WEATHER DURING THE WEEK ENDING ON 23-12-2015

CHIEF FEATURES :- Cold wave condition occurred at isolated places over Konkan - Goa on 23 rd and over Saurashtra and Kutch on 21 st and 22 nd .

District wise Weekly Rain Fall distribution for the week ending 23.12.2015 (17.12.2015 to 23.12.2015)

Excess :NIL Normal :NIL Deficient :NIL Scanty : NIL No Rain : Hingoli, , , , , Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Nagpur, Wardha, Gondia, Buldhana, Amaravati, Yeotmal, Bhandara. Nashik, Thane, Ratnagiri,Raigad , Pune,Satara, Ahmednagar,Beed, , Osmanabad. Suburban, Mumbai City, , Sindhudurg . , . South Goa, North Goa, Jalna, Nandurbar, Dhule , Sangli, Kolhapur, Jalgaon, Solapur. DNA : NIL

CHIEF AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IN CMS FOR WEEK ENDING 23.12.2015 (17.12.2015 to 23.12.2015)

CHIEF AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL IN CM.

KONKAN & GOA

12/17/2015: Nil 12/18/2015: Nil 12/19/2015: Nil 12/20/2015: Nil 12/21/2015: Nil 12/22/2015 : Nil 12/23/2015: Nil

MADHYA

12/17/2015: Nil 12/18/2015: Nil 12/19/2015: Nil 12/20/2015: Nil 12/21/2015: Nil 12/22/2015 : Nil 12/23/2015: Nil

MARATHWADA

12/17/2015: Nil 12/18/2015: Nil 12/19/2015: Nil 12/20/2015: Nil 12/21/2015: Nil 12/22/2015 : Nil 12/23/2015: Nil

VIDARBHA

12/17/2015: Nil 12/18/2015: Nil 12/19/2015: Nil 12/20/2015: Nil 12/21/2015: Nil 12/22/2015 : Amgaon –2; Bhandara –1 cms 12/23/2015: Nil

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF RAINFALL:

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 North Konkan D D D D D D D

South Konkan D D D D D D D Goa North Madhya D D D D D D D Maharashtra South Madhya D D D D D D D Maharashtra

Marathawada D D D D D D D

East Vidharba D D D D ISOL ISOL D

West Vidharba D D D D D D D

LEGEND : WD- Rainfall at most place , FWD-Rainfall at many places, SCT- Rainfall at a few places, ISOL- Rainfall at Isolated places, D/MD - Dry/ Mainly Dry weather, V-Vigorous, A- Active.... , NR - Not Recivied

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF MINIMUM MINIMUM TEMPERATURES:

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 North Konkan N BN N N N ABN ABN

South Konkan BN N N AN AN N BN Goa North Madhya AAN AN N MAN AAN N BN Maharashtra South Madhya MAN AAN AAN MAN AAN AN N Maharashtra

Marathawada MAN AAN AAN MAN AAN AN N

East Vidharba N AAN N AAN MAN MAN MAN

West Vidharba N AN N N AAN N N

LEGEND : N – NORMAL , AN – ABOVE NORMAL, AAN – APPRECAIBLY ABOVE NORMAL, MAN – MARKEDLY ABOVE NORMAL, BN – BELOW NORMAL , ABN- APPRECAIBLY BELOW NORMAL MBN – MARKEDLY BELOW NORMAL

District wise Seasonal Rainfall distribution for the season ending 23.12.2015. (01.10.2015 to 23.12.2015)

Excess : Nil Normal : , Sindhudurg , Ratanagiri, Raigad, Pune, Thane. Deficient : Nashik, Ahmednagar, South Goa, North Goa, Osmanabad, Satara, Kolhapur, Solapur, Sangli, Beed, Mumbai City Scanty : Nanded, Akola , Gondia , Hingoli, Mumbai Suburban Amravati, Parbhani, Buldhana, Dhule, Washim, Yeotmal,Wardha, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Aurangabad, Jalna, Chandrapur, Gadchiroli, Bhandara , Latur. No Rain : Nil

WEATHER AND ASSOCIATED SYNOPTIC FEATURES :

1) Last week’s upper air cyclonic circulation over Lakshadweep and adjoining Southeast Arabian sea extending up to 1.5 km above sea level persisted on 17 th and lay over Southeast Arabian sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area on 18 th and extended up to 0.9 km above sea level. It lay over Southeast Arabian sea and neighborhood on 19 th and moved away West ward on 20 th and became unimportant.

2) Last week’s upper air cyclonic circulation over comorin and adjoining Srilanka became less marked on 17 th .

3) An upper air trough runs from East Utter Pradesh to Eastern parts of extending up to 1.5 km above sea level on 18 th and became less marked on 19 th .

4) An upper cyclonic circulation lay over Lakshadweep and adjoining Maldives area extending up to 0.9 km above sea level on 20 th . It moved West ward on 21 st and lay over Southeast Arabian sea adjoining Southeast Arabian sea extending up to 1.5 km above sea level. It became unimportant on 22 nd .

5) A trough lay from Northwest Madhya Pradesh to Vidarbha extended up to 0.9 km above sea level on 20 th .

