Friday 15 January 2021 - Time of Issue: 0745 hours IST

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Friday 15 January 2021 MORNING Time of Issue: 0745 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

♦ A cyclonic circulation lies over Southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Maldives area in lower & middle tropospheric levels and a trough runs from this cyclonic circulation to Comorin area in lower tropospheric levels. Under its influence; scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with moderate thunderstorm & lightning very likely over Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep area during next 24 hours and reduction in rainfall activities over these regions thereafter.

♦ Conditions are becoming favourable for cessation of Northeast Monsoon rains over Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and adjoining areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Rayalaseema and South Interior Karnataka around 19th January, 2021.

♦ Due to the prevalence of dry north/northwesterly winds, minimum temperatures very likely to remain below normal over most parts of Northwest India during next 2 days. Hence, Dense to very dense fog at a few pockets and Cold Day/Severe Cold Day conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during next 2 days. Cold Wave/Severe Cold Wave and Ground Frost conditions in isolated pockets also very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and north Madhya Pradesh during next 2 days.

Main Weather Observations

♦ Rain/Thundershowers observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at a few places over Lakshadweep and Tamilnadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal.

♦ Rainfall recorded (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday) (1 cm or more): Kodaikanal and Coonoor -2 each; Minicoy Islands -1.

♦ Yesterday, Cold Wave to Severe Cold Wave conditions were observed at isolated places over East Rajasthan and Cold Wave conditions at many places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and isolated places over Madhya Pradesh.

♦ Fog observed (at 0530 hours IST of today): Dense to very dense Fog in many pockets over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh; in isolated pockets over northwest Rajasthan and Dense Fog in many pockets over Bihar; in isolated pockets over Assam & Meghalaya and Tripura.

♦ Visibility reported (at 0530 hours IST of today) (200 metre or less): Ganganagar, Patiala, Ambala, Bareilly, Bahraich, Lucknow & Gorakhpur-25 m each;

Amritsar, Chandigarh, Sultanpur, Varanasi, Patna, Bhagalpur, Purnea & Tezpur-50 m each; Hissar, Delhi (Palam & Safdarjung), Gaya, Dibrugarh &

Kailashahar-200 m each.

♦ Maximum Temperature Departures as on 14-01-2021: Maximum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at a few places over Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Konkan & Goa and at isolated places over Uttarakhand an; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Marathawada; at many places over Vidarbha; at a few places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgistan, Baltistan & Muzaffrabad, Gujarat State, Telangana, Coastal Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam; at isolated places over Madhya Maharashtra & North Interior Karnataka. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at many places over Punjab and Bihar; at a few places over East Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at a few places over Andaman, Nicobar Islands, Gangetic West Bengal, West Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Rayalaseema, South Interior Karnataka, and Kerala & Mahe; at isolated places over Assam & Meghalaya, Odisha and Lakshadweep and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 36.8°C was reported at Mangalore (Coastal Karnataka) over the country.

♦ Minimum Temperature Departures as on 14-01-2021: Minimum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at a few places over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Coastal Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Konkan & Goa and Coastal Andhra Pradesh

& Yanam; at many places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Telangana and at a few places over Himachal Pradesh. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad; appreciably below normal (- 3.1°C to -5.0°C) at many places over East Madhya Pradesh; at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal; at isolated places over Uttar Pradesh and Saurashtra & Kutch; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over East Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh; at a few places over Punjab and at isolated places over West Rajasthan. Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 1.8°C was reported at Narnaul (Haryana) over the plains of the country.

* Red color warning does not mean "Red Alert" Red color warning means "Take Action".

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Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0530 hours IST)

♦ The cyclonic circulation over Southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Maldives area extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level persists. The trough from this cyclonic circulation to Comorin area extending upto 1.5 km above mean level also persists.

♦ The trough at 0.9 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 88°E to the north of Lat. 26°N persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over north Madhya Maharashtra & neighbourhood between 1.5 & 2.1 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over east Bihar and adjoining Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ Conditions are becoming favourable for cessation of Northeast Monsoon rains over Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and adjoining areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Rayalaseema and South Interior Karnataka around 19th January, 2021.

Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 20th January, 2021

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

♦ No significant change in minimum temperatures very likely over most parts of Northwest and West India during next 2-3 days.

