Monday 03 April 2023 - Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST

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Monday 03 April 2023 MORNING Time of Issue: 0800 hours IST ALL INDIA WEATHER SUMMARY AND FORECAST BULLETIN

Significant Weather Features

Weather Forecast and Warnings:

Northwest India:

♦ Isolated to scattered light/moderate rainfall very likely over Western Himalayan region during 03rd-05th with thunderstorm, lightning/gusty over the region on 03rd & 04th April.

♦ Isolated light/moderate rainfall with thunderstorm very likely over plains of northwest India 03rd & 04th with peak activity on 03rd April.

♦ Isolated hailstorm very likely over Uttarakhand on 03rd & 04th, over Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Haryana on 03rd April.

East & Northeast India:

♦ Scattered to Fairly widespread light/moderate rainfall/thunderstorm, lightning, gusty winds very likely to continue over Northeast India and Sub Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim till 05th April and gradual reduction thereafter.

South India:

♦ Isolated to scattered light/moderate rainfall/thunderstorm, lightning/gusty winds very likely over Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, South Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala during next 5 days.

Central & West India: No significant weather is expected over the region during next 5 days.

Maximum Temperatures Forecast:

♦ Maximum temperatures are below normal by 2-4°C over most parts of the country. It is likely to be below normal to near normal over most parts of the country during next 5 days.

♦ No heat wave likely over any part of country during next 5 days.

Main Weather Observations

♦ Rainfall/thundershowers observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): at most places over Arunachal Pradesh; at many places over Assam & Meghalaya; at a few places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands and at isolated places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal & Sikkim, Kerala & Mahe and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal.

♦ Significant amount of rainfall recorded (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday):(in cm): Valprai-8; Car Nicobar-5; Karaikal-4; Itanagar and North Lakhimpur-3 each; Pasighat, Balasore and Nancowry-2 each; Pet Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Bhubaneshwar, Kakinada, Vellore and Punalur-1 each.

♦ Heavy rainfall Observed (from 0830 hours IST to 1730 hours IST of yesterday): Heavy rainfall occurred at isolated over Tamilnadu.

♦ Thunderstorm observed (from 0830 hours IST of yesterday to 0530 hours IST of today): at isolated places over West Rajasthan, Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Tripura and Assam & Meghalaya.

♦ Minimum Temperature Departures (as on 02-04-2023): Minimum temperatures were above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at isolated places over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal. They were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at isolated places over East Madhya Pradesh and Gangetic West Bengal; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at a few places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Coastal & North Interior Karnataka and East Madhya Pradesh and at isolated places over Odisha; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at many places over Punjab, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim; at a few places over Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and at isolated places over West Uttar Pradesh, Konkan & Goa, Bihar, Assam & Meghalaya and Tamilnadu, Puducherry &

Karaikal and near normal over rest parts of the country. Yesterday, the lowest minimum temperature of 10.7°C was reported at Umaria (East Madhya Pradesh) over plains of the country.

♦Maximum Temperature Departures (as on 02-04-2023): Maximum temperatures were markedly below normal (-5.1°C or less) at many places over Uttarakhand; at a few places over Himachal Pradesh and Arunachal Pradesh; appreciably below normal (-3.1°C to -5.0°C) at most places over Punjab, East Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand; at many places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, East Madhya Pradesh, West Uttar Pradesh and Bihar; at a few places over West Madhya Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch, Odisha, West Bengal & Sikkim and Chhattisgarh; at isolated places over Rajasthan, Telangana and Assam &

Meghalaya; below normal (-1.6°C to -3.0°C) at most places over Gujarat Region and Madhya Maharashtra; at many places over Marathwada and Vidarbha; at a few places over Rayalaseema, North Interior Karnataka and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura; at isolated places over Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and near normal over rest parts of the country.

Yesterday, the highest maximum temperature of 40.6°C was reported at Kurnool (Rayalaseema).

* 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 For more details kindly visit www.imd.gov.in or contact : +91 11 24631913, 24643965, 24629798

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Meteorological Analysis (Based on 0530 hours IST)

♦ The Western Disturbance as a cyclonic circulation over east Iran & neighbourhood persists and extends between 3.1 & 7.6 km above mean sea level.

♦ The trough in lower & middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 87°E to the north of Lat. 25°N persists.

