Friday 08 April 2022 - Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST

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MORNING Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

Heat Wave Spell likely to continue over Northwest India, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand during next 5 days.

♦ Heat Wave conditions in most parts with severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets very likely over West Rajasthan; Heat Wave to with severe heat wave conditions in some parts over East Rajasthan and in isolated pockets over south Haryana-Delhi during next 5 days.

♦ Heat Wave conditions in some parts over Madhya Pradesh during next 5 days with severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over West Madhya Pradesh on 10th & 11th April, 2022.

♦ Heat Wave conditions in some pockets over Himachal Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand & Bihar during next 5 days; over Jammu division on 08th; over northern parts of Gujarat & Kutch during 08th-09th and over Vidarbha during 09th- 11th April, 2022.

Rainfall Forecast & Warnings:

Under the influence of strong southwesterly winds from Bay of Bengal to northeastern States at lower tropospheric levels:

i) Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm/lightning very likely to continue over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Meghalaya and isolated/scattered rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm/lightning over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura during next 5 days.

ii) Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Arunachal Pradesh & Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim during 08th-10th April; over Assam- Meghalaya during next 5 days. Isolated very heavy rainfall also very likely west Assam-Meghalaya during 09th-11th April, 2022.

Under the influence of trough over south Peninsular India:

i) Light isolated/scattered rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Kerala-Mahe, Lakshadweep, Tamilnadu- Puducherry-Karaikal, Karnataka during next 5 days and over Coastal Andhra Pradesh during 09th-11th April.

ii) Isolated heavy rainfall likely over south Kerala on 08th & 09th and over south Tamil Nadu on 8th April, 2022.

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Pradesh; at isolated places over North Interior Karnataka, Kerala-Mahe, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Assam & Meghalaya.

♦ Significant amount of rainfall/thundershower observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday)(1 cm or more): Gangtok, Majbat and North Lakhimpur-1 each.

♦ Thunderstorm observed (from 0830 hrs IST of yesterday- 0530 hours IST of today): at isolated places over North Interior Karnataka, Assam & Meghalaya Kerala & Mahe, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Kariakal and Odisha

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♦ Yesterday, Heat Wave Conditions at most parts with Severe Heat Wave conditions at few pockets are observed over West Rajasthan and Heat wave to severe heat wave condition in isolated pockets over Himachal Pradesh and Delhi; heat wave conditions over some parts of Jammu division, Haryana, East Rajasthan and in isolated pockets over Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat State.

♦ Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 07-04-2022): Maximum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at most places over Himachal Pradesh and West Rajasthan; at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and at isolated places over Punjab, East Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and Saurashtra & Kutch;

appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at a few places over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and at isolated places over Vidarbha and Assam & Meghalaya; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at a few places over Bihar, Marathwada, Coastal Karnataka and Tamilnadu-Puducherry-Karaikal and at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra and Gangetic West Bengal. They were below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over Assam-Meghalaya; at a few places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands and at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 45.0°C was reported at Kandla Aerodrome (Saurashtra & Kutch) over the country.

♦ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 07-04-2022): Minimum temperatures were markedly above normal (5.1°C or more) at isolated places over Bihar; appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at many places over Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and West Rajasthan; at a few places over Saurashtra-Kutch and at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Gangetic West Bengal; at many places over Uttarakhand, Marathwada, Jharkhand and Coastal Karnataka; at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and at isolated places over Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi and Odisha. They were below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over Kerala- Mahe; at a few places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; at isolated places over Telangana and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 16.4°C was reported at Rewa (East Madhya Pradesh) over the plains of the country.

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♦ The Western Disturbance as a trough in westerlies now runs roughly along Lat. 60°E to the north of 30°N between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood extending upto 3.1 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The trough from above cyclonic circulation over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood to north interior Tamilnadu across west Vidarbha, Marathwada & interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over South Andaman Sea & neighbourhood now lies over Southeast Bay of Bengal and extends upto mid-tropospheric levels.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over southeast Jharkhand & neighbourhood extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over Sri Lanka & neighbourhood between 1.5 km & 3.1 km above mean sea level persists.

Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 13th April, 2022

♦ Meteorological sub-division wise detailed 5 days precipitation forecast is given in Table-1.

♦ Rise in maximum temperatures by about 2°C very likely over parts of Northwest India during next 2 days and no significant thereafter.

♦ No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over Gujarat during next 2 days and fall by 2-3°C thereafter.

♦ No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely over most parts of the country during next 5 days.

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days during 13th-15th April, 2022

♦ Widespread moderate rainfall activity likely to continue over Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim and isolated to scattered light rainfall over Kerala & Mahe, Tamil Nadu and Western

Himalayan region and islands.

♦ Dry weather likely over rest parts of the country.

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8 April (Day 1): ♦ Heat wave conditions in most places with severe Heat wave conditions in isolated pockets very likely over West Rajasthan; Heat wave conditions in some parts with severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over East Rajasthan; Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over south Haryana-Delhi and Heat wave conditions in some parts over Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and in isolated pockets over Jammu division, south Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat state.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning/gusty winds (speed 30-40 kmph) at isolated places very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Assam-Meghalaya and Kerala-Mahe and with lightning at isolated places very likely over Chhattisgarh, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Nagaland-Manipur, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan-Goa, Coastal Karnataka and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Meghalaya, south Kerala and south Tamil Nadu.

9 April (Day 2): ♦ Heat wave conditions in most places with severe Heat wave conditions in isolated pockets very likely over West Rajasthan; Heat wave conditions with severe heat wave conditions in some parts over East Rajasthan and in isolated pockets over south Haryana-Delhi and Heat wave conditions in some parts over Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and in isolated pockets over south Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Vidarbha and Gujarat state.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning/gusty winds (speed 30-40 kmph) at isolated places very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim and Kerala-Mahe and with lightning at isolated places very likely over Chhattisgarh and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Assam-Meghalaya and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal- Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and south Kerala.

10 April (Day 3): ♦ Heat wave conditions in most places with severe Heat wave conditions in isolated pockets likely over West Rajasthan; Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in some parts over East Rajasthan; Heat wave conditions in some parts with severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over West Madhya Pradesh; Heat wave to severe heat wave conditions in isolated pockets over south Haryana-Delhi and Heat wave conditions in some parts over East Madhya Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh and in isolated pockets over south Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Vidarbha.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Chhattisgarh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Tamilnadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal and Kerala-Mahe.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over west Assam-Meghalaya and heavy rainfall at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh and Sub- Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Chhattisgarh and Kerala-Mahe.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over west Assam-Meghalaya.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Chhattisgarh and Kerala-Mahe.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over west Assam-Meghalaya.

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ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT 31 MARCH-06 APRIL, 2022

Go to: Table-1(A) Table-1(B) Table-1(C) Table-2 Table-3 Fig-1

Fig-2 Fig-3 Annexure-1

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES

♦ Strong southwesterlies/southerlies causing enhanced moisture incursion into the area had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorms over parts of Northeast India and over Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on most of the days during the week; under its influence, heavy /very heavy rainfall activity had been reported over these areas on three to four days whereas extremely heavy rainfall had been reported over Meghalaya on four days along with.

♦ Under the influence of north –south troughs/wind discontinuities /cyclonic circulations in the lower tropospheric levels, isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over southern parts of Peninsular India on most of the days during the week; it had also caused isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity over remaining parts of Peninsular India on two to three days and over part of Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh on one or two days; isolated heavy rainfall also had been reported over Tamil Nadu, Puduchery & Karaikkal on one day along with.

♦ Troughs in lower tropospheric levels supported by moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal had caused isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity over parts of East India on two to three days during the week.

Heavy rain:

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Assam &

Meghalaya on four days during the week.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Arunachal Pradesh and Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on two days each during the week.

♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on four days;

over Assam & Meghalaya on three days; over Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal o

n one day each during the week.

