Friday 23 September 2022 - Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST

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Friday 23 September 2022 MORNING Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

♦ A cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood extending upto mid- tropospheric levels.

♦ A trough runs from northwest & adjoining westcentral Bay of Bengal to central parts of West Rajasthan across Odisha, Chhattisgarh, cyclonic circulation over northwest Madhya Pradesh &

neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels.

♦ The Western Disturbance as a trough in mid-tropospheric westerlies runs roughly along Long. 74°E to the north of Lat. 32°N.

♦ Under the influence of above systems:

o Current spell of rainfall likely to continue over northwest India during next two days and reduction thereafter.

o Fairly widespread/widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls &

thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Madhya Pradesh & Haryana on 23rd; Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh during 23rd-25th; East Uttar Pradesh during 23rd, 25th and 26th September and over East Rajasthan on 23rd & 24th September, 2022. Isolated very heavy rainfall likely over West Uttar Pradesh on 23rd September, 2022.

o Fairly widespread/Widespread light/moderate rainfall with isolated heavy falls &

thunderstorm/lightning very likely over Arunachal Pradesh on 23rd & 24th; Assam & Meghalaya on 23rd Sep, 2022.

Main Weather Observations

* 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

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♦ Rainfall/thundershower observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at most places over Himachal Pradesh; at many places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Madhya Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Telangana and Andaman & Nicobar Islands; at a few places over Punjab, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, assam & Meghalaya, West Madhya Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Konkan & Goa; at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Chhattisgarh, West Rajasthan, Madhya Maharashtra and Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam.

♦ Heavy rainfall observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Andaman &

Nicobar Islands and West Madhya Pradesh.

♦ Chief amount of Rainfall observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday):(3 cm or more): Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Car-Nicobar-10; West Madhya Pradesh: Guna-9; West Uttar Pradesh: Aligarh-6; Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi: Delhi (Palam)-6.

♦Thunderstorm observed (from 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0530 hours IST of today): at isolated places over Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Bihar, Odisha, Telangana, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Konkan & Goa.

♦ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 22-09-2022): Minimum temperatures were above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at most places over Uttarakhand; at many places over Himachal Pradesh; at a few places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, and Bihar and at isolated places over East Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Gangetic West Bengal Tamilnadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal. They were below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at most places over South Interior Karnataka; at many places over Konkan & Goa, Coastal & North Interior Karnataka and at isolated places over Saurashtra & Kutch and near normal over rest parts of the country.

Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 20.8°C was reported at Ridge (Delhi) over the plains of the country.

♦ Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 22-09-2022): Maximum temperatures were above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Kerala & Mahe and Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and at a few places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad and Gangetic West Bengal. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at most places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi; at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh and Konkan

& Goa; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at many places over West Uttar Pradesh and Vidarbha; at a few places over Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan and Telangana and at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh and below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over Punjab, Chhattisgarh and East Madhya Pradesh; at a few places over Madhya Maharashtra, Coastal Andhra Pradesh &

Yanam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and at isolated places over Gujarat and near normal over rest parts of the country. Today, the highest maximum temperature of 38.4°C was reported at Madurai (Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal) over the plains of the country.

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Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0530 hours IST)

♦ The withdrawal line of Southwest Monsoon continues to pass through Khajuwala, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Naliya.

♦The cyclonic circulation over northwest Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The trough from Northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal to central parts of West Rajasthan across Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh & East Rajasthan extending upto 3.1 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The Western Disturbance as a trough in mid-tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level now runs roughly along Long. 74°E to the north of Lat. 32°N.

**Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 28th September, 2022**

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

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

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days During 28th-30th September, 2022

♦ Fairly widespread to widespread light/moderate rainfall activity likely over East Uttar Pradesh, Central, East & Northeast India.

♦ Isolated to scattered light/moderate rainfall activity likely over rest pats of the country except over parts of northwest & south Peninsular India where dry weather is likely.

