August 2011 - Agricultural Meteorology Division

(e) For the week ending 31 st August 2011 (9 th Bhadrapada 1933 Saka)CHIEF FEATURES : The monsoon trough remained south of its normal position and active all throughthe week. (2) Enhanced cross equatorial flowcontributed to active to vigorous monsoon activity overcentral and peninsular India. WEEK’S RAINFALL : Week’s rainfall was excess inAndaman & NicobarIslands, Orissa, Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat State, Maharashtra & Goa states, Chattisgarh, coastalAndhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Kerala and normal in Uttarakhand, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir andeast Madhya Pradesh. It was scanty over the rest of the country; outside Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand,Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Lakshadweep, where it was deficient.PRINCIPALAMOUNTS OF RAINFALL (in cms) DURING THE WEEKAUGUST25 Banswara 22, Bagaha 21, Nungambakkam 16, Darjeeling 14, Raisingnagar 10, Umbergaon, Kalpi 9,Khajuraho, Akhuapada 8, Long Island, Kothagudam, Jalihal, Tezpur, Khandwa 7.26 Bolangir, Daman 13, Talasari 9,Thodupuzha, Marwar, Mayabandar, Chingleput 8, Nathdwara, Sheopur 7,Gondia, Dharmasala, Khammam, Baheri, Siddapura 6, Banbasa, Bulsar 5.27 Talasari 18, Chandrapur, Nahan 15, Patnagarh, Panvel 13, Port Blair 10, Thakurdwara, Kashipur, Raipur,Silvasa 9, Nizamabad, Umari 8, Ladpura, Nilkund, Lakkavall 7.28 Madhbun 37, Santacruz 22, Mahabaleshwar 17, Uttarkashi 16, Padampur 13, Long Island 9, Deogarh,Ghatol 8, Amraoti, Indore, Amritsar, Londa 7, Joida, Agumbe, Muli 6, Samba 5.29 Bansda 46, Vikramgad 27, Wada 24, Igatpuri 16, Khanapur, Karjan 12, Banswara, Nilkund 11, Bulsar 10,Thodupuzha 9, Khivensar, Palitana 8, Agumbe 6, Okha 5.30 Mahabaleshwar 26, Poladpur 20, Mahad 18, Bachau 15, Khariar, Nilkund 14, Agumbe 13, Umbargaon 10,Rajkot 9, Mayabandar 7, Haripad 6, Londa 5.31 Bhatkal 18, Pipalkhunt 11, Barmer, Malvan 10, Chandrapur, Thrissur 9, Hosanagara, Chamoli 8, Londa,Nainital 5.SEASON’S RAINFALL (01-06-11 to 31-08-11): Season’s rainfall was excess in Gangetic West Bengal,Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch, Konkan & Goa and Rayalaseema. It wasnormal over the rest of the country; outside Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and Haryana, where it was deficient.The southwest Monsoon was vigorous on 1 to 3 days in Gujarat State, Konkan & Goa, Marathwada,Vidarbha, Chattisgarh and coastal Karnataka and active on 4 to 5 days in Orissa, west MadhyaPradesh, Gujarat Region and Madhya Maharashtra and on 1 to 3 days in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal& Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch,Konkan & Goa, Marathwada, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, coastal &north interior Karnataka and Kerala. Extremely heavy rain occurred on 1 to 2 days in Gujarat Region,Konkan & Goa and Madhya Maharashtra; very heavy rain occurred on 1 to 3 days in Sub-HimalayanWest Bengal & Sikkim,Orissa, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat State, Konkan & Goa, MadhyaMaharashtra, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and coastal & south interior Karnataka and heavyrain also occurred on 4 to 5 days in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Rajasthan and on 1 to 3 days inOrissa, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat State, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra,Marathwada, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. Rain orthundershowers occurred at most places on 4 to 7 days in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Saurashtra & Kutch,Marathwada, Vidarbha, coastal Karnataka and Kerala and on 1 to 3 days in Assam & Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Orissa, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh, GujaratState, Madhya Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Telangana and Lakshadweep; at many places on 4 to 5 days inGangetic West Bengal, west Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch and Madhya Maharashtra and on 1 to 3days in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Orissa, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat Region, Marathwada,Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, north interior Karnataka and Kerala; at a few places on 4 to 7 days inRajasthan, coastal Andhra Pradesh and interior Karnataka and on 1 to 3 days in Andaman & Nicobar Islands,Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, West Bengal & Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand, Bihar,Uttarakhand, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat State,Marathwada, Chattisgarh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala and at isolated places on 4 to 6 days in Assam &