Temperature Scenario:

Heatwave

♦ Heatwave to severe heatwave conditions had occurred at most places over West Rajasthan on two days;

at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Himachal Pradesh on four days each; at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦ Heatwave conditions at most places with severe heatwave conditions at isolated places had occurred over West Rajasthan on two days during the week.

♦ Heatwave conditions at many places with severe heatwave conditions at isolated places had occurred over West Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦ Heatwave conditions at most places had occurred over East Madhya Pradesh on one day; at many places over East Rajasthan on two days and over West Rajasthan on one day; at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh on three days, over East Madhya Pradesh East Rajasthan on two days each and over West Rajasthan on one day; at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh on five days, over West Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand on three days each, over Jammu division of Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh , East & West Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on two days each; over Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat Region and Bihar on one day each during the week.

♦ The highest maximum temperature of 44.5^oC had been recorded at Barmer (West Rajasthan) on 6^th April 2022 and the lowest minimum temperature of 12.5^oC had been recorded at Jhansi (West Uttar Pradesh) on 5^th April 2022 over the plains of the country during the week.

LEGEND: Few days-(3 days), Many days-4 to 5 days and Most days-6 to 7 days during the week.

METEOROLOGICALANALYSIS

♦ Last week’s cyclonic circulation over Punjab & neighbourhood lay over Haryana & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 31^st March 2022; it has become less marked on 1^st April 2022.

Government of India Ministry of Earth Sciences India Meteorological Department National Weather Forecasting Centre

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♦ Last week’s cyclonic circulation over East Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood lay over southeast Uttar Pradesh & adjoining Bihar and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 31^st March 2022; it lay over East Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 1^st April 2022; it lay over Jharkhand & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 2^nd; it has become less marked on 3^rd April 2022.

♦ Last week’s trough/wind discontinuity from interior Odisha to Telangana ran from the cyclonic circulation over southeast Uttar Pradesh & adjoining Bihar to interior Tamilnadu across Chhattisgarh, Telangana &

Rayalaseema and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 31^st March 2022;it ran from the cyclonic circulation over East Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood to North Interior Karnataka across Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha and Telangana and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 1^st April 2022; it ran from Telangana to Interior Tamilnadu across Rayalaseema & Interior Karnataka and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 2^nd; it ran from Marathawada to north interior Tamilnadu across Interior Karnataka and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 3^rd; it ran from Marathwada to interior Tamilnadu across Interior Karnataka and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 4^th;it ran from west Vidarbha to north interior Tamilnadu across Marathwada and Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 5^th; it ran from the cyclonic circulation over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood to north interior Tamilnadu across west Vidarbha, Marathwada & Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 6^th April 2022.

♦ Last week’s trough in westerlies with its axis at 3.1 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 89°E to the north of 26°N has moved away east-northeastwards on 31^st March 2022.

♦ A trough ran from east Bihar to Northwest Bay of Bengal at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 31^st March 2022 and it persisted like that on 1^st April 2022; it ran from east Bihar to north Odisha at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 2^nd;it has become less marked on 3^rd April 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Gulf of Mannar & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 31^st March 2022; it persisted over the same areas extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 1^st April 2022; it has become less marked on 2^nd April 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over northeast Bangladesh & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 1^st April 2022; it persisted over the same areas extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 2^nd; it has become less marked on 3^rd April 2022.

♦ A Western Disturbance was seen as a trough in mid-tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long.52°E to the north of Lat.30°N on 1^st April 2022; it continued as a trough in mid-tropospheric levels with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level, roughly along Long.65°E and to the north of Lat.32°N on 2^nd and roughly along Long.70°E to the north of Lat.32°N on 3^rd; it has moved away east-northeastwards on 4^th April 2022.

♦ An induced cyclonic circulation lay over West Rajasthan & adjoining central Pakistan and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 2^nd April 2022; it persisted over the same areas extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 3^rd; it has become less marked on 4^th April 2022.