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Weather Warning during next 5 days *

23 Sept (Day 1): ♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over West Uttar Pradesh; Heavy rainfall at isolated places over Uttarakhand, Haryana, East Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam & Meghalaya.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal &

Sikkim, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Gujarat Region, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Telangana.

♦ Squally winds of 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely over southwest and adjoining west-central Arabian Sea, along and off Somalia coast, Gulf of Mannar & adjoining Comorin area and south Tamil Nadu coast . Fishermen are advised not to venture into these seas.

24 Sept (Day 2): ♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Bihar, Sub- Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

♦ Squally winds of 45-55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph is likely over southwest and adjoining west-central Arabian Sea, along and off Somalia coast. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these seas.

25 Sept (Day 3): ♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim.

26 Sept (Day 4): ♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over East Uttar Pradesh

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Uttarakhand and East Uttar Pradesh.

27 Sept (Day 5): ♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places likely over East Uttar Pradesh

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places likely over Uttarakhand and East Uttar Pradesh.

Kindly download MAUSAM APP for location specific forecast & warning, MEGHDOOT APP for Agromet advisory and DAMINI APP for Lightning Warning & visit state MC/RMC websites for district wise warning.

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Table-1

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ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT

15 - 21 SEPTEMBER, 2022

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES

♦ Withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon: Southwest Monsoon has withdrawn from parts of southwest Rajasthan &

adjoining Kutch on 20^th September, 2022; the withdrawal line of Southwest Monsoon passed through Khajuwala, Bikaner, Jodhpur and Naliya on 20^th September 2022 and remained the same till the end of the week.

♦ Remnant of last week’s Depression as a Well Marked Low Pressure Area lay over northwest Madhya Pradesh &

neighbourhood in the beginning of the week; it lay over central parts of Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood on 16^th; it has weakened into a Low Pressure Area over the same region in the early morning hours of 17^th before getting less marked in the morning of that day; its remnant cyclonic circulation in the lower tropospheric levels lay over north Uttar Pradesh on 17^th, over northeast Uttar Pradesh on 18^th and over central parts of south Uttar Pradesh on 19^th before getting become less marked on 20^th September 2022; under its influence, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar during the first half of the week and over East Rajasthan on one or two days in the beginning of the week; heavy to very heavy rainfall had occurred over East Uttar Pradesh on three to four days, over West Uttar Pradesh and West Madhya Pradesh on two to three days and over Bihar, East Madhya Pradesh and East Rajasthan on one or two days along with; isolated extremely heavy rainfall also had occurred over East Uttar Pradesh on two to three days and over East and West Madhya Pradesh on one day each during that period.

♦ A trough in the lower tropospheric levels lay extending from Northwest Arabian Sea/ Westcentral Arabian Sea to the cyclonic circulation associated with the above mentioned Well Marked Low Pressure Area across Gujarat Region in the beginning of the week and from Westcentral Arabian Sea to south Gujarat coast in the lower/middle tropospheric levels subsequently, before getting less marked on 18^th September 2022;under its influence, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Gujarat State on two days and isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity thereafter in the first half of the week; isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall had occurred over Gujarat Region on two to three days and over Saurashtra & Kutch on one or two days along with.

♦ A Low Pressure Area had formed over Northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal in the morning of 19^th September 2022; it lay over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coasts on 20^th; moving northwestwards, it lay over northeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood on 21^st September 2022; this Low pressure system along with its associated cyclonic circulation extending upto mid tropospheric levels tilting southwestwards with height had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh on two to three days during the second half of the week and over East Madhya Pradesh towards the end of the week; it had also caused heavy/very heavy rainfall activity over Odisha on two to three days and over Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh on one or two days; isolated extremely heavy rainfall also had occurred over Odisha on one day along with.