♦ The cyclonic circulation over West Rajasthan & neighbourhood extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ The north-south trough/wind discontinuity from north Chhattisgarh to south interior Tamil Nadu across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level persists.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Bangladesh & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level.

Weather Forecast for next 5 days * upto 0830 hours IST of 08th April, 2023

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

♦Northwest India: Gradual rise in Maximum Temperatures by 2-4 C very likely during next 24 hours⁰

and no significant change thereafter.

♦ East India: Gradual rise in Maximum Temperatures by 3-5 C very likely during next 5 days.⁰

♦Central India: Gradual rise by 2-4 C in Maximum Temperatures very likely during next 2 days and⁰

no significant change thereafter.

♦ West India: Gradual rise by 2-4 C in Maximum Temperatures very likely during next 5 days.⁰

♦ Rest parts of the Country: No significant change in Maximum Temperatures very likely during next 5 days.

Weather Outlook for subsequent 2 days during 08th-10th April, 2023

♦ A fresh Western Disturbance likely to affect Western Himalayan Region from the night of 08th April, 2023.

♦ Isolated light rainfall/thundershowers likely over southern parts of Peninsular India.

♦ Isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall/thundershowers over parts of East India and northern parts of Peninsular India.

♦ Dry weather likely over rest parts of the country.

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Weather Warning during next 5 days *

03 April (Day 1): ♦ Hailstorm accompanied with thunderstorm & lightning likely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind and Hails (30-40 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh; accompanied with lightning & gusty winds (30-40 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Rajasthan and Kerala & Mahe and with lightning over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan & Muzaffarabad, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Tamilnadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Telangana.

04 April (Day 2): ♦ Hailstorm accompanied with thunderstorm & lightning likely at isolated places over Uttarakhand.

♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Kerala &

Mahe

and with lightning over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan &

Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Telangana.

05 April (Day 3): ♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places over Chhattisgarh and Kerala &

Mahe

and with lightning over Vidarbha, Jharkhand and Telangana.

06 April (Day 4):♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places over Kerala &

Mahe

and with lightning over Vidarbha,Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

07 April (Day 5): ♦ Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & gusty wind (30-40 kmph) likely at isolated places over Odisha, Kerala & Mahe and with lightning over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Vidarbha,Chhattisgarh and Telangana.

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Table-1

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ALL INDIA WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT 23 MARCH 2023– 29 MARCH, 2023

SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES

♦ Movement of a Western Disturbance had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Western Himalayan Region on two days along with isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over the same areas on most of the remaining days of the week; under its influence, isolated hail storm activity also had occurred over Western Himalayan Region on two to three days whereas isolated heavy rainfall activity had occurred over Himachal Pradesh on one day along with; passage of the system along with a cyclonic circulation (which lay over southwest Rajasthan and neighbourhood in the beginning of the week which subsequently shifted and lay over northeast Rajasthan & neighbourhood before getting less marked on 26^th) had caused widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Haryana, Chandigarh &

Delhi and Punjab on one day each along with isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity over the same areas on two to three days; it had also caused fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over West Uttar Pradesh on a single day and isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Rajasthan and Saurashtra & Kutch on two to three days whereas isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over West Madhya Pradesh & Gujarat Region on one or two days; under their influence, isolated hailstorm activity also had occurred over Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and Punjab on one or two days whereas isolated heavy rainfall activity had occurred over Punjab on a single day along with.

♦ Under the influence of a trough/wind discontinuity which lay extending from East India to South Peninsula across eastern parts of Central India and northern parts of Peninsular India throughout the week, isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Coastal Andhra Pradesh &

Yanam, Chhattisgarh, East Madhya Pradesh and Kerala & Mahe on most of the days of the week and over Vidarbha on four to five days whereas isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal, Telangana and Rayalseema throughout the week and over South Interior Karnataka on one or two days; isolated hailstorm activity also had occurred over East Madhya Pradesh and Telengana on one or two days whereas isolated heavy rainfall had occurred over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal and Kerala & Mahe on two days each; isolated very heavy rainfall also had occurred over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one day during the week.

