Friday 24 March 2023 MORNING Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN
Significant Weather Features
Weather Forecast & Warning:
♦ A Western Disturbance seen as a cyclonic circulation over Afghanistan & neighbourhood in lower & middle tropospheric levels. It is likely to move eastwards towards north India during next 24 hours.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lies over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels.
♦ A trough runs from Rayalaseema to south Jharkhand in lower tropospheric levels.
Under the influence of above synoptic features, following weather is expected;
Northwest India: A fresh spell of rainfall & thunderstorm activity is likely to commence over the region from evening of 24th & 25
th
March and over Jammu division, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan on 24th March and over Uttarakhand on 25th March.
Central India: Mainly dry weather likely over the region during next 24 hours. Thereafter, a fresh spell of rainfall & thunderstorm/hailstorm activity is likely to commence over the region (Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha & Chhattisgarh) on 25th & 26th March.
South India: Isolated to scattered light/moderate rainfall with thunderstorm & lightning likely over Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Andhra Pradesh during next 5 days. A fresh spell of rainfall & thunderstorm activity is likely to commence over Telangana, Kerala & Mahe and interior Karnataka from 24th March.
Northeast India: Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall activity with thunderstorm & lightning likely to continue over Northeast India during next 5 days.
East India: Mainly dry weather likely over the region during next 3 days. A fresh spell of rainfall & thunderstorm activity is likely to commence over the region from 26th March.
Main Weather Observations
♦ Rainfall/thundershowers observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at
many places
over Arunachal Pradesh;at a few places
over Coastal Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura andat isolated places
over Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Saurashtra & Kutch, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Telangana, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya and Chhattisgarh.♦Significant amount of rainfall recorded (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday)(in cm): Kavali-4; Tiruttani-2; Kandla, Bhaunagar, Kailashahar, Arakkonam and Itanagar-1 each.
♦ Thunderstorm observed (from 0830 of yesterday to 0530 hours IST of today): at isolated places over Rajasthan, Saurashtra & Kutch, Mizoram & Tripura, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam.
♦ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 23-03-2023): Minimum temperatures were appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at isolated places over Saurashtra & Kutch and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal; above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over Gujarat Region; at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam; at isolated places over West Rajasthan and Rayalaseema. They were appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at many places over Coastal Karnataka; at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Assam & Meghalaya and Vidarbha; at a few places over Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Sub-Himalayan, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Telangana and North Interior Karnataka; at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan &
Muzaffarabad, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Bihar, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Kerala & Mahe and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 12.8°C was reported at Delhi-Ridge (Delhi) over plains of the country.
♦ Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 23-03-2023): Maximum temperatures were above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at a few places over Coastal Karnataka and at isolated places over Konkan & Goa. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at a few places over Assam & Meghalaya and at isolated places over Saurashtra & Kutch, West Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Maharashtra; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C ) at most places over Marathwada; at many places over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh; at a few places over East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat Region, Telangana and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and at isolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, North Interior Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over Rayalaseema and Jharkhand; at a few places over West Rajasthan, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir and Himachal Pradesh and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 39.2°C was reported at K. Paramathy (Tamilnadu).
Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0530 hours IST)
♦ The Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over Iran & neighbourhood now lies over Iran &
adjoining Afghanistan between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level.
♦The cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.
♦The trough/wind discontinuity from Rayalaseema to south Jharkhand across Telangana, south Chhattisgarh and interior Odisha at 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.
Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 29th March, 2023
♦ Meteorological sub-division wise detailed 5 days temperature forecast is given in Table-1.
♦ Northwest India: No significant change in Maximum Temperatures very likely during next 2 days and rise in by 2-3 C thereafter. ⁰
♦ East India: Rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3 C very likely during next 24 hours and no ⁰ significant change thereafter.
♦Gujarat: No significant change in maximum temperatures very likely during next 24 hours and rise by 2-3 C thereafter. ⁰
♦ Maharashtra: Gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-4 C very likely during next 5 days. ⁰
♦ Rest parts of the Country: No significant change in Maximum Temperatures very likely during next 4-5 days.
Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days during 29th-31st March, 2023
♦ Scattered to fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall/thundershowers likely over Northeast India.
