India Weather Report

Aug 20(Reuters) - Following is the weather report detailed by
India Meteorological Department:

CHIEF FEATURES (Based on 0830 hours IST observations)

The upper air cyclonic circulation over East Uttar Pradesh
now lies over East Uttar Pradesh and adjoining areas of north
Chhattisgarh & Madhya Pradesh. Current meteorological analysis
and interpretation of numerical weather prediction models
suggest its strengthening and west-northwestward movement.
Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall activity is likely over
Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh, north Madhya Pradesh and north
Chhattisgarh during next 48 hours. Rainfall is likely to
increase over plains of northwest India and Rajasthan during
next 2-3 days.

The western end of the monsoon trough is now likely to
shift southwards. Its eastern end passes through Lucknow, Gaya,
Bankura, Kolkata and thence southeastwards to northeast Bay of
Bengal.

A fresh cyclonic circulation has developed over north Bay
of Bengal and adjoining coastal areas of West Bengal & Orissa.
Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy
falls is likely over Gangetic West Bengal and Orissa during
next 1-2 days.

Forecast valid upto 0830 hours IST of 23rd August, 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 34.7 1.0

26.0 0.0

0.0 Mumbai 30.5 2.0
26.2 2.0

0.5 Chennai 34.8 1.0
22.7 -2.0

44.0 Kolkata 30.1 -2.0
25.5 -1.0

34.0 Ahmedabad 32.8 1.0
25.0 1.0

0.0 Bangalore 28.1 1.0
20.4 1.0

8.9 Bhopal 29.4 0.0
21.4 -1.0

0.0 Bhubaneshwar 31.6 1.0
24.5 0.0

9.1 Chandigarh 34.6 2.0
26.4 3.0

0.0 Dehradun 30.1 1.0
23.6 1.0

13.5 Goa 30.4 1.0
24.0 0.0

0.3 Guwahati 30.3 -2.0
25.9 0.0

7.4 Hyderabad 30.0 1.0
22.6 1.0

2.4 Jaipur 33.0 1.0
23.4 -1.0

0.0 Lucknow 30.2 -2.0
24.4 -2.0

19.1 Nagpur 31.5 1.0
23.7 0.0

TRACE Patna 30.6 1.0
25.4 -1.0

52.6 Pune 28.8 1.0
20.5 0.0

TRACE Srinagar 30.1 0.0
14.8 -2.0

0.0 Thiruvananthapurm 31.3 2.0
24.2 1.0

0.0 Raipur 31.4 1.0
25.6 -2.0

0.0 Shimla 24.0 4.0
16.0 1.0

0.0 Ranchi 28.5 0.0
20.6 -2.0

34.8

NORTHWEST INDIA

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

Rain/thundershowers are likely at many places over
Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh during next 48 hours and
decrease thereafter.

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over
Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh during next 48
hours and decrease thereafter.

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 the
region during next 48 hours and decrease thereafter.

NORTHEAST INDIA

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

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over the
region.

SOUTH INDIA

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

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over Coastal
Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Coastal 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.

Rain/thundershowers are likely at a few places over East
Rajasthan during next 48 hours and increase thereafter.

Isolated rain/thundershowers is likely over the rest
region.

CENTRAL INDIA

[M.P., CHHATTISGARH, VIDARBHA]

Rain/thundershowers are likely at many places over
Chhattisgarh and north Madhya Pradesh during next 48 hours and
decrease thereafter.

Rain/thundershowers is likely at a few places over south
Madhya Pradesh.

Isolated rain/thundershowers is likely over Vidarbha.

Warning (48 hours):

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely over
Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, north Chhattisgarh,
north Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

Weather Outlook from 0830 IST of 23nd August to 0830
IST of 25th
August, 2008 (Based on numerical weather products): 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))