♦ Presence of the remnants of last week’s Depression as a Low pressure area over northern parts of Central India and neighbourhood during the first half and formation of another Low pressure system over Bay of Bengal and its subsequent northwestward movement during the second half of the week had caused strengthening of the monsoon flow and its convergence towards the west coast; under its influence, fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Konkan & Goa throughout the week and over Madhya Maharashtra on four to five days along with scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity on the remaining days; this synoptic scenario had also caused heavy rainfall activity over Konkan & Goa and Madhya Maharashtra on many days along with very heavy rainfall activity reported on two days each during the week.

♦ Movement of Western Disturbances and convergence of moist easterlies over the areas had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Uttarakhand on most of the days and over Himachal Pradesh on three to four days along with isolated to scattered rainfall activity on the remaining days during the week;

under their influence, isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over remaining parts of Western Himalayan Region also on four to five days and over adjoining plains of Northwest India on many days; it had also caused isolated heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on three to four days and over Himachal Pradesh on one or two days; isolated very heavy rainfall also had occurred over Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh on one day each along with.

Heavy rain:

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over East Uttar Pradesh on four days and over Odisha, East & West Madhya Pradesh on one day each during the week.

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Gujarat Region on five days; over Assam &

Meghalaya and West Uttar Pradesh on three days each; over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Bihar, West Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa and Madhya Maharashtra on two days each; over Odisha, East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Saurashtra & Kutch, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Telangana on one day each during the week.

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

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♦ Heavy rainfall at isolated places had occurred over Bihar, East Madhya Pradesh, Konkan & Goa and Madhya Maharashtra on four days each; over Jharkhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on three days each; over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, East Rajasthan, Gujarat Region, Chhattisgarh and Coastal Karnataka on two days each; over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, East Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh, West Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch, Marathwada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Telangana on one day each during the week.

Temperature Scenario:

♦ The highest maximum temperature of 40.0^oC had been recorded at Phalodi (West Rajasthan) on 16^th September 2022 and the lowest minimum temperature of 18.0^oC had been recorded at Khargone (West Madhya Pradesh) on 15^th September 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.

METEOROLOGICAL ANALYSIS

♦ Last week’s Western Disturbance as a trough in mid-tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long.70°E to the north of Lat. 27°N on 15^th September 2022 and roughly along Long.75°E to the north of Lat. 27°N on 16^th; it has moved away northeastwards on 17^th September 2022.

♦ Last week’s Well Marked Low Pressure Area over northwest Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood persisted over the same areas with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level on 15^th September 2022; it lay over central parts of Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 4.5 km above mean sea level on 16^th; it has weakened and lay as a Low Pressure Area over the same areas with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 4.5 km above mean sea level in the early morning hours of 17^th; the Low Pressure Area has become less marked; however, its associated cyclonic circulation lay over north Uttar Pradesh, extending upto 3.6 km above mean sea level from the morning of the same day; it lay over northeast Uttar Pradesh and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 18^th; it lay over central parts of south Uttar Pradesh and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 19^th; it has become less marked on 20^th September 2022.

♦ The Monsoon Trough at mean sea level passed through Jaisalmer, Kota, centre of Well Marked Low Pressure Area over northwest Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood, Sidhi, Daltonganj, Digha and thence east-southeastwards to Northeast Bay of Bengal on 15^th September 2022; it passed through Bikaner, Narnaul, centre of Well Marked Low Pressure Area over central parts of Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood, Patna, Digha and thence east-southeastwards to Northeast Bay of Bengal on 16^th; it passed through Ganganagar, Hissar, Meerut, Lucknow, Gaya, Purulia, Digha and thence east-southeastwards to Northeast Bay of Bengal on 17^th; it passed through Ganganagar, Narnaul, Agra, Varanasi, Ranchi, Digha and thence southeastwards to Eastcentral Bay of Bengal on 18^th; it passed through Bhatinda, Delhi, Hardoi, Varanasi, Ranchi, Balasore and thence eastwards to the Low Pressure Area over Northwest

& adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal on 19^th September 2022.