♦ No significant change in minimum temperatures very likely over most parts Central India during next 2 days and rise by 2-4°C thereafter.

♦ Fall in minimum temperatures by 2-3°C very likely over most parts of East India during next 24 hours and gradual rise by 2-3°C thereafter.

♦ No significant change in minimum temperatures over rest parts of the country during next 3 days.

♦ Shallow to moderate fog at isolated places very likely over Telangana, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha during next 2 days.

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days from 20th January, 2021 to 22nd January, 2021

♦ Isolated to scattered rain/thundershowers likely over Northeast India and isolated rain/thundershowers Nicobar Islands. Isolated rain/snow also likely over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan and Muzzafarabad.

♦ Weather likely to be dry over remaining parts of the country.

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Weather Warning during next 5 days *

15 January (Day 1): ♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Tamilnadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep.

♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog at a few places very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh; at isolated places over Bihar and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and dense fog in isolated pockets over north Rajasthan, Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.

♦ Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and Cold Day conditions in isolated pockets over Bihar.

♦Cold Wave and Ground Frost conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and north Rajasthan and Cold Wave conditions in isolated pockets over Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha.

16 January (Day 2): ♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Coastal Karnataka.

♦ Dense to Very Dense Fog at a few places very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh; at isolated places over Bihar and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and dense fog in isolated pockets over north Rajasthan, Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.

♦ Cold Day to Severe Cold Day conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and Cold Day conditions in isolated pockets over Bihar.

♦ Cold Wave and Ground Frost conditions in isolated pockets very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and north Rajasthan and Cold Wave conditions in isolated pockets over Bihar.

17 January (Day 3): ♦ Dense Fog at isolated places very likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Assam &

Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.

18 January (Day 4): ♦ No weather warning.

19 January (Day 5): ♦ No weather warning.

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Table-1

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ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT 07 JANUARY – 13 JANUARY 2021

Table-1(A) Table-1(B) Table-1(C) Table-2 Table-3 Fig-1 Fig-2 Annexure-1

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES

♦Movement of easterly waves has caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorms over extreme south Peninsular India and Lakshadweep islands along with isolated intense to very intense rainfall activity over south Peninsular India; it has also caused isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Andaman & Nicobar islands, northern parts of south Peninsula, Maharashtra and southern parts of Gujarat State during the week.

♦Movement of a Western Disturbance has caused Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Western Himalayan Region and isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over adjoining plains of Northwest India during the first half of the week.

♦Remnants of Western Disturbance have caused isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over parts of Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during the week.

Heavy Rainfall:

♦Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal and Kerala & Mahe on one day each during the week.

♦Heavy to very heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on two days; over Coastal and North Interior Karnataka on one day each during the week.

♦Heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal and South Interior Karnataka on three days each; over Kerala & Mahe and Coastal Karnataka on two days each; over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Rayalaseema on one day each during the week.

Fog:

♦Dense to very dense fog had occurred at many places over West Rajasthan on one day;at a few places over Haryana, Chnadigarh & Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh on one day each;at isolated places over West Rajasthan on four days, East and West Uttar Pradesh on three days each, over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and East Rajasthan on two days each, over Punjab, West Madhya Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one day each during the week.

♦Dense fog had occurred at a few places over Punjab, East & West Rajasthan, East & West Madhya Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim on one day each; at isolated places over Uttarakhand on four days, over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab on three days each, over Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Odisha on two days each, over East Rajasthan, East Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Assam & Meghalaya and Himachal Pradesh on one day each during the week.

Temperature Scenario:

Cold Day

♦Cold day to severe cold day conditions had occurred at most places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab on one day each; at a few places over West Uttar Pradesh on two days and over Haryana, Chandigarh

& Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh on one day each; at isolated places over West Uttar Pradesh on two days and over Punjab, East & West Rajasthan and East Uttar Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦Cold day conditions at a few places with severe cold day conditions at isolated places had occurred over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦Cold day conditions had occurred at many places over Punjab on one day; at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab on two days each and over West Rajasthan on one day during the week.

Cold Wave

♦Cold wave to severe cold wave conditions at isolated places have occurred over West Rajasthan on one day during the week.

♦Cold wave conditions had occurred at many places over Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on one day each; at a few places over East Rajasthan on one day; at isolated places over West Rajasthan, East Rajasthan and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on one day each during the week.

