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Get ready for a Dry Year people....I would like to thank Mr. Javadekar our MOEF for ensuring thru his actions that for years to come we will have Dry Years....in honour of his actions so far I suggest that we change his ministry name to MAEF (Minister Against Environment & Forests)....he has the record of not planting a single tree so far but passed orders for uprooting thousands...hail BJP Govt for such ministers...laage raho -Stanley Fernandes 2 Sep 2015Hindustan Times (Mumbai)Badri Chatterjee [email protected] ready for a dry Sept: Meteorologists WITH WEATHER SYSTEMS UNFAVOURABLE FOR HEAVY RAIN, THE CITY COULD GET ONLY A THIRD OF THE AVERAGEMUMBAI: Mumbai could end with a big deficit in rainfall with meteorologists predicting that the below-average rains of August could be repeated in September. The weather bureau has predicted that, with weather systems unfavourable for heavy rains, the city could get only a third of September average of 312 mm rainfall. LS Rathore, director general of meteorology, Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said, “We do not see much hope for Mumbai and surrounding areas with regard to rainfall in September as major factors like El-Nino (weather phenomenon caused when warm water from the western Pacific Ocean flows eastward that alter trade winds from bringing in rain bearing systems) continue to be very strong.” Rathore added that apart from northeast and eastern India, the August-deficiency is a pan-India phenomenon.“Two other rain- bearing factors, Madden Julian Oscillation ( MJO) – a rain bearing wind system, and Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) - difference in temperatures over Arabian Sea as compared to Bay of Bengal - are not favourable,” he said. “The likeliness of a revival along the Konkan coast seems weak and we expect below normal rains.” Officials from private weather forecasting service, Skymet also confirmed the prediction. “The core monsoon months are over and considering that the rainfall pattern starts decreasing by Septmber, significant rainfall cannot be expected in Mumbai in order to change the current deficit situation,” said GP Sharma, vice president meteorology, Skymet. Sharma added that while the monthly average for September is 312 mm, only a little above 90mm is expected in the city. Data provided by the weather bureau on Tuesday said that Mumbai recorded only 155.8mm of rain for Santacruz and 188.2mm of rain for Colaba between August 1 and 31 against the monthly average of 530mm. This is the driest August for the city in the past 10 years. Mumbai and the rest of Konkan have recorded a 32% rainfall deficiency till August- end. The l owest recorded rainfall before this was in 2013 at 256.3mm.