Isolated light rainfall/thundershowers likely over Western Himalayan Region, East India and south Peninsular India.
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Weather Warning during next 5 days *
24 March (Day 1): ♦
Heavy rainfall
very likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Division and Punjab.♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hail & gusty wind (40-50 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana; with lightning, hail & gusty wind (30-40 kmph) over West Uttar Pradesh, north Rajasthan; with lightning, hail over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and with lightning over Madhya Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Gujarat State, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam.
♦ Strong wind (speed reaching 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph) very likely over Northeast & adjoining Northwest Arabian Sea. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these area.
25 March (Day 2): ♦
Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hail & gusty wind (30-40 kmph)
very likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Vidharbha, Chhattisgarh and Telangana;with lightning & hail
over Uttarakhand andwith lightning
over Jammu & kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karnataka, Interior Karnataka and Kerala & Mahe.26 March (Day 3): ♦
Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning, hail & gusty wind (30-40 kmph)
likely at isolated places over East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh;with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph)
over West Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Vidharbha, Telangana andwith lightning
over Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Marathawada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, South Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Kerala & Mahe.27 March (Day 4): ♦
Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph)
likely over Odisha andwith lightning
over Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam &Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.
28 March (Day 5): ♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely over Odisha and with lightning over Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.
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Table-1
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ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT
16 MARCH 2023– 22 MARCH, 2023SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES
♦ Movement of Western Disturbances supported by enhanced moisture incursion over to the areas had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Himachal Pradesh throughout the week, over Uttarakhand on four to five days along with scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity on the remaining days whereas scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Jammu Kashmir &
Ladakh on five to six days along with isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity on the remaining days of the week;
under its influence, isolated heavy rainfall activity had occurred over Himachal Pradesh on two days; isolated hailstorm activity also had been reported over Western Himalayan Region two to three days along with.
♦ Passage of the Western Disturbances, their induced cyclonic circulations (the second one among them sustained almost throughout the week) and an east-west trough in the lower tropospheric levels which lay extending from Northwest India to East/Northeast India across Central India throughout the week supported by enhanced moisture incursion over to the areas had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over plains of Northwest India on one or two days with isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity on the remaining days of the week; under their influence, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Madhya Pradesh on three to four days with isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity on the remaining days whereas isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Gujarat State throughout the week; isolated hailstorm activity also had been reported over these areas during the week with Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh and East Uttar Pradesh reporting three to four days whereas the remaining areas reporting one or two days of hail occurrence; under their influence, isolated heavy rainfall activity also had occurred over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on two days and over Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and East Madhya Pradesh on one day each during the week; isolated very heavy rainfall also had been reported over East Uttar Pradesh on one day along with.
♦ Under the influence of the east-west trough in the lower tropospheric levels which lay extending from Northwest India to East/Northeast India across Central India throughout the week and north-south troughs/cyclonic circulations in the lower tropospheric levels over East & Northeast India supported by enhanced moisture incursion from Bay of Bengal had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya and Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on five to six days and over Odisha, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on three to four days with isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over these areas on the remaining days of the week; under their influence, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Bihar on three to four days along with isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity on the remaining days of the week; isolated hailstorm activity also had been reported over Odisha and Bihar on three to four days and over West Bengal & Sikkim and Northeast India on one or two days; these synoptic situations had also caused isolated heavy rainfall over Assam & Meghalaya, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Bihar on two to three days and over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand on one day each; isolated very heavy rainfall also had been reported over Odisha on two days along with.
♦ Under the influence of a trough in lower tropospheric levels which lay extending from extreme South Peninsula to Jharkhand/Chhattisgarh across Peninsular India on two to three days and from extreme South Peninsula to Maharashtra /Madhya Pradesh on the remaining days of the week supported by enhanced moisture incursion over to the areas, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Chhattisgarh and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam on three to four days and over Telangana and Rayalseema on two days each with isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over these areas on the remaining days of the week; under its influence, isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal and Kerala & Mahe on most of the days, over interior Karnataka on three to four days and over Coastal Karnataka on one or two days during the week; it had also caused, isolated heavy rainfall activity over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on five days, over Telangana, Rayalseema and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam on two to three days and over Chhattisgarh and North Interior Karnataka on one day each during the week; under its influence, isolated hailstorm activity also had been reported over Chattisgarh on five days, over interior Maharashtra on three to four days and over Telangana, Rayalseema and Interior Karnataka on one or two days during the week.