♦The lowest minimum temperature of 0.2^oC had been recorded at Ganganagar(West Rajasthan) on 13^th Government of India

Ministry of Earth Sciences India Meteorological Department National Weather Forecasting Centre

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January 2021 over the plains of the country during the week.

LEGEND: A few days- 3 days, Many days- 4 to 5 days and Most days- 6 to 7 days during the week.

METEOROLOGICALANALYSIS

♦ Last week’s Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan & neighbourhood extending upto 4.5 km above mean sea level with a trough aloft with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 74°E to the north of Lat.32°N has moved away northeastwards on 7^th January 2021.

♦ Last week’s cyclonic circulation over central parts of South Arabian Sea and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean lay over Southeast Arabian Sea and seen between 1.5 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level on 7^th January 2021; it persisted over the same area and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 8^th, upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 9^thand upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 10^th; it lay over Southeast and adjoining Southwest Arabian Sea and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 11^th;it has moved away westwards on 12^th January 2021.

♦ Last week’s trough in low level easterlies from Comorin area to north Tamil Nadu was seen as a cyclonic circulation over south Tamilnadu coast & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 7^th January 2021; it lay over Sri Lanka & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 8^th; it persisted over the same area and extended upto 0.9 km above mean sea level on 9^th;it has merged with the cyclonic circulation over Equatorial Indian Ocean & adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 10^th January 2021.

♦ Last week’s trough at 1.5 km above mean sea level from north Pakistan to south Gujarat coast across West Rajasthan and Saurashtra & Kutch at 1.5 km above mean sea level has become less marked on 7^th January 2021.

♦Last week’s induced cyclonic circulation over southern parts of Haryana & neighbourhood extending upto 0.9 km above mean sea level has become less marked on 7^th January 2021.

♦ Last week’s trough in low level easterlies at 0.9 km above mean sea level from the cyclonic circulation over central parts of south Arabian Sea and adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean to North Madhya Maharashtra has become less marked on 7^th January 2021.

♦ A trough in low level easterlies ran from Karnataka coast to Maharashtra coast at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 7^th January 2021; it ran from the cyclonic circulation over Southeast Arabian Sea to Gujarat region at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 8^th and to northwest Madhya Pradesh across Eastcentral Arabian Sea and south Gujarat Region at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 9^th;it ran from Southeast Arabian Sea to north Maharashtra across Eastcentral Arabian Sea at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 10^th; it has become less marked on 11^th January 2021.

♦ A Western Disturbance lay as a cyclonic circulation over western parts of Afghanistan & neighbourhood between 3.1 km & 7.6 km above mean sea level on 7^th January 2021; it lay as a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan & neighbourhood and extended upto 7.6 km above mean sea level on 8^th; it lay over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level on 9^th;the cyclonic circulation associated with the Western Disturbance persisted over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir and was seen between 3.1 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level with a trough aloft with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long.72°E to the north of Lat. 32°N on 10^th; it continued as a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir between 3.1 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level with a trough aloft with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 72°E to the north of Lat. 32°N on 11^th;it lay as a cyclonic circulation over Jammu & Kashmir and neighbourhood between 3.6 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level with trough aloft with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 75°E to the north of Lat. 32°N on 12^th;it has moved away east-northeastwards on 13^th January 2021.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Equatorial Indian Ocean and adjoining central parts of South Bay of Bengal and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 9^th January 2021; it persisted over the same area and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 10^th; it lay over Southwest Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka coast and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 11^th; it lay over Comorin area & neighbourhood and extended upto 4.5 km above mean sea level on 12^th; it lay over Comorin & adjoining Maldives area and extended upto 4.5 km above mean sea level on 13^th January 2021; it was seen as a trough of Low at mean sea level from Comorin-Maldive area to Lakshadweep area with an embedded cyclonic circulation extending upto 4.5 km above mean sea level over Comorin - Maldive area in the afternoon of 13^th January 2021.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over east Bangladesh and neighbourhood and extended upto 2.1 km above mean sea level on 9^th January 2021; it has become less marked on 10^th January 2021.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 10^th January 2021; it has become less marked on 11^th January 2021.