♦ A trough in westerlies between 1.5 km & 3.1 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long.89°E to the north of Lat.20°N on 3^rd April 2022; it was seen roughly along Long.91°E to the north of Lat.20°N between 1.5 km & 3.1 km above mean sea level in the evening of the same day; it has moved away east- northeastwards on 4^th April 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 3^rd April 2022; it has become less marked in the early morning hours of 4^th April 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over south Tamilnadu & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 3^rd April 2022;it has become less marked on 4^th April 2022.

♦ A trough in westerlies at 1.5 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long.89°E to the north of Lat.22°N on 4^th April 2022; it has moved away northeastwards on 5^th April 2022;

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over north Chhattisgarh & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 5^th April 2022; it lay over southeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood and extended upto 2.1 km above mean sea level on 6^th April 2022.

♦ A Western Disturbance was seen as a trough in westerlies with its axis at 3.1 km above mean sea level roughly along Lat. 57°E to the north of 25°N on 6^th April 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Gulf of Mannar & neighbourhood and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 6^th April 2022.

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♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over South Andaman Sea & neighbourhood and extended upto midtropospheric level on 6^th April 2022.

RAINFALL SUMMARY

Category of the rainfall

WEEK SEASON

31.03.2022 TO 06.04.2022 01.03.2022 TO 06.04.2022 Number of Sub-divisions Number of Sub-divisions

LARGE EXCESS (+60% or more) 7 4

EXCESS (+20% to +59%) 0 4

NORMAL (+19% to -19%) 3 3

DEFICIENT (-20% to -59%) 2 3

LARGE DEFICIENT (-60% to -99%) 7 20

NO RAIN (-100%) 17 2

Cumulative rainfall (mm) Actual Normal % Departure Actual Normal % Departure

EAST & NORTH-EAST INDIA 60.9 25.1 143% 85.9 85.0 +1%

NORTH-WEST INDIA 0.0 6.8 -100% 5.2 53.5 -90%

CENTRAL INDIA 0.2 2.0 -88% 1.4 10.2 -87%

SOUTH PENINSULA 3.6 5.6 -37% 15.6 19.5 -20%

Country as a whole _10.5 _7.9 _33% _18.8 _37.3 _-50%

 Weekly cumulative rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-1

 Sub-division wise weekly and seasonal rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-2 and Fig-3.

 Sub-divisionwise daily distribution of realised Rainfall is shown in Table-1(A).

 Sub-divisionwise departure of realised Maximum temperature from Normal is shown in Table-1(C)

 Statewise distribution of number of districts with Large-Excesse, Excess, Normal, Deficient, Large-deficient and no rainfall is shown in Table-2.

 Cumulative seasonal rainfall data during the corresponding weekly period for the last five years are given in Table-3.

 Sub-divisionwise realised weekly rainfall (in cm) is shown in Annexure-1.

FORECAST & WARNING FOR THE NEXT WEEK 07 APRIL TO 13 APRIL, 2022

 Detailed seven days Sub-division wise rainfall-forecast is given in Table-1(B).

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Fig-1

WEEKLY CUMULATIVE RAINFALL (31 MARCH - 06 APRIL, 2022)

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Table-1 (A)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE DISTRIBUTION OF REALISED RAINFALL-2022

S.No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 31 MAR 01 APR 02 APR 03 APR 04 APR 05 APR 06 APR

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS DRY DRY ISOL FWS ISOL DRY WS

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS WS* WS* WS WS** WS* WS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA FWS WS** WS* SCT WS** FWS** FWS*

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM FWS* WS* FWS** WS** WS** FWS** FWS**

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL DRY DRY

7 ODISHA DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

8 JHARKHAND DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

9 BIHAR ISOL DRY DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

12 UTTARAKHAND DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

14 PUNJAB DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

17 WEST RAJASTHAN DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

18 EAST RAJASTHAN DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

21 GUJARAT REGION DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

23 KONKAN & GOA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL

25 MARATHAWADA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

26 VIDARBHA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

27 CHHATTISGARH DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM DRY ISOL DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL

29 TELANGANA DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL DRY ISOL

30 RAYALASEEMA DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

33 NORTH INT.KARNATAKA DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL SCT

34 SOUTH INT.KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

35 KERALA & MAHE SCT ISOL SCT SCT SCT ISOL SCT

36 LAKSHADWEEP DRY DRY DRY DRY SCT DRY SCT

LEGENDS:

WS - WIDE SPREAD / MOST PLACES (76-100%) FWS - FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD / MANY PLACES (51% to 75%) SCT - SCATTERED / FEW PLACES (26% to 50%) ISOL - ISOLATED (up to 25%) D / DRY - NO STATION REPORTED RAINFALL

* ACTIVE (R/F 1^1/2- 4 times the normal with WS/FWS, at least 2 stations should be 5 cm. along west coast & 3 cm. elsewhere )

** VIGOROUS (R/F More than 4 times the normal with WS/FWS, at least 2 stations should be 8 cm. along west coast & 5 cm. elsewhere)

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Table-1 (B)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE WEEKLY RAINFALL FORECAST-2022

Sr. No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 07 APR 08 APR 09 APR 10 APR 11 APR 12 APR 13 APR

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS FWS^L FWS^L FWS ISOL SCT SCT SCT

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS^● WS^● WS^● WS^● WS FWS WS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA FWS^●^L FWS^●^L WS^●● WS^●● WS^●● WS WS

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA ISOL^L ISOL^L SCT SCT SCT WS WS

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM WS^●^L WS^●^L WS^●^L WS^●^L SCT WS WS

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL ISOL^L ISOL^L DRY DRY DRY ISOL SCT

7 ODISHA ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY

8 JHARKHAND DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ ISOL ISOL

9 BIHAR DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ ISOL ISOL

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

12 UTTARAKHAND DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY DRY

14 PUNJAB DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY ISOL ISOL

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY SCT ISOL

17 WEST RAJASTHAN DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY DRY

18 EAST RAJASTHAN DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY DRY

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY⁺⁺ DRY DRY

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

21 GUJARAT REGION DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH DRY⁺ DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

23 KONKAN & GOA ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL DRY DRY DRY DRY

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA ISOL^{+ L} ISOL^L DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

25 MARATHAWADA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

26 VIDARBHA ISOL^L ISOL DRY DRY⁺ DRY⁺ DRY DRY

27 CHHATTISGARH ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L DRY DRY

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM DRY DRY ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

29 TELANGANA ISOL^L DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

30 RAYALASEEMA DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY DRY

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL ISOL

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL DRY DRY DRY

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

35 KERALA & MAHE SCT^L FWS^●^L FWS^●^L SCT^L SCT^L SCT SCT

36 LAKSHADWEEP DRY SCT SCT SCT SCT DRY DRY

LEGENDS:

WS - WIDE SPREAD / MOST PLACES (76-100%) FWS - FAIRLY WIDE SPREAD / MANY PLACES (51% to 75%) SCT - SCATTERED / FEW PLACES (26% to 50%) ISOL - ISOLATED (up to 25%) D / DRY - NO RAINFALL

●Heavy Rainfall (64.5-115.5 mm) ^●●Heavy to Very Heavy Rainfall (115.6-204.4 mm) ^●●●Extremely Heavy Rainfall (204.5 mm or more)

F Fog * Snowfall ^DDust storm ^$Thunderstorm with Squall ^L Thunderstorm with Lightning ^#Thunderstorm with Hail

⁺Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal +4.5ÔC to +6.4ÔC) ⁺⁺ Severe Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal ≥ +6.5ÔC)

^-Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Normal -4.5ÔC to -6.4ÔC) ^{- -}Severe Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Norma ≤ -6.5ÔC)

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Table-1 (C)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE REALISED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE-2022

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 31 MAR 01 APR 02 APR 03 APR 04 APR 05 APR 06 APR