Heavy Rainfall:
♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Odisha on two days and over East Uttar Pradesh on one day during the week.
Government of India Ministry of Earth Sciences India Meteorological Department National Weather Forecasting Centre
Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Bihar, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Telangana and Rayalseema on two days each; over North Interior Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Gangetic West Bengal, East & West Uttar Pradesh and Punjab on one day each during the week.
Hailstorms:
♦ Thunderstorms along with Hailstorms had occurred at isolated places over Chhattisgarh on five days; over East Rajasthan, Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha and Odisha on four days each; over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Marathwada, West Madhya Pradesh and West Rajasthan on three days each; over Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Sub Himalayan West Bengal &
Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal, East Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat Region, Telangana, Rayalseema and North Interior Karnataka on two days each; over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Jharkhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Saurashtra & Kutch, Coastal Andhra Pradesh &
Yanam and South Interior Karnataka and on one day each during the week.
Temperature Scenario:
♦ The highest maximum temperature of 39.0oC had been recorded at K. Paramathy (Tamil Nadu) on 22nd March 2023 and the lowest minimum temperature of 11.6oC had been recorded at Delhi Ridge (Delhi) on 21st March 2023 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 Western Disturbance as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 82°E and to the north of 25°N has moved away east-northeastwards on 16th March 2023.
♦ Last week’s induced cyclonic circulation over central parts of Rajasthan lay over northeast Rajasthan and neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 16th &17th March 2023; it has merged with the trough from Northeast Arabian Sea to northeast Rajasthan across the cyclonic circulation over south Rajasthan, at 0.9 km above mean level on 18th March 2023.
♦ Last week’s other Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over east Iran & adjoining Afghanistan lay over Afghanistan & adjoining east Iran between 4.5 km & 9.6 km above mean sea level on 16th March 2023; it was seen as a trough in middle & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 68°E to the north of Lat. 25°N on 17th, roughly along Long. 74°E to the north of Lat. 25°N on 18th and roughly along Long. 78°E to the north of Lat. 22°N on 19th; it has moved away east-northeastwards on 20th March 2023.
♦ Last week’s trough from north interior Tamil Nadu to Konkan ran from south Tamil Nadu to north Konkan across Coastal & Interior Karnataka and Goa at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 16th March 2023; it was seen as a trough/wind discontinuity from Interior Tamilnadu to central parts of Madhya Pradesh across Rayalaseema, Telangana and Vidarbha at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 17th; it ran from South Interior Karnataka to Jharkhand across North Interior Karnataka, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Odisha at 0.9 km above mean sea level with an embedded cyclonic circulation over north Chhattisgarh & neighbourhood on 18th; it ran from South Interior Karnataka to west Vidarbha across North Interior Karnataka and Marathwada at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 19th; it ran from interior Tamilnadu to Central parts of Chhattisgarh across South Interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema and Telangana at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 20th; it ran from south Sri Lanka to northeast Madhya Pradesh across interior Tamilnadu, Rayalaseema, Telangana and Vidarbha at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 21st; it ran from interior Tamilnadu to south Chhattisgarh across interior Karnataka, Telangana and Vidarbha at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 22nd March 2023.
♦Last week’s other trough from Sub-Himalayan West Bengal to south Odisha ran from the cyclonic circulation over Bangladesh & neighbourhood to north Coastal Andhra Pradesh across Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 16th March 2023; it has become less marked on 17th March 2023.
♦ An induced cyclonic circulation lay over southwest Rajasthan & adjoining Kutch and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 16th &17th March 2023; it lay over south Rajasthan & adjoining north Gujarat extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 18th; it lay over East Rajasthan & adjoining West Madhya Pradesh and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 19th; it lay over northeast Rajasthan &
neighbourhood extending upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 20th; it lay over Haryana & neighbourhood and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 21st; it has become less marked in the early morning hours of 22nd March 2023.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Bangladesh & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 16th March 2023;it lay over east Bangladesh & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 17th; it lay over south Assam & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 18th; it has become less marked on 19th March 2023.