♦ A trough at 0.9 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long. 88°E to the north of Lat. 26°N on 13^th February 2021.

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RAINFALL SUMMARY Category of the rainfall

WEEK SEASON

07.01.2021 TO 13.01.2021 01.01.2021 TO 13.01.2021 Number of Sub-divisions Number of Sub-divisions

LARGE EXCESS (+60% or more) 12 17

EXCESS (+20% to +59%) 1 3

NORMAL (+19% to -19%) 4 1

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

LARGE DEFICIENT (-60% to -99%) 9 7

NO RAIN (-100%) 7 5

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

EAST & NORTH-EAST INDIA 1.4 3.3 -56% 1.4 5.5 -74%

NORTH-WEST INDIA 2.5 6.3 -61% 25.7 10.7 +140%

CENTRAL INDIA 2.5 2.3 +10% 3.3 3.3 -1%

SOUTH PENINSULA 28.9 3.0 +864% 38.7 4.8 +706%

country as a whole 7.5 3.8 +98% 16.8 6.2 +171%

 Sub-division wise weekly and seasonal rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-1 and Fig-2.

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

 Sub-divisionwise departure of realised minimum 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 14 JANUARY TO 20 JANUARY 2021

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

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Table-1 (A)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE DISTRIBUTION OF REALISED RAINFALL-2021

S.No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 07 JAN 08 JAN 09 JAN 10 JAN 11 JAN 12 JAN 13 JAN

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

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH D D D ISOL ISOL FWS FWS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA D D D D ISOL ISOL ISOL

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

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM D D D ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL D D D D D D D

7 ODISHA D D D D D D D

8 JHARKHAND D D D D D D D

9 BIHAR D D D D D D D

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D D ISOL D D D D

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH SCT D ISOL D D D D

12 UTTARAKHAND WS D D D D D D

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI ISOL D ISOL D D D D

14 PUNJAB ISOL D D D D D D

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH FWS D D D D D D

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH FWS ISOL SCT SCT D D D

17 WEST RAJASTHAN D D D D D D D

18 EAST RAJASTHAN ISOL ISOL ISOL D D D D

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL D D D

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH D D ISOL ISOL D D D

21 GUJARAT REGION D ISOL ISOL ISOL D D D

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH D D D D D D D

23 KONKAN & GOA SCT WS SCT ISOL D D D

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA ISOL SCT SCT ISOL ISOL D D

25 MARATHAWADA D ISOL D ISOL D D D

26 VIDARBHA D ISOL D D D D D

27 CHHATTISGARH D D D D D D D

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

29 TELANGANA SCT ISOL ISOL D D D D

30 RAYALASEEMA WS FWS ISOL ISOL D D D

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL FWS SCT FWS SCT SCT FWS FWS

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA WS FWS FWS FWS D D D

33 NORTH INT.KARNATAKA FWS ISOL SCT ISOL D D D

34 SOUTH INT.KARNATAKA WS SCT SCT ISOL D ISOL D

35 KERALA & MAHE WS FWS WS SCT SCT FWS SCT

36 LAKSHADWEEP WS SCT FWS SCT WS FWS WS

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 & Wx. WARNINGS-2021

Sr. No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 14 JAN 15 JAN 16 JAN 17 JAN 18 JAN 19 JAN 20 JAN

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH D D ISOL ISOL SCT SCT SCT

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA D^F D^F D^F D^F ISOL ISOL ISOL

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA D^F D^F D^F D^F ISOL ISOL ISOL

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENG. & SIKKIM ISOL^F ISOL^F ISOL^F ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL D^ D^ D D D D D

7 ODISHA D^F D D D D D D

8 JHARKHAND D D D D D D D

9 BIHAR D^F^ D^F^ D^F^ D D D D

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D^F D^F D^F D^F D D D

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH D^F^ D^F^ D^F^ D^F D D D

12 UTTARAKHAND D D D D D D D

13 HARYANA CHD. & DELHI D^F D^F D^F D^F D D D

14 PUNJAB D^F D^F D^F D^F D D D

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH D D D D D D D

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH D D D D D D ISOL

17 WEST RAJASTSAN D^F D^F D^F D D D D

18 EAST RAJASTSAN D^F^ D^F^ D^F^ D D D D

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH D^ D^ D^ D D D D

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH D^ D^ D^ D D D D

21 GUJARAT REGION D D D D D D D

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH D D D D D D D

23 KONKAN & GOA D D D D D D D

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA D D D D D D D

25 MARATHAWADA D D D D D D D

26 VIDARBHA D D D D D D D

27 CHHATTISGARH D D D D D D D

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM D D D D D D D

29 TELANGANA D D D D D D D

30 RAYALASEEMA D D D D D D D

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL SCT^L^● SCT^L ISOL D D D D