♦ Remnants of the Western Disturbances had caused fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Arunachal Pradesh on most of the days and over Assam & Meghalaya on three to four days along with scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity over these areas on the remaining days of the week; it had also caused scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura throughout the week; passage of these systems along with the wind discontinuity in the lower tropospheric level (mentioned earlier) originating from East India and troughs/cyclonic circulations in the lower tropospheric levels over the areas had caused scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm activity over West Bengal & Sikkim on three to four days with isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity over the same areas on the remaining days of the week whereas isolated to scattered rainfall/thunderstorm activity had occurred over Odisha throughout the week; these systems had also caused isolated rainfall/thunderstorm activity over Jharkhand on four to five days and over East Uttar Pradesh and Bihar on one or two days; under their influence, isolated hailstorm activity also had occurred over Assam, Mizoram, Gangetic West Bengal and Jharkhand on one day each whereas isolated heavy rainfall activity had occurred over Arunachal Pradesh and Odisha on one or two days during the week.

Heavy Rainfall:

♦ Heavy to very heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal on one day during the week.

♦ Heavy rainfall had occurred at isolated places over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikkal, Kerala & Mahe and Odisha on two days each; over Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab on one day each during the week.

Hailstorms:

♦ Thunderstorms along with Hailstorms had occurred at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh on three days; over Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh, Uttarakhand and Telangana on two days each; over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Rajasthan, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Assam & Meghalaya and Mizoram (NMMT) on one day each during the week.

Temperature Scenario:

♦ The highest maximum temperature of 40.0^oC had been recorded at Kurnool (Rayalseema) on 28^th Government of India

Ministry of Earth Sciences India Meteorological Department National Weather Forecasting Centre

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March 2023 and at Adilabad (Telangana) on 29^th March 2023 respectively and the lowest minimum temperature of 12.8^oC had been recorded at Delhi-Ridge (Delhi) on 23^rd and 24^th March 2023 and over Amritsar (Punjab) on 26^th 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 cyclonic circulation between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level over Iran & neighbourhood persisted over the same areas on 23^rd March 2023; it was seen as a cyclonic circulation over Afghanistan between 3.1 km & 7.6 km above mean sea level on 24^th; it continued as a cyclonic circulation between 3.1 km & 7.6 km above mean sea level and lay over north Pakistan &

neighbourhood on 25^th and over north Pakistan & adjoining Jammu & Kashmir on 26^th; it lay over Jammu

& neighbourhood as a cyclonic circulation between 3.1 km & 5.8 km above mean sea level on 27^th; it was seen as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 85°E to the north of Lat. 25°N on 28^th; it has moved away east-northeastwards on 29^th March 2023.

♦ Last week’s cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood persisted over the same areas and was seen at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 23^rd March 2023; it continued to persist over the same areas and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 24^th; it lay over northeast Rajasthan &

adjoining Haryana and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 25^th; it has become less marked in the early morning hours of 26^th March 2023.

♦ Last week’s north-south trough/wind discontinuity ran from south Jharkhand to Rayalaseema across interior Odisha, south Chhattisgarh and Telangana at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 23^rd March 2023; it ran from Vidarbha to interior Tamil Nadu across North Interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 24^th; it ran from Bihar to South Interior Karnataka across Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, Telangana and North Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 25^th; it ranfrom southeast Uttar Pradesh to interior Tamil Nadu across Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathawada and Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 26^th; it ran from central parts of Chhattisgarh to south Tamilnadu across Vidarbha, Telangana and Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 27^th; it ran from Marathawada to south Tamil Nadu across Telangana and Interior Karnataka at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 28^th; it ran from central parts of north Madhya Pradesh to south Tamil Nadu across Vidarbha, Telangana and Rayalaseema at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 29^th March 2023.

♦ Last week’s trough in westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 87°E to the north of Lat. 25°N has moved away east-northeastwards on 23^rd March 2023.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over Rayalaseema & neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 24^th March 2023; it has become less marked on 25^th March 2023.

♦ A trough ran from the cyclonic circulation over northeast Rajasthan & adjoining Haryana to south Assam across south Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Meghalaya at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 25^th March 2023; it has become less marked on 26^th March 2023.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over East Bangladesh & neighbourhood at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 26^th March 2023; it has become less marked on 27^th March 2023.

♦ A trough ran from Bihar to north Odisha across Jharkhand at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 27^th March 2023; it ran from east Bihar to south Chhattisgarh across Jharkhand at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 28^th; it ran from Sub-Himalayan West Bengal to north Odisha across Gangetic West Bengal at 0.9 km above mean sea level on 29^th March 2023.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over northwest Madhya Pradesh & neighbourhood at 1.5 km above mean sea level on 27^th March 2023; it has become less marked on 28^th March 2023.

