India Weather Report

Aug 29(Reuters) - Following is the weather report detailed by
India Meteorological Department:

CHIEF FEATURES (Based on 0830 hours IST observations)

The axis of monsoon trough continues to run close to
foothills of the Himalayas. Under this scenario, fairly
widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy to very heavy
rainfall is likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya
and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next 48 hours.

Yesterday's cyclonic circulation over north Tamil Nadu and
adjoining South Interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema in lowers
levels persists. Under its influence fairly widespread
rainfall activity with isolated heavy falls is likely over
Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka during
next 2-3 days.

Subdued rainfall activity likely to continues over the
central parts of the country during next 2-3 days.

Forecast valid upto 0830 hours IST of 1st September, 2008

LOCAL WEATHER REPORT:

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Departure
Departure

Max Temp from Normal Min Temp from
Normal 24 Hour

--------------Deg Celcius--------------

Rainfall

(MM)

------ ----------- --------
----------- -------- New Delhi 35.8 3.0

28.1 3.0

0.0 Mumbai 31.0 2.0
25.0 1.0

0.0 Chennai 33.9 0.0
27.2 2.0

0.0 Kolkata 33.1 1.0
24.9 -7.0

27.0 Ahmedabad 32.3 0.0
25.1 1.0

0.0 Bangalore 29.8 3.0
20.0 0.0

1.0 Bhopal 29.1 0.0
22.6 1.0

0.0 Bhubaneshwar 33.8 3.0
26.6 2.0

0.0 Chandigarh 35.4 2.0
25.6 3.0

0.0 Dehradun 30.4 1.0
21.3 -1.0

4.4 Goa 30.8 3.0
23.6 0.0

0.0 Guwahati 28.0 -4.0
25.0 -1.0

31.9 Hyderabad 33.6 4.0
23.9 2.0

1.7 Jaipur 35.2 3.0
23.4 -1.0

0.0 Lucknow 35.6 4.0
25.8 1.0

0.0 Nagpur 32.5 2.0
23.2 0.0

4.0 Patna 33.2 1.0
23.8 -2.0

56.3 Pune 32.0 4.0
20.5 0.0

0.0 Srinagar 31.1 2.0
13.8 -2.0

0.0 Thiruvananthapurm 32.5 3.0
24.1 1.0

0.8 Raipur 32.0 2.0
25.3 1.0

TRACE Shimla 23.4 3.0
13.8 0.0

6.8 Ranchi 30.8 2.0
21.4 -1.0

46.0

NORTHWEST INDIA

[J & K, H. P., UTTARAKHAND, PUNJAB, HARYANA , DELHI, WEST
UP]

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over
Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Isolated rain/thundershowers is likely over the rest
region.

EAST INDIA

[EAST UP, JHARKHAND, BIHAR, ORISSA,, WEST BENGAL & SIKKIM]

Rain/thundershowers are likely at many places over
Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next 48 hours and
decease thereafter.

Rain/thundershowers are likely at many places over Bihar
and Jharkhand during next 24 hours and decrease thereafter.

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over
Gangetic West Bengal and East Uttar Pradesh and isolated over
the rest region.

NORTHEAST INDIA

[Arunachal Pradesh, NMM & T, Assam, Meghalaya,]

Rain/thundershowers are likely at many places over the
region during next 48 hours and decrease thereafter.

SOUTH INDIA

[TN, AP, KERALA,, KARNATAKA, LAKSHADWEEP, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR
ISLANDS]

Rain/thundershowers are likely at many places over Tamil
Nadu & Puducherry, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka, Kerala
and Lakshadweep.

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over North
Interior Karnataka and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Isolated rain/thundershowers is likely over the rest
region.

WEST INDIA

[GOA, MAHARASHTRA (OTHER THAN VIDARBHA), GUJARAT,
RAJASTHAN]

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over Konkan
& Goa and Madhya Maharashtra during next 24 hours and increase
thereafter.

Isolated rain/thundershowers is likely over the rest
region.

CENTRAL INDIA

[M.P., CHHATTISGARH, VIDARBHA]

Isolated rain/thundershowers are likely over the region.

Warning (valid for next 48 hours):

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over Assam
& Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal &
Sikkim.

Isolated heavy rainfall is also likely over Tamil Nadu,
Coastal Karnataka and Kerala.

Weather Outlook from 0830 IST of 1st September to 0830
IST of 3rd September, 2008

(Based on numerical weather products):

Scattered rainfall activity over northeastern states and
Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim.

Fairly widespread rainfall activity is likely along the
west coast. Note: 'TRACE' means that rain fell but there was
not enough rainfall to measure. ((---Bangalore Commodity Desk,
+91-080 4135 6833, e-mail commodities@thomsonreuters.com))