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS N N N N N N ABN

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH N N N N N N N

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA N ABN N N N N MBN

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA N N N N N AN N

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM N N N ABN N N N

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL N N N N N N N

7 ODISHA N N N N AN N N

8 JHARKHAND AAN N N AAN N AAN AAN

9 BIHAR N N N N AAN N AAN

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH N N AAN MAN N N AAN

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH N N AAN MAN MAN N AAN

12 UTTARAKHAND N N N MAN MAN MAN AAN

13 HARYANA, CHD. & DELHI MAN N MAN MAN N MAN N

14 PUNJAB MAN N MAN AAN MAN MAN MAN

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

17 WEST RAJASTHAN MAN N MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN

18 EAST RAJASTHAN N N N N N N AAN

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH N AAN AAN AAN N N AAN

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH MAN N AAN N N AAN AAN

21 GUJARAT REGION N N N N N AAN N

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH N N N AAN N N N

23 KONKAN & GOA N N N N N AN N

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA N N N N N N N

25 MARATHAWADA N AN N AN AN AN AN

26 VIDARBHA AAN AAN AAN N N N N

27 CHHATTISGARH AAN N N AN AAN N N

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM N N N N N N N

29 TELANGANA N AN N N N N N

30 RAYALASEEMA AN N N N N N N

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL N N N N N N N

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA N N N N AN AN AN

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N N N N N N N

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N N N N N N N

35 KERALA & MAHE N N N N N N N

36 LAKSHADWEEP N N N N N N N

Highest Maximum Temperature (°C) ^44.0 ^43.6 ^43.6 ^44.0 ^44.1 ^42.2 ^44.5

Station/(s) observed HMT Chandrapur Chandrapur Barmer Akola Akola Akola Barmer

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) ^Vidarbha ^Vidarbha ^{West Raj.} ^Vidarbha ^Vidarbha ^Vidarbha ^{West Raj.}

Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 15.9 14.5 14.6 14.3 15.4 12.5 15.9

Station/(s) observed LMT Nasik &

Pune

Baramati &

Pune Meerut Hissar Meerut Jhansi Karnal

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) M Maha. M Maha. West UP Haryana West UP West UP Haryana LEGENDS:

N- NORMAL LONG PERIOD AVERAGE ±1ÔC BN -BELOW NORMAL (N-2)ÔC AN -ABOVE NORMAL (N+2)ÔC ABN- APPRECIABLY BELOW NORMAL (3.1 to 4.9)ÔC BELOW NORMAL AAN- APPRECIABLY ABOVE NORMAL (3.1 to 4.9)ÔC ABOVE NORMAL

MBN MARKEDLY BELOW NORMAL 5^OCOR MORE BELOW NORMAL MAN- MARKEDLY ABOVE NORMAL 5^OC OR MORE ABOVENORMAL

 -Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Normal -4.5ÔC to -6.4ÔC) ⁺Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal +4.5ÔC to +6.4ÔC)

- -Severe Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Norma ≤ -6.5^OC) ⁺⁺ Severe Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal ≥ +6.5^OC)

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Table-2

STATEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF NO. OF DISTRICTS WITH EXCESS, NORMAL,DEFICIENT,SCANTY AND NO RAINFALL