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA D ISOL ISOL^L D D D D

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL ISOL D D D D

35 KERALA & MAHE SCT^L^● SCT^L SCT ISOL D D D

36 LAKSHADWEEP WS^L FWS^L FWS SCT SCT D D

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 ^DDuststorm ^$Thunderstorm with Squall ^L Thunderstorm with Lightning ^#Thunderstorm with Hail

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

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

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Table-1 (C)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE REALISED MINIMUM TEMPERATURE-2021

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 07 JAN 08 JAN 09 JAN 10 JAN 11 JAN 12 JAN 13 JAN

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS N N AAN N AN N N

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH N AN N N N AAN N

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA N N N N N MAN N

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

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

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL AAN AAN AAN N MAN N N

7 ODISHA N N N N N N N

8 JHARKHAND MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN N

9 BIHAR MAN N AAN MAN MAN AN BN

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH MAN N AAN MAN N N N

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH MAN N N N N N BN

12 UTTARAKHAND N N N AAN AAN AAN N

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

14 PUNJAB MAN AAN AAN AN N N N

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH N N N N N N N

16 JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH N N N N N N N

17 WEST RAJASTHAN N N N N N N N

18 EAST RAJASTHAN N N MAN N N N N

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH MAN MAN N MAN MAN N N

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH AAN MAN N MAN N N N

21 GUJARAT REGION N N N N N AAN N

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH N N N N N N N

23 KONKAN & GOA AN AAN N N N N AAN

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN MAN AAN

25 MARATHAWADA MAN MAN MAN N N N AAN

26 VIDARBHA MAN MAN MAN N N N AN

27 CHHATTISGARH MAN MAN MAN N N AAN N

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

29 TELANGANA MAN N N N N AN N

30 RAYALASEEMA N AAN N AAN N AN N

31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL AN AAN AAN N AN N N

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA N AAN AAN AAN AAN AAN AAN

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA MAN AAN AAN AAN AN AN N

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N AAN AAN AAN N AN N

35 KERALA & MAHE N N N N N AN AN

36 LAKSHADWEEP N N N AN N N N

Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 5.2 4.4 6.6 4.8 1.9 1.5 0.2

Station(/s) observed LMT Naliya Hissar Bikaner Erinpura Churu Sikar Ganganagar

Station(/s) lies in Met-Subdivision(/s) ^Saurastra

& Kutch Haryana West Raj. West Raj. West Raj. East Raj. West Raj.

LEGENDS:

BN - BELOW NORMAL (N-2)^OC AN - ABOVE NORMAL (N+2)^OC

N - NORMAL (N+1,N-1)ÔC ABN - APPRECIABLY BELOW NORMAL (N-3.1 to -4.9)ÔC AAN - APPRECIABLY ABOVE NORMAL (N+3.1 to +4.9)ÔC MBN - MARKEDLY BELOW NORMAL (N-5 AND BELOW )ÔC MAN - MARKEDLY ABOVE NORMAL (N+5 AND ABOVE)ÔC

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

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

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Table-2

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

S. STATES PERIOD FROM

: 01.01.2021 TO 13.01.2021

NO. LE E N D LD NR ND TOTAL

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

2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 2 2 1 2 6 3 0 16

3. ASSAM 1 2 0 2 6 16 0 27

4. MEGHALAYA 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7

5. NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 11

6. MANIPUR 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 9

7. MIZORAM 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8

8. TRIPURA 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4

9. SIKKIM 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4

10. WEST BENGAL 0 0 0 0 0 18 1 19

11. ODISHA 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 30

12. JHARKHAND 0 0 0 0 0 24 0 24

13. BIHAR 0 0 0 0 4 34 0 38

14. UTTAR PRADESH 19 5 1 2 17 31 0 75

15. UTTARAKHAND 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 13

16. HARYANA 18 1 1 1 0 0 0 21

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

18. DELHI 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 9

19. PUNJAB 8 4 5 2 1 0 0 20

20. HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 7 4 0 0 0 0 12

21. JAMMU & KASHMIR(UT) 16 3 0 0 1 0 0 20

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

23. RAJASTHAN 24 1 1 1 1 5 0 33

24. MADHYA PRADESH 11 2 3 10 15 10 0 51

25. GUJARAT 8 0 0 0 1 24 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 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