♦ Last week’s trough from Northeast Arabian Sea to east Assam ran from Northwest Arabian Sea to the cyclonic circulation associated with the Well Marked Low Pressure Area over northwest Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood across Gujarat State & southeast Rajasthan and was seen between 1.5 km & 3.1 km above mean sea level on 15^th September 2022; it ran from Westcentral Arabian Sea to the cyclonic circulation associated with the Well Marked Low Pressure Area over central parts of Uttar Pradesh & neighbourhood across Eastcentral & Northeast Arabian sea, south Gujarat region and West Madhya Pradesh between 3.1 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level on 16^th; it ran from Westcentral Arabian Sea to south Gujarat coast between 3.1 km & 4.5 km above mean sea level on 17^th; it has become less marked on 18^th September 2022.

♦ Last week’s trough in westerlies ran roughly along Long.90°E to the north of Lat.18°N at 5.8 km above mean sea level on 15^th September 2022; it has become less marked in the early morning hours of 16^th September 2022.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Eastcentral & adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal between 4.5 & 5.8 km above mean sea level on 17^th September 2022; it lay over North & adjoining Central Bay of Bengal and extended upto 5.8 km above mean sea level on 18^th; it lay over Northwest & adjoining Westcentral Bay of Bengal in the early morning hours of 19^th and under its influence, a Low Pressure Area has formed over the same region with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level on in the morning of 19^th; it lay over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha-West Bengal coasts with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height on 20^th; it lay over northeast Madhya Pradesh &

neighbourhood with the associated cyclonic circulation extending upto 5.8 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height on 21^st September 2022.

♦ A fresh Western Disturbance was seen as a trough in westerlies with its axis between 5.8 & 7.6 km above mean sea level roughly along Long.70°E to the north of Lat. 30°N on 17^th September 2022; it continued as a trough in westerlies with its axis between 5.8 & 7.6 km above mean sea level roughly along Long.74°E to the north of Lat.

30°N on 18^th; it has moved away east-northeastwards on 19^th September 2022.

♦ A North-South trough ran from South Interior Karnataka to Gulf of Mannar at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 17^th September 2022; it has become less marked on 18^th September 2022.

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♦ A fresh 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.62°E to the north of Lat. 28°N on 19^th September 2022; it continued as a trough in mid-tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 65°E to the north of Lat. 28°N on 20^th and roughly along Long. 67°E to the north of Lat. 28°N on 21^st September 2022.

♦ A trough ran from the Low Pressure Area over Northwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining north Odisha- West Bengal coasts to southwest Uttar Pradesh across Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 20^th September 2022; it has merged with the trough from Northwest Bay of Bengal to north Punjab extending upto 3.1km above mean sea level on 21^st September 2022.

♦ A trough ran from Northwest Bay of Bengal to north Punjab across north Odisha, north Chhattisgarh, the Low Pressure Area over northeast Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood and Haryana and extended upto 3.1 km above mean sea level on 21^st September 2022.

RAINFALL SUMMARY

Category of the rainfall

WEEK SEASON

15.09.2022 TO 21.09.2022 01.06.2022 TO 21.09.2022 Number of Sub-

divisions

Sub-divisional % Area of Country

Number of Sub- divisions

Sub-divisional % Area of Country

LARGE EXCESS(LE) (+60% or more) 10 32% 2 7%

EXCESS (E) (+20% to +59%) 4 13% 11 33%

NORMAL (N) (+19% to -19%) 7 18% 17 44%

DEFICIENT (D) (-20% to -59%) 8 19% 6 16%

LARGE DEFICIENT (LD) (-60% to -99%) 7 18% 0 0%

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 48.8 63.9 -24% D 1067.9 1287.6 -17% N

NORTH-WEST INDIA 38.2 18.4 +107% LE 545.7 567.7 -4% N

CENTRAL INDIA 63.1 38.9 +62% LE 1128.4 939.6 +20% E

SOUTH PENINSULA 14.5 41.3 -65% LD 846.3 667.1 +27% E

Country as a whole 43.6 37.1 +17% N 884.2 827.2 +7% N

 Withdrawal line of southwest monsoon is presented in Fig-1.