♦ A Western Disturbance as a trough in middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level ran roughly along Long. 52°E to the north of Lat. 30°N on 28^th March 2023; it was seen as cyclonic circulation over Afghanistan & neighbourhood at 3.1 km above mean sea level with a trough aloft in middle tropospheric westerlies with its axis at 5.8 km above mean sea level roughly along Long. 60°E to the north of Lat. 25°N on 29^th March 2023.

♦ A cyclonic circulation lay over southwest Rajasthan & neighbourhood and extended upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 28^th March 2023; it persisted over the same region, extending upto 1.5 km above mean sea level on 29^th March 2023.

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RAINFALL SUMMARY

Category of the rainfall

WEEK SEASON

23.03.2023 TO 29.03.2023 01.03.2023 TO 29.03.2023 Number of

Sub-divisions

Sub-divisional % Area of Country

Number of Sub-divisions

Sub-divisional % Area of Country

LARGE EXCESS(LE) (+60% or more) 12 42% 22 70%

EXCESS (E) (+20% to +59%) 6 11% 2 6%

NORMAL (N) (+19% to -19%) 5 18% 5 9%

DEFICIENT (D) (-20% to -59%) 2 5% 4 14%

LARGE DEFICIENT (LD) (-60% to -99%) 5 15% 3 1%

NO RAIN (NR) (-100%) 6 9% 0 0%

Cumulative rainfall (mm) ^Actual_(mm) ^Normal_(mm) ^Departure_(%) ^Category ^Actual_(mm) ^Normal_(mm) ^Departure_(%) ^Category

EAST & NORTH-EAST INDIA 18.2 17.1 +6% N 62.3 52.8 +18% N

NORTH-WEST INDIA 13.2 9.9 +34% E 37.8 45.9 -18% N

CENTRAL INDIA 3 1.2 +149% LE 22.1 7.3 +202% LE

SOUTH PENINSULA 5.7 4 +43% E 30.9 14.5 +113% LE

Country as a whole 9.1 7 +30% E 35.1 27.9 +26% 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 (30 MARCH TO 05 APRIL, 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 23 MAR 24 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR 27 MAR 28 MAR 29 MAR

1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS SCT* D SCT D D D D

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH WS* WS SCT FWS WS FWS* WS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA WS* FWS SCT FWS FWS SCT SCT

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA SCT SCT SCT SCT FWS SCT FWS*

5 SUB-HIM. W. BENGAL & SIKKIM FWS* SCT FWS SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL SCT D ISOL ISOL FWS* SCT FWS**

7 ODISHA SCT ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL

8 JHARKHAND ISOL D D ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

9 BIHAR D D D D ISOL ISOL D

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH D D ISOL D ISOL D D

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH D D FWS D D D D

12 UTTARAKHAND ISOL D WS FWS ISOL ISOL ISOL

13 HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. & DELHI ISOL ISOL WS ISOL D D D

14 PUNJAB D ISOL WS** ISOL D D D

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH ISOL ISOL WS* WS* SCT ISOL ISOL

16 JAMMU, KASHMIR & LADAKH ISOL D WS* WS ISOL ISOL ISOL

17 WEST RAJASTHAN ISOL SCT ISOL D D D D

18 EAST RAJASTHAN SCT ISOL ISOL D D D D

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL D ISOL D D D D

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL D

21 GUJARAT REGION D ISOL D D D D D

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH ISOL SCT ISOL D D D D

23 KONKAN & GOA D D D D D D D

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA D D D D D D D

25 MARATHAWADA D D D D D D D

26 VIDARBHA ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT SCT D D

27 CHHATTISGARH ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL D

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM SCT SCT SCT SCT ISOL SCT ISOL

29 TELANGANA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

30 RAYALASEEMA ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL D

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

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D D ISOL ISOL D D

35 KERALA & MAHE ISOL D ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL ISOL

36 LAKSHADWEEP D D D D 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 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 – 2023

S.No MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 30 MAR 31 MAR 01 APR 02 APR 03 APR 04 APR 05 APR

1 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS ISOL D D D D D D

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH FWS^L FWS^L WS^{● L} WS^{● L} FWS FWS FWS