29. MAHARASHTRA 12 1 1 2 2 15 3 36

30. CHHATISGARH 0 0 0 0 0 27 0 27

31. ANDHRA PRADESH 5 0 0 1 0 7 0 13

32. TELANGANA 6 3 1 2 10 11 0 33

33. TAMILNADU 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 37

34. PUDUCHERRY (UT) 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4

35. KARNATAKA 26 0 1 1 1 1 0 30

36. KERALA 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 14

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

TOTAL 234 34 19 28 73 297 5 690

CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION

OF DISTRICTS OUT OF THE 34% 5% 3% 4% 11% 43%

685 WHOSE DATA RECEIVED

PERCENT DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER YEARS SINCE 1st JANUARY

DATE LE E N D LD NR

15.01.2020 49% 6% 6% 7% 11% 21%

16.01.2019 2% 1% 1% 4% 13% 79%

10.01.2018 3% 2% 1% 2% 5% 87%

11.01.2017 11% 3% 4% 5% 11% 66%

13.01.2016 0% 5% 2% 3% 9% 81%

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Table-3

RAINFALL DURING WINTER SEASON

S.

No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1^st January to

13 JAN

2016

11 JAN 2017

10 JAN 2018

16 JAN 2019

15 JAN 2020

13 JAN 2021 1. Andaman &

Nicobar Islands A N D

1 31 -96

145 29 +406

119 27 +332

133 33 +297

* 34 -99

26 32 -20

2. Arunachal Pradesh

A N D

17 15 +13

5 13 -62

14 12 +20

4 19 -79

29 15 +89

7 13 -48

3 Assam &

Meghalaya

A N D

8 7 +25

1 5 -90

3 5 -42

1 9 -84

11 7 +66

2 6 -69

4. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizo.