♦ A trough ran from Northeast Arabian Sea to the cyclonic circulation over northeast Rajasthan across Gujarat at 0.9 km above mean level on 17th March 2023; it ran from Northeast Arabian sea to northeast Rajasthan across the cyclonic circulation over south Rajasthan and adjoining north Gujarat at 0.9 km above mean level on
18th; it has become less marked on 19th March 2023.
♦ An east-west trough ran from the cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan & adjoining Kutch to Bangladesh across Madhya Pradesh, north Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal at 1.5 km above mean level on 17th March 2023; it ran from the cyclonic circulation over northwest Rajasthan &
neighbourhood to north Bihar across East Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh at 1.5 km above mean level on 18th;it has become less marked on 19th March 2023.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over northwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 18th March 2023; it lay over West Rajasthan & neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 19th; it lay over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 20th;it has become less marked on 21st March 2023.
♦ A Western Disturbance was seen as a cyclonic circulation over east Iran & adjoining Afghanistan at 5.8 km above mean sea level on 19th March 2023; it was seen as a trough in middle & upper tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 72°E to the north of Lat. 25°N on 20th and roughly along Long. 79°E to the north of Lat. 28°N on 21st; its remnant trough in westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long. 87°E to the north of Lat. 25°N on 22nd March 2023.
♦ A trough ran from the cyclonic circulation over East Rajasthan & adjoining West Madhya Pradesh to Northwest Bay of Bengal across north Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 19th March 2023;it ran from the cyclonic circulation over northeast Rajasthan to Nagaland across Uttar Pradesh and Bihar and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 20th; it ran from the cyclonic circulation over Haryana & neighbourhood to Bangladesh across south Uttar Pradesh, south Bihar &
West Bengal at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 21st; it has become less marked in the early morning hours of 22nd March 2023.
♦ A trough ran from north Punjab to the cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan and neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 19th March 2023; it has become less marked on 20th March 2023.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over northeast Assam & neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 21st March 2023; it has become less marked in the early morning hours of 22nd March 2023.
♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 22nd March 2023.
♦ A Western Disturbance was seen as a cyclonic circulation over Iran & neighbourhood between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level on 22nd March 2023.
RAINFALL SUMMARY
Category of the rainfall
WEEK SEASON
16.03.2023 TO 22.03.2023 01.03.2023 TO 22.03.2023 Number of
Sub-divisions
Sub-divisional % Area of Country
Number of Sub-divisions
Sub-divisional % Area of Country
LARGE EXCESS(LE) (+60% or more) 29 87% 22 70%
EXCESS (E) (+20% to +59%) 1 1% 2 7%
NORMAL (N) (+19% to -19%) 2 4% 5 10%
DEFICIENT (D) (-20% to -59%) 2 8% 3 5%
LARGE DEFICIENT (LD) (-60% to -99%) 2 0% 4 8%
NO RAIN (NR) (-100%) 0 0% 0 0%
Cumulative rainfall (mm) Actual (mm) Normal (mm) Departure (%) Category Actual (mm) Normal (mm) Departure (%) Category
EAST & NORTH-EAST INDIA 39.3 12.9 +204% LE 44.3 35.7 +24% E
NORTH-WEST INDIA 19.3 11.5 +68% LE 24.7 36 -31% D
CENTRAL INDIA 17.3 1.3 +1232% LE 19.1 6.1 +213% LE
SOUTH PENINSULA 24.7 3 +723% LE 25.2 10.5 +140% LE
Country as a whole 22.9 6.6 +246% LE 26 20.9 +25% E
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-division wise daily distribution of realised Rainfall is shown in Table-1(A).
Sub-division wise departure of realised Maximum temperature from Normal is shown in Table-1(C)
State wise distribution of number of districts with Large-Excesses, 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-division wise realised weekly rainfall (in cm) is shown in Annexure-1.