3 ASSAM & MEGHALAYA SCT^L FWS^{● L} WS^{● L} WS^{● L} SCT FWS FWS

4 NAGA.MANI.MIZO.& TRIPURA SCT^L WS^L WS^{● L} WS^{● L} SCT FWS FWS 5 SUB-HIM. W. BENGAL & SIKKIM SCT^L WS^{● L} WS^L WS^L FWS SCT SCT

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL ISOL^L FWS^# FWS^L ISOL^L D ISOL ISOL

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

8 JHARKHAND ISOL^L FWS^L SCT^L D D D D

9 BIHAR ISOL^L FWS^L SCT^L D D ISOL D

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH ISOL^L FWS^L SCT^L D D ISOL D

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH SCT^L FWS^L SCT^L D ISOL ISOL ISOL

12 UTTARAKHAND FWS^# WS^{● L} FWS^# ISOL ISOL SCT ISOL

13 HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. & DELHI FWS^# WS^L ISOL^L D ISOL SCT D

14 PUNJAB FWS^# WS^L ISOL^L ISOL SCT^L SCT D

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH FWS^# WS^{● L} FWS^L ISOL SCT^L FWS ISOL

16 JAMMU, KASHMIR & LADAKH ISOL^L FWS^{● L} FWS^L ISOL^L FWS^L FWS SCT

17 WEST RAJASTHAN SCT^L ISOL^L D D ISOL^L ISOL D

18 EAST RAJASTHAN SCT^L ISOL^L D D D ISOL ISOL

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL^L ISOL D D D ISOL ISOL

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH ISOL^L ISOL^L D D D ISOL ISOL

21 GUJARAT REGION ISOL D D D D D D

22 SAURASTRA & KUTCH ISOL D D D D D D

23 KONKAN & GOA ISOL ISOL D D D D D

24 MADHYA MAHARASHTRA ISOL ISOL D D D D D

25 MARATHAWADA D D D D D D D

26 VIDARBHA ISOL^L ISOL^L D D D D ISOL

27 CHHATTISGARH ISOL^L SCT^L ISOL^L D D ISOL ISOL

28 COASTAL ANDHRA PR. & YANAM ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL ISOL

29 TELANGANA ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL ISOL

30 RAYALASEEMA ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

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

32 COASTAL KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

33 NORTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA D D D D D D D

34 SOUTH INTERIOR KARNATAKA ISOL^L ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL ISOL

35 KERALA & MAHE SCT^L ISOL^L SCT^L SCT^L SCT^L SCT SCT

36 LAKSHADWEEP D D D D 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 -4.5ÔC 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-2023

S.

No. MET.SUB-DIVISIONS 23 MAR 24 MAR 25 MAR 26 MAR 27 MAR 28 MAR 29 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 N N BN N N N N

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

5 SUB-HIM.W. BENGAL & SIKKIM N N N N N N N

6 GANGETIC WEST BENGAL N N N N N N N

7 ODISHA N N N N N N N

8 JHARKHAND ABN N N N BN N N

9 BIHAR N N N N N N N

10 EAST UTTAR PRADESH N N N N BN N N

11 WEST UTTAR PRADESH N N N N ABN N N

12 UTTARAKHAND N N N N N N N

13 HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. & DELHI N N N BN ABN N N

14 PUNJAB N ABN N BN N N N

15 HIMACHAL PRADESH N N MBN N N N N

16 JAMMU & KASHMIRANDLADAKH N N N N N N N

17 WEST RAJASTHAN N ABN ABN N ABN N BN

18 EAST RAJASTHAN N N ABN N ABN BN N

19 WEST MADHYA PRADESH N N N N N N N

20 EAST MADHYA PRADESH N N N N N N BN

21 GUJARAT REGION N N 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 N N N ABN BN N

25 MARATHAWADA ABN N BN BN N BN N

26 VIDARBHA ABN N N N BN N N

27 CHHATTISGARH ABN BN N N N N N

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

29 TELANGANA N N N BN N N N

30 RAYALASEEMA ABN N N BN 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 N N N N BN N N

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) 39.2 39.8 39.9 39.1 39.5 40.0 40.0

Station/(s) observed HMT K PARAMATHY ANANTAPUR ANANTAPUR GULBARGA NANDYAL KURNOOL ADILABAD

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) ^TAMILNADU RAYALASEEMA RAYALASEEM A