 Weekly cumulative rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-2.

 Sub-division wise weekly and seasonal rainfall distribution is presented in Fig-3 and Fig-4.

 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 22 SEPTEMBER TO 28 SEPTEMBER, 2022

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

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Fig-1

Withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon 2022

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Fig-2

WEEKLY CUMULATIVE RAINFALL MAP

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Table-1 (A)

METEOROLOGICAL SUB-DIVISIONWISE DISTRIBUTION OF REALISED RAINFALL-2022

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 15 Sept 16 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS

SCT FWS SCT

*

FWS

*

WS

*

FWS

*

SCT ISOL ISOL FWS

**

SCT ISOL SCT WS

FWS FWS WS WS

*

27 CHHATTISGARH

SCT SCT SCT SCT FWS

*

WS

**

WS

SCT ISOL ISOL SCT SCT SCT ISOL

36 LAKSHADWEEP

D SCT WS SCT SCT FWS 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 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

S. No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 22 Sept 23 Sept 24 Sept 25 Sept 26 Sept 27 Sept 28 Sept

1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS WS^L^● FWS^L FWS FWS FWS FWS FWS

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS^L^● WS^L^● WS^● WS FWS SCT SCT

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

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

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

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL FWS^L SCT^L SCT SCT FWS FWS FWS

7 ODISHA SCT^L^● SCT^L ISOL ISOL SCT SCT FWS

8 JHARKHAND FWS SCT SCT SCT^● FWS FWS FWS

9 BIHAR SCT^L SCT^L^● FWS^L^● FWS SCT SCT SCT

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH FWS^L^●● FWS^● FWS^L^● FWS^L^● FWS FWS WS

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH WS^L^● FWS^● FWS^L^● FWS^L^● SCT ISOL SCT

12 UTTARAKHAND FWS^L^● FWS^● FWS^L^● WS^L^● FWS^L SCT SCT

13 HARYANA, CHD. & DELHI WS^L^● SCT SCT ISOL D ISOL ISOL

14 PUNJAB SCT^L ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH FWS^L SCT SCT ISOL ISOL SCT SCT

16 JAMMU, KASHMIR & LADAKH ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

17 WEST RAJASTHAN ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL D D D

18 EAST RAJASTHAN WS^●● WS^L^● FWS^● SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH WS^L^● WS^L^● FWS SCT SCT ISOL SCT

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH FWS^L^● FWS^L SCT SCT SCT FWS FWS

21 GUJARAT REGION ISOL^L^● ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH D ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

23 KONKAN & GOA FWS FWS SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA SCT SCT SCT ISOL ISOL SCT SCT

25 MARATHAWADA SCT^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT SCT

26 VIDARBHA FWS^L FWS SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT

27 CHHATTISGARH FWS^L FWS SCT SCT SCT SCT FWS

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. &

YANAM FWS^L^● SCT^L ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT SCT

29 TELANGANA FWS^L^● SCT^L ISOL ISOL ISOL FWS FWS

30 RAYALASEEMA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

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

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA SCT SCT SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

35 KERALA & MAHE ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL

36 LAKSHADWEEP SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT SCT 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 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 -4.5ÔC 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 MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE-2022

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 15 Sept 16 Sept 17 Sept 18 Sept 19 Sept 20 Sept 21 Sept

