Depression Over Southwest Bay Of Bengal – Temperature To Decline Over Gujarat From 5th Onwards

Current Weather Conditions On 4th January 2014 @ 1.00 pm.

As had been forecast earlier, the Minimum Temperature over Saurashtra, Kutch & Gujarat are near normal to slightly above normal at most places of the region on 4th January 2014 with exception of Naliya where the Minimum Temperature was 5.6 C. about 4 C. below normal.

The Low Pressure over Southwest Bay of Bengal had strengthened to a Well Marked Low Pressure yesterday and this morning it has further strengthened to a into a Depression and lies centred at 0300 UTC of today, the 4th January 2014 within half a deg. of Lat. 8.5° N/Long. 83.5° E about 470 kms. Southeast of Nagapattinam and 250 kms east of Trincomalee (Sri-Lanka).

From JTWC:

Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert has been issued by JTWC

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NRL IR Satellite Image 01B.ONE ( Depression) on 4th January 0730 UTC

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તારીખ ૪ જાન્યુઆરી સૌરાષ્ટ્ર ગુજરાત અને કચ્છ નું ન્યુનત્તમ તાપમાન

નલિયા સિવાય બધા સેન્ટરોમાં ઠંડી માં રાહત છે.

Minimum Temperature Over Saurashtra Gujarat & Kutch Centers on 4th January 2014.

Ahmedabad 16.0

Deesa 12.8

Vadodara 18.2

Surat 19.4

Rajkot 12.0

Bhavnagar 17.5

Porbandar 13.4

Veraval 15.4

Dwarka 15.6

Okha 18.5

Bhuj 10.2

Naliya 5.6

Surendranagar 14.5

New Kandla 12.9

Kandla(Airport) 11.6

Idar 16.6

Amreli 14.2

Gandhinagar 15.5

Mahuva 16.3

Diu 16.0

Valsad 14.6

તારીખ ૪ જાન્યુઆરી ૨૦૧૪ – દેશના મહત્વના સેન્ટરો ના ૧૦ C. નીચે ન્યુનત્તમ તાપમાન.

All India Major Center Minimum Temperature below 10 C. on 4th January 2014

1 Srinagar (India) -1.6 °C
2 Amritsar (India) 1.4 °C
3 Imphal Tulihal (India) 2.5 °C
4 Bikaner (India) 3.0 °C
5 Ganganagar (India) 3.4 °C
6 Hissar (India) 4.4 °C
7 Lucknow / Amausi (India) 5.0 °C
8 Agra (India) 5.1 °C
9 Jaisalmer (India) 5.2 °C
10 Dehradun (India) 5.3 °C
11 Bareilly (India) 5.4 °C
12 M. O. Ranchi (India) 5.4 °C
13 North Lakhimpur (India) 6.0 °C
14 Patiala (India) 6.0 °C
15 Gaya (India) 6.2 °C
16 New Delhi / Safdarjung (India) 6.4 °C
17 Udhagamandalam (India) 6.6 °C
18 Gorakhpur (India) 6.8 °C
19 Gwalior (India) 6.8 °C
20 Varanasi / Babatpur (India) 6.8 °C
21 Allahabad / Bamhrauli (India) 7.3 °C
22 Patna (India) 7.6 °C
23 Dibrugarh / Mohanbari (India) 8.3 °C
24 Jaipur / Sanganer (India) 8.8 °C
25 Agartala (India) 9.0 °C
26 Daltonganj (India) 9.0 °C
27 Jodhpur (India) 9.9 °C
28 Satna (India) 9.9 °C

Forecast: 5th to 9th January 2014

Saurashtra, Kutctch & Gujarat:

The Minimum temperature is expected to again decline from 5th January and is expected to be near normal to 2 to 3 Degrees below normal during the forecast period. In short a decline of 2 to 3 C. in Minimum temperature is expected.

The Depression System may intensify into a Deep Depression and move West Northwestwards slowly and cross Sri-Lanka coast to the North of Lat. 9.0º N by tomorrow, the 5th January 2014 evening. Heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected over  Sri Lanka, South Tamilnadu & parts of Kerala till 7th January.