NORTH INT

KARNATAKA RAYALASEEMA RAYALASEEMA TELANGANA

Lowest Minimum Temperature (°C) 12.8 12.8 13.4 12.8 13.0 13.2 13.8

Station/(s) observed LMT DELHI RIDGE DELHI RIDGE DELHI RIDGE AMRITSAR BHUBANE-

SHWAR KARNAL KARNAL

Station/(s) lies in Met-Subdivision/(s) ^DELHI ^DELHI ^DELHI ^PUNJAB ^ODISHA ^HARYANA ^HARYANA 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

⁺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-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 29-03-2023

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

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

2 ARUNACHAL PRADESH ⁰ ⁴ ⁶ ⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ¹⁶

3 ASSAM ¹⁵ ³ ⁶ ² ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁷

4 MEGHALAYA ⁷ ¹ ¹ ¹ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹¹

5 NAGALAND ³ ⁴ ³ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹¹

6 MANIPUR ⁰ ¹ ¹ ³ ⁴ ⁰ ⁰ ⁹

7 MIZORAM ⁰ ⁰ ³ ⁵ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁸

8 TRIPURA ⁰ ¹ ⁴ ² ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁸

9 SIKKIM ³ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁴

10 WEST BENGAL ¹⁴ ⁰ ³ ¹ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹⁹

11 ODISHA ²⁴ ⁴ ¹ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁰

12 JHARKHAND ¹⁷ ⁵ ¹ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁴

13 BIHAR ³² ⁴ ¹ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁸

14 UTTAR PRADESH ⁴³ ⁶ ¹² ⁸ ⁴ ² ⁰ ⁷⁵

15 UTTARAKHAND 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 13

16 HARYANA 15 3 2 2 0 0 0 22

17 CHANDIGARH (UT) ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹

18 DELHI (UT) ⁸ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ⁹

19 PUNJAB ¹⁶ ⁴ ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²²

20 HIMACHAL PRADESH ¹ ³ ⁴ ² ² ⁰ ⁰ ¹²

21 JAMMU & KASHMIR (UT) ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁶ ¹³ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁰

22 MADHYA PRADESH ⁴⁵ ¹ ⁴ ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁵²

23 GUJARAT ³³ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³³

24 DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN & DIU (UT) ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ³

25 GOA ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ² ⁰ ⁰ ²

26 MAHARASHTRA ¹⁷ ³ ³ ⁶ ⁵ ² ⁰ ³⁶

27 CHHATTISGARH ²³ ² ⁰ ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ²⁷

28 ANDHRA PRADESH ²³ ⁰ ¹ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ²⁶

29 TELANGANA ²³ ⁵ ³ ² ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ³³

30 TAMIL NADU ²⁰ ⁵ ¹⁰ ² ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ³⁸

31 PUDUCHERRY (UT) ² ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁴

32 KARNATAKA ⁴ ² ² ¹¹ ¹¹ ¹ ⁰ ³¹

33 KERALA ¹ ² ¹ ³ ⁶ ¹ ⁰ ¹⁴

34 LAKSHADWEEP (UT) ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹

35 LADAKH (UT) ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ¹ ⁰ ⁰ ²

36 RAJASTHAN 32 1 0 0 0 0 0 33

TOTAL ⁴²⁸ ⁷³ ⁷⁶ ⁷² ⁵⁸ ⁷ ³ ⁷¹⁷

CATEGORYWISE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS

OUT OF 694 FOR WHICH DATA RECEIVED 60% 10% 11% 10% 8% 1%

PERCENTAGE DISTRIBUTION OF DISTRICTS IN EARLIER

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

30-03-2022 6% 3% 5% 11% 28% 47%

31-03-2021 ^7% ^4% ^7% ^16% ^32% ^34%

01-04-2020 ^61% ^5% ^7% ^6% ^14% ^7%

27-03-2019 ^7% ^6% ^13% ^18% ^29% ^27%

28-03-2018 ^10% ^3% ^5% ^9% ^31% ^42%

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Table-3

RAINFALL DURING PRE-MONSOON SEASON

S.

No.

Meteorological Sub-Divisions

For the period from 1^st Mar. to

28 MAR

2018

27 MAR 2019

01 APR 2020

31 MAR 2021

30 MAR 2022

29 MAR 2023 1. Andaman &

Nicobar Islands A N D

21 23 -10

* 22 -99

* 29 -99

38 28 +37

133 27 +393

11 35 -68 2. Arunachal

Pradesh

A N D

135 161 -16

111 155 -29

50 193

-74

98 182

-46

67 173

-61

113 155 -27 3 As