& Tripura

A N D

3 5 -42

1 3 -78

6 3 +100

* 6 -98

31 4 +684

0 3 -99

5. Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &

Sikkim

A N D

10 9 +8

2 7 -77

0 7 -100

1 11 -93

16 6 +152

* 5 -97

6. Gangetic West Bengal

A N D

0 5 -99

2 5 -59

0 4 -100

0 7 -100

22 5 +339

0 5 -100

7. Odisha

A N D

0 5 -100

2 4 -59

0 4 -99

0 7 -100

13 6 +116

0 5 -100

8. Jharkhand

A N D

0 5 -100

6 5 +25

0 4 -100

0 7 -100

20 4 +355

0 4 -100

9. Bihar

A N D

0 4 -100

* 4 -98

0 3 -100

* 6 -97

6 3 +67

0 3 -99

10. East Uttar Pradesh

A N D

0 5 -99

1 5 -88

0 5 -100

1 7 -87

9 4 +112

* 3 -92

11. West Uttar Pradesh

A N D

0 7 -100

7 6 +13

0 6 -100

* 9 -99

12 5 +138

13 4 +198

12. Uttarakhand

A N D

1 19 -93

21 16 +33

0 15 -100

6 23 -75

130 14 +831

27 12 +129

13. Haryana, Chandigarh &

Delhi

A N D

0 6 -99

9 5 +71

0 5 -100

2 8 -78

13 5 +147

21 5 +347

14. Punjab

A N D

3 8 -57

11 7 +47

0 7 -100

2 10 -79

35 7 +407

10

6 +59

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1^st January January to

13 JAN

2016

11 JAN 2017

10 JAN 2018

16 JAN 2019

15 JAN 2020

13 JAN 2021 15. Himachal

Pradesh

A N D

7 34 -78

55 27 +102

* 25 -99

26 44 -40

87 33 +159

30 28 +9

16. Jammu &

Kashmir and Ladakh

A N D

18 33 -45

71 23 +208

1 21 -98

41 45 -7

85 37 +133

77 29 +165

17. West Rajasthan A N D

* 1 -93

0 1 -100

2 2 +16

6 1 +277

4 1 +178

18. East Rajasthan A N D

0 3 -99

0 3 -100

0 3 -99

* 2 -91

15 2 +603

19. West Madhya Pradesh

A N D

* 4 -98

* 3 -94

0 3 -100

0 5 -100

4 3 +7

5 3 +54

20. East Madhya Pradesh

A N D

0 7 -100

4 6 -37

0 5 -100

* 9 -96

29 7 +297

1 7 -93

21. Gujarat Region A N D

0 1 -100

3 1 +312

22. Saurashtra &

Kutch

A N D

0 * -100

*

* -47

0 * -100

*

* +16

0 * -100

23. Konkan & Goa A N D

0 * -100

6 * +1312

24. Madhya Maharashtra

A N D

0 1 -100

0 * -100

0 1 -100

0 1 -99

19 1 +2218

25. Marathawada A N D

0 1 -100

0 2 -100

3 2 +47

3 2 +76

26. Vidarbha

A N D

0 5 -100

* 4 -95

0 3 -100

0 6 -100

20 5 +266

* 5 -94

27. Chhattisgarh

A N D

0 5 -100

1 3 -73

0 3 -100

0 6 -100

28 5 +436

0 5 -100

28. Coastal Andhra Pradesh &

Yanam

A N D

0 5 -100

0 4 -100

* 3 -97

0 6 -100

18 7 +142

10 6 +58

29. Telangana

A N D

0 3 -100

0 2 -100

0 4 -100

6 5 +21

2

4 -55

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

13 JAN

2016

11 JAN 2017

10 JAN 2018

16 JAN 2019

15 JAN 2020

13 JAN 2021 30. Rayalaseema

A N D

0 1 -100

0 3 -100

4 3 +70

23 1 +1529

31. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal

A N D

0 12 -99

* 10 -98

3 8 -61

0 14 -99

6 11 -49

109 10 +968

32. Coastal Karnataka

A N D

0 * -100

0 1 -100

61 1 +5967

33. North Interior Karnataka

A N D

0 1 -100

0 * -100

0 1 -100

* 1 -74

8 1 +705

34. South Interior Karnataka

A N D

0 1 -100

0 * -100

0 1 -100

* 1 -91

26 1 +2761

35. Kerala & Mahe A N D

0 4 -100

0 3 -99

* 3 -88

0 5 -100

4 4 -8

95 4 +2343

36. Lakshadweep A N D

0 13 -100

11 10 +8

4 9 -59

0 14 -100

1 10 -93

119 9 +1205

Country as a whole A N D

2.2 7.3 -69

7.6 5.8 +31

1.0 5.3 -81

4.1 9.6 -58

19.0 7.4 +157

16.8 6.2 +171

SUMMARY

No. of Sub-Divisions with rainfall

13 JAN

2016

11 JAN 2017

10 JAN 2018

16 JAN 2019

15 JAN 2020

13 JAN 2021 Large Excess

Excess Normal Total

- 01 02 03

04 03 02 09

02 01 00 03

01 00 02 03

21 02 03 26

17 03 01 21 Deficient

Large Deficient Scanty

No rain Total

03 - 10 20 33

04 12 - 11 27

02 06 - 25 33

01 13 - 19 33

01 06 - 03 10

03 07 - 05 15

Data Inadequate 00 00 00 00 00 00

TOTAL 36 36 36 36 36 36

*

Data is rounded off to nearest full figure according to Meteorological convention.

SEASONS:WINTER SEASON (January-February) PRE-MONSOON SEASON (March-May)

MONSOON SEASON (June-September) POST-MONSOON SEASON (October-December) LEGENDS:

Large Excess: (+60% or more) Large Deficient: (-60% to -99%) A: Actual Rainfall (mm) Excess: (+20% to +59%) Scanty: (-20% to -99%) N: Normal Rainfall (mm)

Normal: (+19% to -19%) No Rain (-100%) D: Departure from normal (%)

Deficient: (-20% to -59%) Data Inadequate: ** Rainfall upto 0.4 mm : *