FORECAST & WARNING FOR THE NEXT WEEK (23 MARCH TO 29 MARCH, 2023)
Detailed seven days Sub-division wise rainfall-forecast is given in Table-1(B).
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Fig-1
WEEKLY CUMULATIVE RAINFALL MAP
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Table-1 (A)
METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE DISTRIBUTION OF REALISED RAINFALL-2023
S. No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 16 MAR 17 MAR 18 MAR 19 MAR 20 MAR 21 MAR 22 MAR
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS D SCT D D D D D
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS ISOL WS SCT WS WS WS
3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA WS* ISOL FWS SCT WS** WS** WS*
4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA SCT ISOL ISOL SCT WS* WS WS
5 SUB-HIM. W. BENGAL & SIKKIM WS** SCT WS** WS** WS** WS** WS**
6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL ISOL WS** FWS WS WS** SCT** SCT**
7 ODISHA ISOL ISOL ISOL WS** WS** SCT FWS*
8 JHARKHAND D SCT SCT WS* WS** ISOL FWS**
9 BIHAR D ISOL ISOL FWS** SCT FWS** SCT
10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D ISOL ISOL ISOL FWS** SCT FWS**
11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH D ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL FWS** SCT
12 UTTARAKHAND SCT SCT FWS* WS* FWS WS** WS
13 HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. & DELHI ISOL ISOL SCT FWS* ISOL WS** ISOL
14 PUNJAB ISOL FWS WS** SCT ISOL SCT ISOL
15 HIMACHAL PRADESH FWS FWS FWS FWS FWS WS* FWS
16 JAMMU, KASHMIR & LADAKH SCT SCT FWS SCT FWS SCT ISOL
17 WEST RAJASTHAN D ISOL ISOL ISOL FWS* ISOL SCT
18 EAST RAJASTHAN ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL FWS SCT ISOL
19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL ISOL SCT SCT FWS* SCT ISOL
20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL FWS** SCT ISOL
21 GUJARAT REGION ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL
22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL
23 KONKAN & GOA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL
24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL
25 MARATHAWADA ISOL ISOL SCT SCT D D D
26 VIDARBHA SCT ISOL FWS WS WS ISOL ISOL
27 CHHATTISGARH ISOL ISOL SCT FWS** WS* FWS FWS*
28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM ISOL WS SCT WS** FWS SCT ISOL
29 TELANGANA ISOL WS** SCT WS** ISOL ISOL ISOL
30 RAYALASEEMA D FWS* SCT FWS** ISOL ISOL ISOL
31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT SCT SCT ISOL
32 COASTAL KARNATAKA ISOL D D ISOL D D D
33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL D D D
34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL D D D
35 KERALA & MAHE SCT ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL D
36 LAKSHADWEEP D D D 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 STATION REPORTED RAINFALL
* ACTIVE (R/F 11/2- 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 – 2023
S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 23 MAR 24 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR 27 MAR 28 MAR 29 MAR 1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS● L FWS SCT FWS L WS L WS FWS
3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA FWS● # SCT SCT FWS L WS L FWS SCT
4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA FWS # SCT SCT FWS L FWS L FWS SCT 5 SUB-HIM. W. BENGAL & SIKKIM FWS # FWS L SCT SCT L SCT L SCT SCT
6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL ISOLL ISOL D SCT SCT ISOL ISOL
7 ODISHA ISOLL ISOL ISOL SCT L SCT L ISOL ISOL
8 JHARKHAND ISOL D D SCT L SCT L D D
9 BIHAR ISOLL D D SCT L ISOLL D D
10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D ISOL ISOL ISOL D D D
11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH D SCT# ISOL D D D ISOL
