Friday 22nd May 2015 (For the period 22nd to 26th May 2015) Issued by National Agrometeorological Advisory Service Centre, Agricultural Meteorology Division, India Meteorological Department, Shivajinagar, Pune. Monsoon Watch The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) continue to pass through Lat 05.0°N/ Long. 79.0°E, Hambantota (Srilanka), Lat. 10.0°N/ Long. 86.0°E, Lat. 13.0°N / Long. 89.0°E and Lat. 18.0°N / Long. 95.0°E. Standardised Precipitation Index Four Weekly for the Period 23rd April to 20th May 2015 Extremely/severely wet conditions experienced in many districts of Tamil Nadu & Puducherry and Karnataka; Purulia district of West Bengal; Bokaro district of Jharkhand; Gopalganj district of Bihar; Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh; Gwalior, Satna, Shahdol districts of Madhya Pradesh; Nanded district of Maharashtra; Durg, Rajnandgaon, Surguja districts of Chhattisgarh; Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram districts of Kerala. Severely/moderately dry conditions experienced in Nicobar district of Andaman & Nicobar Islands; Nagaon, Karbi Anglong, Bongaigaon, Lakhimpur districts of Assam; Changlang, East Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh; Imphal East district of Manipur; Kohima district of Nagaland; Nasik district of Maharashtra. Rest of the country experienced moderately wet/mildly dry/wet conditions. Contour maps for Mean Maximum and Minimum Temperature and their anomaly for the week ending on 20.05.2015 Actual Mean Maximum Temperature (oC) in India Mean Maximum Temperature (oC) Anomaly in for the week ending 20.05.2015 India for the week ending 20.05.2015 Mean maximum temperature was above 400C over Mean maximum temperature were below normal by 2 to Rajasthan, many parts of Gujarat, West Madhya Pradesh, 60C over Tamil Nadu, many parts of Chhattisgarh, some Vidarbha, some parts of Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya parts of East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Rayalaseema, Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana South Interior Karnataka and isolated pockets of Coastal and isolated pockets of Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha. Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Mean maximum temperature ranged between 36 to 400C Mean maximum temperature were above normal by 2 to over Punjab, Gangetic West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Coastal 0 4 C over some parts of Saurashtra & Kutch and isolated Andhra Pradesh, many parts of Uttarakhand, Haryana, pockets of East Rajasthan, Gujrat region and West Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, East Madhya Pradesh. Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, It was normal to near normal in remaining parts of the Telangana, Rayalaseema, North Interior Karnataka, some country, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. parts of Uttarakhand, Konkan, South Interior Karnataka and isolated pockets of Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Vidarbha. It was below 360C over remaining parts of the country, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Actual Mean Minimum Temperature (oC) in India for the Mean Minimum Temperature (oC) Anomaly in India for week ending 20.05.2015 the week ending 20.05.2015 Mean minimum temperature was 12 to 160C over isolated Mean minimum temperature was 2 to 40C above normal pockets of Himachal Pradesh. over Mizoram and Tripura, many parts of Andaman & Mean minimum temperature was 16 to 200C over some Nicobar Islands, some parts of West Rajasthan, and parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh. isolated pockets of Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Mean minimum temperature was 20 to 240C over Punjab, Gujarat region, Madhya Maharashtra and West Uttar Haryana, Delhi, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Pradesh. Sikkim, many parts of Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Mean minimum temperature was 2 to 40C below normal Assam & Meghalaya, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka, over many parts of Haryana & Delhi, some parts of some parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Jammu & Vidarbha and isolated pockets of Jammu & Kashmir, Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, West Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, West Uttar Pradesh, Coastal Kerala and isolated pockets of Jharkhand and Madhya Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Pradesh. It was normal to near normal in remaining parts of the Mean minimum temperature was above 240C over rest of country and Lakshadweep. the country, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Contour maps for Relative Humidity, Cloud amount and Wind speed for the week ending on 20.05.2015 Relative Humidity (%) over India for the week Cloud amount (okta) over India for the week ending ending 20.05.2015 20.05.2015 Mean Relative humidity was above 80% over Sky remained generally cloudy (5-7 okta) over Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Kerala, Lakshadweep and Andaman & Nicobar Islands, many Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, many parts of parts of Assam & Meghalaya and Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Meghalaya, Coastal & South Interior isolated pockets of South Interior Karnataka. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, some parts of Rayalaseema and Mean Relative humidity was 60 to 80% over West isolated pockets of Jharkhand. Bengal & Sikkim, Tripura, Mizoram, Coastal Andhra Sky remained partly cloudy (3 to 4 okta) over Goa, North Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, many parts of Jharkhand, Interior Karnataka, Tripura and Mizoram, many parts of Odisha, Konkan & Goa, Rayalaseema, South Interior Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, East Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, some parts of Assam & Chhattisgarh, Konkan, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Vidarbha, North Interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, some isolated pockets of Uttarakhand, Bihar, Central India parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Odisha, Coastal Andhra and Madhya Maharashtra. Pradesh, Telangana and isolated pockets of Uttarakhand and 20 to 60% over rest of the country. Tamil Nadu. Sky remained mainly clear/clear (1 to 2 & 0 okta) over rest of the country. Wind speed (knots) over India for the week ending 20.05.2015 Mean wind speed was 8 to 12 knots over some parts of Saurashtra & Kutch. Mean wind speed was 4 to 8 knots over many parts of Haryana & Delhi, Gujarat, West Madhya Pradesh, Lakshadweep, some parts of Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Odisha, Rayalaseema, Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and isolated pockets of Vidarbha and Tamil Nadu. It was less than 4 knots over rest of the country and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. INSAT 3A CCD NDVI COMPOSITE ENDING ON 20th May 2015 OVER AGRICULTURAL REGION OF INDIA Agricultural vigour is very good in some parts of West Bengal, some pockets of east Bihar, Konkan & Goa, and south interior Karnataka, where NDVI varies from 0.4 to 0.6. Agricultural growth was good over most parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and some parts of east Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana (NDVI: 0.3-0.4). NDVI remains within the range of 0.2 to 0.3 over most parts of reast of India. Difference in INSAT 3A CCD NDVI between 13th May 2015 and 20th May 2015 Decrease in NDVI was observed over southern Punjab, south Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, north interior Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema and Gujarat States, West Bengal and some parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Moderate progress (up to 0.1) in NDVI was observed in UP, Punjab, Haryana and parts of Bihar and south interior Karnataka. INSAT 3A CCD NDVI composite maps for the week ending on 20th May 2015 for different States are given below in Annexure II. Weather Forecast for next 5 days valid upto 0830 hours of 27th May 2015 Day temperatures would rise by 1-2°C over plains of northwest & adjoining west and central India during next 2-3 days. 5 Day Rainfall Forecast (MORNING) 22 May 2015 Met. Sub-Division 22-May 23-May 24-May 25-May 26-May 1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands WS WS WS WS WS 2 Arunachal Pradesh FWS FWS WS WS WS 3 Assam & Meghalaya WS WS WS WS WS 4 N. M. M. & T. FWS FWS WS WS WS 5 S. H. West Bengal & Sikkim FWS FWS WS WS WS 6 Gangetic West Bengal ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL 7 Odisha DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL 8 Jharkhand DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL 9 Bihar ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT SCT 10 East Uttar Pradesh DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL 11 West Uttar Pradesh DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL 12 Uttarakhand DRY ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL 13 Haryana, Chd. & Delhi DRY ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL 14 Punjab DRY ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL 15 Himachal Pradesh DRY ISOL SCT SCT ISOL 16 Jammu & Kashmir ISOL SCT FWS SCT ISOL 17 West Rajasthan DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY 18 East Rajasthan DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY 19 West Madhya Pradesh DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL 20 East Madhya Pradesh DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY 21 Gujarat Region DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY 22 Saurashtra & Kutch DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY 23 Konkan & Goa DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL 24 Madhya Maharshtra DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL 25 Marathwada DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL 26 Vidarbha DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL 27 Chhattisgarh DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL 28 Coastal Andhra Pradesh ISOL DRY DRY ISOL ISOL 29 Telangana DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL 30 Rayalaseema DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL 31 Tamilnadu & Puducherry ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL 32 Coastal Karnataka ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT SCT 33 North Interior Karnataka DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL 34 South Interior Karnataka ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL 35 Kerala ISOL ISOL SCT SCT SCT 36 Lakshadweep ISOL ISOL SCT SCT SCT Weather Warning during next 5 days 22 May (Day 1): Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions would prevail at many places over Vidarbha and at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Heat wave conditions would prevail at isolated places over East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada and North Interior Karnataka. Thunderstorm accompanied with squall would occur at isolated places over West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and interior Tamilnadu.Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 23 May (Day 2): Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions would prevail at many places over Vidarbha and at a few places over Rajasthan,West Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.