6) An upper air cyclonic circulation lay over Gujarat and adjoining Southwest Madhya Pradesh and extended up to 1.5 km above sea level on 20th. It lay over East Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Vidrabha on 21 st and extended up to 0.9 km above sea level. It lay over Vidarbha and neighborhood and extended up to 1.5 above sea level on 22 nd and lay over South Chattisgarh and adjoining Vidarbha extending up to 0.9 km above sea level at the end of the week.

6°C recorded at Nasik on 23rd was the lowest minimum temperature over the region during the week.

V. K. RAJEEV (Scientist E) FOR DY. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF METEOROLOGY.

RAINFALL STATEMENT SUB -DIVISION Rainfall for the week ending Rainfall for the period

DISTRICTS 23-12-2015 FROM 01-10-2015 to23-12-2015 Actual Normal Excess or Deficit Actual Normal Excess or Deficit mm mm mm % mm mm mm % STATES GOA 0 0.6 -0.6 -100 126.6 199.7 -73.1 -37 MAHA. EXCEPT VIDARBHA 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 61.2 110.3 -49.1 -45

MET. SUBDIVISIONS KONKAN & GOA MUMBAI CITY 0 0.5 -0.5 -100 74.8 93.3 -18.5 -20 MUMBAI SUBURBAN 0 0.5 -0.5 -100 32.9 93.3 -60.4 -65 NORTH GOA 0 0.4 -0.4 -100 154.1 211.7 -57.6 -27 RAIGAD 0 0.6 -0.6 -100 122.6 138.4 -15.8 -11 RATNAGIRI 0 0.9 -0.9 -100 143.2 173.7 -30.5 -18 SINDHUDURG 0 1 -1 -100 148.5 183.2 -34.7 -19 SOUTH GOA 0 0.7 -0.7 -100 102.3 189.1 -86.8 -46 THANE 0 0.5 -0.5 -100 109.9 98.3 11.6 12 SUBDIVISION RAINFALL 0 0.7 -0.7 -100 127.1 148.4 -21.3 -14

MADHYA MAHARASHTRA AHMEDNAGAR 0 1.2 -1.2 -100 60.1 103.4 -43.3 -42 DHULE 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 7.1 64.3 -57.2 -89 JALGAON 0 0.9 -0.9 -100 4.9 69.6 -64.7 -93 KOLHAPUR 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 70.5 162.3 -91.8 -57 NANDURBAR 0 0.7 -0.7 -100 4.1 50 -45.9 -92 NASHIK 0 0.7 -0.7 -100 60.7 94.4 -33.7 -36 PUNE 0 0.6 -0.6 -100 126.8 117.1 9.7 8 SANGLI 0 0.6 -0.6 -100 79.3 138.8 -59.5 -43 SATARA 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 98.9 133.4 -34.5 -26 SHOLAPUR 0 0.9 -0.9 -100 71.1 124.9 -53.8 -43 SUBDIVISION RAINFALL 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 64.5 107.5 -43 -40

MARATHWADA AURANGABAD 0 1.1 -1.1 -100 18 94 -76 -81 BEED 0 1.1 -1.1 -100 41.1 102.4 -61.3 -60 HINGOLI 1.5 -1.5 6.8 93.1 -86.3 -93 JALNA 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 13.4 92.6 -79.2 -86 LATUR 0 0.3 -0.3 -100 40.5 107.6 -67.1 -62 NANDED 0 0.2 -0.2 -100 6.3 100.7 -94.4 -94 OSMANABAD 0 0.4 -0.4 -100 53 111.9 -58.9 -53 PARBHANI 0 0.8 -0.8 -100 9.9 100.1 -90.2 -90 SUBDIVISION RAINFALL 0 0.7 -0.7 -100 24.3 100.4 -76.1 -76

STATES MAHA. (ONLY VIDARBHA) 0.2 0.9 -0.7 -77 7.1 79.7 -72.6 -91

MET. SUBDIVISIONS VIDARBHA AKOLA 0 1.3 -1.3 -100 6.6 75.5 -68.9 -91 AMRAOTI 0 1.2 -1.2 -100 1.6 74.7 -73.1 -98 BHANDARA 2.2 0.8 1.4 172 3.6 83.4 -79.8 -96 BULDHANA 0 1.1 -1.1 -100 3.9 75 -71.1 -95 CHANDRAPUR 0 0.6 -0.6 -100 6.4 79.9 -73.5 -92 GADCHIROLI 0 0.2 -0.2 -100 17.7 83.8 -66.1 -79 GONDIA 2.3 0.9 1.4 158 6.4 78.3 -71.9 -92 NAGPUR 0 1 -1 -100 12.4 80.4 -68 -85 WARDHA 0 1.9 -1.9 -100 8.7 85.3 -76.6 -90 WASHIM 0 1.1 -1.1 -100 3.8 77.7 -73.9 -95 YEOTMAL 0 0.9 -0.9 -100 2.1 81.6 -79.5 -97 SUBDIVISION RAINFALL 0.2 0.9 -0.7 -77 7.1 79.7 -72.6 -91

Note:- Rainfall figures for the period are subject to correction on receipt of late Data. LEGEND : Excess : 20 % or more Normal : + 19% to -19 % Deficient : -20% to -59% Scanty : -60 % to -99% No Rain : -100 % DNA : Data not available