12 UTTARAKHAND ISOL FWS # FWS # ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT
13 HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. & DELHI ISOL # FWS # ISOL D D D ISOL
14 PUNJAB SCT# FWS● # ISOL D D D ISOL
15 HIMACHAL PRADESH ISOLL WS● # SCT L ISOL ISOL D SCT
16 JAMMU, KASHMIR & LADAKH ISOLL FWS● L SCT L ISOL ISOL D SCT
17 WEST RAJASTHAN SCT# ISOL # D D D ISOL SCT
18 EAST RAJASTHAN ISOL # SCT# ISOL D D D ISOL
19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL ISOLL ISOL# ISOLL D D ISOL
20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH D ISOLL SCT# SCT# ISOL D ISOL
21 GUJARAT REGION ISOLL ISOLL D D D D ISOL
22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH ISOLL ISOLL D D D D ISOL
23 KONKAN & GOA ISOL ISOL D D D D D
24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA ISOL ISOLL ISOLL ISOL D D D
25 MARATHAWADA ISOL ISOLL ISOLL ISOLL D D D
26 VIDARBHA D D SCT# SCT L SCT D ISOL
27 CHHATTISGARH ISOL ISOL SCT# FWS # ISOLL ISOL ISOL
28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM SCT L SCT L SCT L ISOLL ISOL SCT ISOL
29 TELANGANA ISOL ISOL SCT# SCT L ISOL ISOL ISOL
30 RAYALASEEMA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL
31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL ISOLL SCT L SCT L SCT L ISOL SCT SCT
32 COASTAL KARNATAKA D D D D D D D
33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D ISOLL ISOL D D D
34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D ISOL SCT ISOLL ISOL ISOL ISOL
35 KERALA & MAHE ISOL SCT L SCT L SCT L SCT ISOL SCT
36 LAKSHADWEEP D D D SCT D 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 DSDust storm /TS Thunderstorm
Thunderstorm with Squall
L Thunderstorm with Lightning #Thunderstorm with Hail
-Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Normal -4.5 OC to -6.4OC) - -Severe Cold Wave (Minimum temperature departure from Norma ≤ -6.5OC)
+Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal +4.5 OC to +6.4OC) + + Severe Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal ≥ +6.5OC)
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Table-1 (C)
METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE REALISED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE-2023
S.
No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 16 MAR 17 MAR 18 MAR 19 MAR 20 MAR 21 MAR 22 MAR
1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS N N N N N N N
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH N N N N N N N
3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA ABN N N MBN N MBN N
4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA N N N MBN ABN N N
5 SUB-HIM.W. BENGAL & SIKKIM N N N MBN MBN MBN BN
6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL N MBN N MBN MBN N N
7 ODISHA N N N MBN N N N
8 JHARKHAND N N N MBN MBN MBN ABN
9 BIHAR N N N MBN MBN N ABN
10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH N MBN MBN ABN MBN MBN MBN
11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH N BN MBN ABN MBN MBN N
12 UTTARAKHAND N N MBN N N MBN N
13 HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. & DELHI N BN MBN ABN MBN N N
14 PUNJAB N N MBN N N ABN BN
15 HIMACHAL PRADESH N N MBN N N MBN N
16 JAMMU & KASHMIRANDLADAKH N MBN MBN N N N N
17 WEST RAJASTHAN N N N N N ABN ABN
18 EAST RAJASTHAN N N N N MBN ABN N
19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH N N N MBN MBN N N
20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH N N MBN MBN MBN N N
21 GUJARAT REGION N N N N N ABN ABN
22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH N N N N ABN ABN N
23 KONKAN & GOA N N N N N N N
24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA N N MBN MBN MBN MBN N
25 MARATHAWADA N MBN MBN MBN N ABN N