S. STATES PERIOD FROM : 01.03.2022 TO 06.04.2022

NO. LE E N D LD NR ND TOTAL

1 A & N ISLAND (UT) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3

2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 3 4 4 3 1 0 1 16

3. ASSAM 13 2 2 6 4 0 0 27

4. MEGHALAYA 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 7

5. NAGALAND 0 0 0 3 8 0 0 11

6. MANIPUR 1 0 1 3 4 0 0 9

7. MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 8

8. TRIPURA 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 4

9. SIKKIM 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 4

10. WEST BENGAL 2 1 1 1 3 11 0 19

11. ODISHA 0 0 0 0 12 18 0 30

12. JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 7 17 0 24

13. BIHAR 0 0 1 0 4 33 0 38

14. UTTAR PRADESH 0 0 0 0 2 73 0 75

15. UTTARAKHAND 0 0 0 0 8 5 0 13

16. HARYANA 0 0 0 0 2 20 0 22

17. CHANDIGARH (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

18. DELHI 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9

19. PUNJAB 0 0 0 0 12 10 0 22

20. HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0 0 0 12 0 0 12

21. JAMMU & KASHMIR(UT) 0 0 0 1 19 0 0 20

22. LADAKH(UT) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2

23. RAJASTHAN 4 1 2 5 12 9 0 33

24. MADHYA PRADESH 5 1 2 7 10 27 0 52

25. GUJARAT 0 0 0 1 1 31 0 33

26. DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

27. DAMAN & DIU (UT) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

28. GOA 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2

29. MAHARASHTRA 4 2 3 1 6 20 0 36

30. CHHATISGARH 0 0 0 2 10 15 0 27

31. ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0 0 3 9 1 0 13

32. TELANGANA 0 0 0 2 18 13 0 33

33. TAMILNADU 0 2 7 15 13 1 0 38

34. PUDUCHERRY (UT) 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4

35. KARNATAKA 9 4 3 9 5 0 0 30

36. KERALA 4 3 6 0 1 0 0 14

37. LAKSHADWEEP (UT) 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1

TOTAL 53 27 32 65 199 318 1 695

CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION

OF DISTRICTS OUT OF THE 8% 4% 4% 9% 29% 46%

694 WHOSE DATA RECEIVED

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER YEARS SINCE 1st MARCH

DATE LE E N D LD NR

07.04.2021 6% 4% 7% 17% 36% 30%

08.04.2020 59% 7% 7% 7% 15% 5%

03.04.2019 6% 6% 12% 22% 30% 24%

04.03.2018 9% 4% 6% 14% 33% 34%

05.03.2017 22% 8% 12% 17% 19% 22%

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Table-3

RAINFALL DURING PRE-MONSOON SEASON

S.

No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1^st March to

05 APR

2017

04 APR 2018

03 APR 2019

08 APR 2020

07 APR 2021

06 APR 2022 1. Andaman &

Nicobar Islands A N D

41 31 +31

22 31 -29

21 29 -28

1 36 -97

98 35 +176

152 34 +344

2. Arunachal Pradesh

A N D

309 234 +32

140 223 -37

149 213 -30

62 267

-77

145 255 -43

255 244 +4

3 Assam &

Meghalaya

A N D

231 101 +129

69 97 -29

69 93 -26

31 116

-73

75 111

-33

168 107 +58

4. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizo.

& Tripura

A N D

203 99 +105

25 96 -74

74 91 -19

18 99 -82

51 95 -46

33 92 -64

5. Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &

Sikkim

A N D

111 77 +44

63 75 -16

79 72 +10

80 79 +1

83 76 +9

144 74 +96

6. Gangetic West Bengal

A N D

31 34 -9

15 33 -55

44 32 +38

55 39 +40

10 38 -74

1 37 -98

7. Odisha

A N D

31 32 -5

14 31 -55

29 30 -2

69 32 +117

7 31 -77

1 30 -96

8. Jharkhand

A N D

5 20 -77

7 20 -64

23 19 +19

91 19 +385

9 18 -49

1 18 -92

9. Bihar

A N D

23 11 +107

2 11 -78

4 11 -61

46 9 +382

1 9 -85

1 9 -93

10. East Uttar Pradesh

A N D

4 10 -57

* 10 -98

5 10 -52

38 8 +385

* 8 -95

0 8 -100

11. West Uttar Pradesh

A N D

9 12 -30

1 12 -88

5 12 -55

48 11 +338

1 11 -93

0 11 -99

12. Uttarakhand

A N D

48 63 -23

29 62 -53

34 61 -44

119 62 +92

13 61 -78

2 61 -96

13. Haryana, Chandigarh &

Delhi

A N D

9 14 -40

* 14 -97

8 14 -43

70 14 +399

5 14 -66

* 14 -99

14. Punjab

A N D

15 27 -43

5 27 -81

9 26 -64

88 27 +225

10 27 -63

*

26 -98

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1^st March to