1 ANDAMAN & NICO.ISLANDS N N BN N N N N

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH N BN N AN AAN N N

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA N N N AAN AAN AN AAN

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

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

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL N N N N N N N

7 ODISHA N AN AN N N N N

8 JHARKHAND N N N N N ABN N

9 BIHAR N N N N N N N

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH N ABN N N N N N

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH N ABN N N N N N

12 UTTARAKHAND N BN N N N N N

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

14 PUNJAB N BN N N N N N

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH N N N N N N N

16 JAMMU & KASHMIRAND

LADAKH N N N N N N N

17 WEST RAJASTHAN N N N N N N N

18 EAST RAJASTHAN N N N N N N N

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH N N N N N N N

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH N N N N N N N

21 GUJARAT REGION N BN N N N N N

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH N N N N N N N

23 KONKAN & GOA N N N N N N N

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA N ABN N N N N N

25 MARATHAWADA N BN BN N N N BN

26 VIDARBHA N N N N N N N

27 CHHATTISGARH N N N N BN BN BN

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

29 TELANGANA N N N N N N BN

30 RAYALASEEMA N N N N N N N

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

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA N N N N N N N

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA BN BN N N N BN BN

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA N N N N N N N

35 KERALA & MAHE N N AN N N N N

36 LAKSHADWEEP N N N N N N N

Highest Maximum Temperature (°C) 39.0 40.0 39.1 38.7 38.8 38.6 38.5

Station/(s) observed HMT ^JAISALMER ^PHALODI ^CHURU ^PILANI GANGANAGAR BIKANER JAISALMER

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) ^{WEST RAJ} ^{WEST RAJ} ^{WEST RAJ} ^{EAST RAJ} ^{WEST RAJ} ^{WEST RAJ} ^{WEST RAJ}

Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 18.0 19.0 19.5 20.9 20.5 19.8 20.0

Station/(s) observed LMT ^KHARGONE ^KHARGONE ^MANDLA ^MANDLA ^MANDLA AURANGABAD MEDAK

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) WEST MP WEST MP EAST MP EAST MP EAST MP MARATHWADA TELANGANA

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 DISTRICTS WITH LARGE EXCESS (LE), EXCESS (E), NORMAL (N), DEFICIENT (D), LARGE DEFICIENT (LD) RAINFALL, NO RAINFALL (NR) AND NO DATA (ND)

Period:01-06-2022 To 21-09-2022

S.No. States /UTs LE E N D LD NR ND ^TOTAL

1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR (UT) ⁰ ⁰ ² ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH ⁰ ⁰ ¹¹ ⁴ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹⁶

3 ASSAM ⁰ ¹ ¹⁸ ⁸ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁷

4 MEGHALAYA ² ¹ ³ ⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹¹

5 NAGALAND ⁰ ¹ ⁸ ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹¹

6 MANIPUR ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ⁷ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁹

7 MIZORAM ⁰ ⁰ ³ ⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁸

8 TRIPURA ⁰ ⁰ ⁴ ⁴ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁸

9 SIKKIM ⁰ ⁰ ⁴ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁴

10 WEST BENGAL ⁰ ⁰ ⁸ ¹¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹⁹

11 ODISHA ⁰ ⁵ ²⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁰

12 JHARKHAND ⁰ ⁰ ⁹ ¹⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁴

13 BIHAR ⁰ ⁰ ⁵ ³³ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁸

14 UTTAR PRADESH ⁰ ² ¹⁵ ⁴⁸ ¹⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁷⁵

15 UTTARAKHAND 2 0 6 5 0 0 0 13

16 HARYANA 0 2 10 10 0 0 0 22

17 CHANDIGARH (UT) ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹

18 DELHI (UT) ⁰ ⁰ ² ⁶ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁹

19 PUNJAB ⁰ ² ¹⁰ ¹⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²²

20 HIMACHAL PRADESH ⁰ ² ⁶ ³ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹²

21 JAMMU & KASHMIR (UT) ⁰ ⁹ ⁷ ³ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁰

22 MADHYA PRADESH ⁴ ²⁴ ²² ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁵²

23 GUJARAT ³ ¹⁴ ¹⁵ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³³

24 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU (UT) ⁰ ³ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³