26 VIDARBHA MBN ABN MBN MBN N ABN N
27 CHHATTISGARH ABN N MBN MBN N MBN N
28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM N MBN N N N N N
29 TELANGANA ABN MBN MBN MBN N ABN ABN
30 RAYALASEEMA N N N ABN ABN BN BN
31 TAMIL. PUDU. & KARAIKAL N N N N N N N
32 COASTAL KARNATAKA N AN N AN N N N
33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N ABN N ABN ABN ABN BN
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) 37.6 37.6 37.0 37.9 37.2 38.5 39.0
Station/(s) observed HMT ANANTHAPUR K PARAMATHY BULSAR MADURAI PALAKKAD K PARAMATHY K PARAMATHY
Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) RAYALASEEMA TAMILNADU GUJ. REGION TAMILNADU KERALA & MAHE TAMILNADU TAMILNADU
Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 12.8 13.4 13.0 12.1 12.1 11.6 11.7
Station/(s) observed LMT KARNAL AURANGABAD SIKAR MALANJKHAND MALANJKHAND DELHI RIDGE DELHI RIDGE
Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) HARYANA MARATHAWADA EAST RAJ. EAST MP EAST MP DELHI DELHI
LEGENDS:
N- NORMAL LONG PERIOD AVERAGE ±1OC BN -BELOW NORMAL (N-2)OC AN -ABOVE NORMAL (N+2)OC ABN- APPRECIABLY BELOW NORMAL (3.1 to 4.9)OC BELOW NORMAL AAN- APPRECIABLY ABOVE NORMAL (3.1 to 4.9)OC ABOVE NORMAL
MBN MARKEDLY BELOW NORMAL 5OCOR MORE BELOW NORMAL MAN- MARKEDLY ABOVE NORMAL 5OC OR MORE ABOVENORMAL
+ Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal +4.5 OC to +6.4OC) ++ Severe Heat Wave (Maximum temperature departure from Normal ≥ +6.5OC)
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Table-2
STATEWISE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS WITH LARGE EXCESS (LE), EXCESS (E), NORMAL (N), DEFICIENT (D), LARGE DEFICIENT (LD) RAINFALL, NO RAINFALL (NR) AND NO DATA (ND)
Period:01-03-2023 To 22-03-2023
S.No. States /UTs LE E N D LD NR ND TOTAL
1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR (UT) 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3
2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH 1 3 3 7 1 0 1 16
3 ASSAM 13 7 3 3 1 0 0 27
4 MEGHALAYA 9 1 0 1 0 0 0 11
5 NAGALAND 5 2 3 0 0 0 1 11
6 MANIPUR 1 1 0 2 5 0 0 9
7 MIZORAM 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 8
8 TRIPURA 0 3 1 3 1 0 0 8
9 SIKKIM 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
10 WEST BENGAL 13 0 5 1 0 0 0 19
11 ODISHA 25 2 2 1 0 0 0 30
12 JHARKHAND 20 3 0 1 0 0 0 24
13 BIHAR 34 2 0 1 1 0 0 38
14 UTTAR PRADESH 45 11 7 7 1 4 0 75
15 UTTARAKHAND 4 6 2 1 0 0 0 13
16 HARYANA 13 1 5 2 1 0 0 22
17 CHANDIGARH (UT) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
18 DELHI (UT) 6 1 1 0 1 0 0 9
19 PUNJAB 6 2 4 3 7 0 0 22
20 HIMACHAL PRADESH 1 1 2 6 2 0 0 12
21 JAMMU & KASHMIR (UT) 0 0 0 5 15 0 0 20
22 MADHYA PRADESH 42 3 5 2 0 0 0 52
23 GUJARAT 31 0 0 0 0 2 0 33
24 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU (UT) 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
25 GOA 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
26 MAHARASHTRA 17 4 6 4 3 2 0 36
27 CHHATTISGARH 23 2 1 1 0 0 0 27
28 ANDHRA PRADESH 23 1 1 0 0 0 1 26
29 TELANGANA 28 2 3 0 0 0 0 33
30 TAMIL NADU 18 3 9 5 3 0 0 38
31 PUDUCHERRY (UT) 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 4
32 KARNATAKA 8 2 4 7 9 1 0 31
33 KERALA 0 1 2 5 5 1 0 14
34 LAKSHADWEEP (UT) 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
35 LADAKH (UT) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
36 RAJASTHAN 30 0 1 2 0 0 0 33
TOTAL 425 66 72 77 62 11 4 717
CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS
OUT OF 694 FOR WHICH DATA RECEIVED 60% 9% 10% 11% 9% 1%
PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER
FIVE YEARS SINCE MARCH 1st TILL LE E N D LD NR
23-3-2022 6% 2% 4% 8% 26% 54%
24-3-2021 9% 5% 6% 15% 28% 37%
25-3-2020 56% 5% 6% 8% 14% 11%
20-3-2019 9% 7% 12% 16% 20% 36%
21-3-2018 13% 4% 4% 7% 28% 44%
