MORNING Time of Issue: 0900 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN
Significant Weather Features
The Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 13 kmph during last 06 hours and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 04th March 2022, over the same region near latitude 8.5°N and longitude 83.0°E, about 190 km east of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 430 km east- southeast of Nagappattinam (Tamil Nadu), 520 km southeast of Puducherry (Tamil Nadu) and about 580 km south-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu). It is likely to intensify further into A Deep Depression during next 12 hours. It is likely to move north-northwestwards along & off east coast of Sri Lanka towards north Tamil Nadu Coast during next 48 hours. Under its influence:
Rainfall forecast & Warnings:
i) Light to moderate rainfall/thundershower at many places with isolated heavy rainfall likely over coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; light to moderate rainfall/thundershower at a few places likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on 04th & 05th March, 2022.
iii) Light to moderate rainfall/thundershower at most places with heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over north coastal Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; light to moderate rainfall/thundershower at many places with isolated heavy falls very likely over south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on 06th & 07th March, 2022.
iv) Light to moderate rainfall/thundershower at a few/many places with heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry &
Karaikal, south coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema on 08th March, 2022.
Fishermen Warning: Fishermen are advised not to venture into Southwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal, adjoining Equatorial Indian Ocean, Gulf of Mannar, Comorin area and along & off Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and south Andhra Pradesh coasts till 6th March, 2022.
Main Weather Observations
♦ Rainfall/thundershower observed (from 0830 to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at many places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan- Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh and at isolated places over Uttarakhand, East Madhya Pradesh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim.
♦ Significant amount of rainfall/thundershower observed (from 0830 to 1730 hours IST of yesterday)(1 cm or more): Jammu & Kashmir: Batote-1.
♦ Thunderstorm observed (from 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0530 hours IST of today): at isolated places over Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh.
♦ Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 03-03-2022): Maximum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at many places over Coastal Karnataka; at a few places over Saurashtra & Kutch, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam & Meghalaya; at isolated places over East Madhya Pradesh, Kerala
& Mahe and Konkan & Goa; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and Nagaland-Manipur- Mizoram-Tripura; at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh and Odisha; at isolated places over Vidarbha and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam. They were appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at many places over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad and West Rajasthan; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at a few places over East Uttar Pradesh, Rayalaseema, Tamilnadu-Puducherry-Karaikal and South Interior Karnataka; at isolated places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 38.5°C was reported at Nalgonda (Telangana) over the country.
♦ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 03-03-2022): Minimum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at most places over Punjab; at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and at isolated places over Saurashtra & Kutch; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over West Rajasthan; at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, Gujarat Region and Madhya Maharashtra and at isolated places over East Rajasthan, West Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa and Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-Karaikal. They were appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at isolated places over Rayalaseema; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at most places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Coastal Karnataka; at many places over Kerala & Mahe; at a few places over South Interior Karnataka and at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Gangetic West Bengal and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and near normal over rest parts of the country.
Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 7.4°C was reported at Pantnagar (Uttarakhand) over the plains of the country.
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♦ The Depression over southwest Bay of Bengal moved north-northwestwards with a speed of about 13 kmph during last 06 hours and lay centered at 0530 hrs IST of today, the 04th March 2022, over the same region near latitude 8.5°N and longitude 83.0°E, about 190 km east of Trincomalee (Sri Lanka), 430 km east-southeast of Nagappattinam (Tamil Nadu), 520 km southeast of Puducherry (Tamil Nadu) and about 580 km south-southeast of Chennai (Tamil Nadu). It is likely to intensify further into A Deep Depression during next 12 hours. It is likely to move north-northwestwards along & off east coast of Sri Lanka towards north Tamil Nadu Coast during next 48 hours.
♦ The Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan & neighborhood between 3.1 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level with trough aloft in middle & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long.73°E to the north of Lat.28°N persists.
♦ The induced cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan & neighbourhood extending upto 2.1 km above mean sea level persists.
♦ A fresh Western Disturbance is likely to affect Northwest India from 05th March, 2022.
Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 09th March, 2022
♦ Meteorological sub-division wise detailed 5 days precipitation forecast is given in Table-1.
♦ No significant change in temperatures very likely over most parts of the country during next 4-5 days.
♦ Strong surface winds (speed 25-35 kmph) very likely to prevail over Haryana-Chandigarh-Delhi &
Rajasthan on 04th March and over most parts of plains of northwest India on 05th March, 2022.
Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days during 09th-11th March, 2022
♦ Under the influence of Western Disturbance, Isolated to scattered light/moderate rainfall/snowfall likely over Western Himalayan Region.
♦ Isolated to scattered rainfall light rainfall activity likely over parts of Peninsular, Central India and Nicobar Islands.
♦ Dry weather likely over rest parts of the country.
* Red color warning does not mean "Red Alert" Red color warning means "Take Action".
Forecast and Warning for any day is valid from 0830 hours IST of day till 0830 hours IST of next day For more details kindly visit www.imd.gov.in or contact : +91 11 24631913, 24643965, 24629798
(Service to the Nation since 1875)
04 March (Day 1): ♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over coastal Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-Karaikal.
♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu-Puducherry- Karaikal and Kerala-Mahe.
♦ Squally winds speed would gradually increase becoming 50-60 kmph gusting to 70 kmph very likely over Southwest &
adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Mannar and along & off north Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & South Andhra Pradesh coasts. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.
05 March (Day 2):