD		407.2	338.1	20
ALAPPUZHA		686	576.6	19
KOLLAM		759.2	642.5	18
			SOURCE	IMD CHENNAI

TOP 20 STATIONS OF KARNATAKA (DESCENDING ORDER)
(from 1-10-2015 to 6-1-2016)
STATION	ACTUAL	NORMAL	%DEP
KOLAR	481	229	110
CHIKABALLAPURA	410	226	81
TUMAKURU	317	207	53
BENGALURU URBAN	342	232	47
MANDYA	296	214	38
CHAMARAJANAGAR	319	245	30
UDUPI	410	317	29
DAKSHINA KANNADA	402	335	20
BENGALURU RURAL	273	242	13
RAMANAGARA	274	244	12
CHITRADURGA	176	159	11
MYSURU	231	214	8
CHIKKAMAGALURU	256	238	8
HASSAN	213	222	-4
SHIVAMOGGA	170	190	-11
KODAGU	232	292	-21
UTTARA KANNADA	162	210	-23
DAVANGERE	132	177	-25
HAVERI	116	170	-32
DHARWAD	105	167	-37
		SOURCE	IMD CHENNAI