25 GOA ⁰ ⁰ ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²

26 MAHARASHTRA ² ¹⁷ ¹⁷ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁶

27 CHHATTISGARH ¹ ¹¹ ¹¹ ⁴ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁷

28 ANDHRA PRADESH ¹ ² ¹⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹³

29 TELANGANA ¹⁴ ¹⁴ ⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³³

30 TAMIL NADU ¹⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁸

31 PUDUCHERRY (UT) ⁰ ¹ ² ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁴

32 KARNATAKA ¹⁴ ¹² ⁴ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁰

33 KERALA ⁰ ⁰ ¹² ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹⁴

34 LAKSHADWEEP (UT) ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹

35 LADAKH (UT) ¹ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²

36 RAJASTHAN 4 15 14 0 0 0 0 33

TOTAL ⁶⁶ ¹⁴⁸ ²⁸³ ¹⁹¹ ¹⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁷⁰³

CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS

OUT OF 694 FOR WHICH DATA RECEIVED 10% 21% 40% 27% 2% 0%

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER

FIVE YEARS SINCE JUNE 1st TILL LE E N D LD NR

^22-9-2021 ^4% ^19% ^52% ^24% ^1% ^0%

^23-9-2020 ^9% ^21% ^44% ^23% ^3% ^0%

^18-9-2019 ^7% ^17% ^42% ^32% ^2% ^0%

^19-9-2018 ^2% ^11% ^48% ^37% ^2% ^0%

^20-9-2017 ^5% ^12% ^47% ^34% ^2% ^0%

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Table-3

RAINFALL DURING MONSOON SEASON

S.

No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st

June to 20 SEP

2017

19 SEP 2018

18 SEP 2019

23 SEP 2020

22 SEP 2021

21 SEP 2022 1. Andaman &

Nicobar Islands A N D

1338 1532 -13

1479 1512 -2

2100 1476 +42

1581 1542 +3

1860 1534 +21

1497 1509

-1

2. Arunachal Pradesh

A N D

1501 1657 -9

1125 1644 -32

1446 1599 -10

1761 1654 +6

1291 1644 -21

1319 1577 -16

3 Assam &

Meghalaya

A N D

1498 1702 -12

1224 1694 -28

1454 1663 -13

1952 1710 +14

1365 1699 -20

1551 1671

-7

4. Nagaland, Manipur, Mizo.

& Tripura

A N D

1798 1408 +28

1101 1400 -21

1017 1316 -23

917 1364

-33

934 1353

-31

893 1229

-27

5. Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &

Sikkim

A N D

1893 1883 +1

1647 1872 -12

1670 1836 -9

2503 1887 +33

1771 1876 -6

1747 1779

-2

6. Gangetic West Bengal

A N D

1089 1072 +2

859 1066

-19

773 1073

-28

1035 1112 -7

1383 1103 +25

846 1083

-22

7. Odisha

A N D

1010 1089 -7

1194 1083 +10

1105 1086 +2

1121 1119 +0

990 1111

-11

1153 1100

+5

8. Jharkhand

A N D

946 1025

-8

768 1021

-25

688 976 -30

875 1007

-13

962 999 -4

777 962 -19

9. Bihar

A N D

893 967 -8

756 961 -21

775 941 -18

1139 970 +17

1018 965

+6

651 932 -30

10. East Uttar Pradesh

A N D

595 858 -31

744 854 -13

646 791 -18

711 815 -13

827 811 +2

517 765 -32

11. West Uttar Pradesh

A N D

449 741 -39

723 739 -2

485 691 -30

450 707 -36

553 704 -21

395 655 -40

12. Uttarakhand

A N D

1096 1187 -8

1107 1183 -6

871 1128

-23

932 1154

-19

1110 1149 -3

1044 1133

-8

13. Haryana, Chandigarh &

Delhi

A N D

312 447 -30

349 446 -22

249 427 -42

378 437 -13

530 434 +22

343 418 -18

14. Punjab

A N D

374 462 -19

391 461 -15

405 443 -8

391 453 -14

396 451 -12

330

419 -21

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S. No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1

^st