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Volume 2014, Issue No.10,
October 1, 2014, Time: 10h14m A.M.
Weather at Visakhapatnam during Deepavali Month, Mangalyaan
in good health and
Giant sunspot AR2192 eruption.
by
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota
Lakshmi Narayana
{Retd. Prof. of Physics,
SU, Kolhapur}, 17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram,
Official Colony,
Maharanipeta. P. O, Visakhapatnam-530002.
Cell no: 9491902867.
ABSTRACT
After the Indian and USA missions held
a summit in space after reaching Mars, we are holding a summit meeting here.
This is a happy coincidence, Mr. Modi said after meeting with President Obama
at the White House. The
new gravity data gives us our clearest view yet of the shape of the ocean
floor. Decline of Monsoon
over 50 years attributed to emissions produced by human activity. Plants might package their beneficial bacteria
inside the seed. First snowfall in Gulmarg on
Thursday Oct 16, 2014 on the outskirts at Apharwat was enjoyed by tourists. The
Moon spectra obtained along with the Mars Planet and other stars in the morning
sky remarkably clear weather devoid of the clouds. Giant sunspot AR2192 erupted again on
Oct. 24th (21:40 UT), producing a powerful X3-class solar flare. A pulse of extreme UV radiation from the flare
ionized the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere.
Lightning strikes in Melbourne triggered disruptive power surges. Sydney The city received its highest 24-hour rainfall since
September last year, with 25.6mm (one inch). A magnitude-5.6 earthquake rattled
Ecuador’s border with Colombia on Monday, Oct 20, 2014 shaking low-lying
buildings and frightening residents in the sparsely-populated area. Modi
made his first visit to Siachen to join the select Indian Army protecting the
border on Deepavali Day of 2014.
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota October 2,
2014 6:04 pm “Your comment
is awaiting moderation.”; Comment: The heath considerations of the
Astronauts need to be gauzed with sufficient pre-medical data.
Several places in Tamil Nadu, Kerala including Karnataka have received some
good rain on Thursday. Oct. 23 in about 24 hours, from 8.30 a.m. Visakhapatnam
had the first winter chilly weather since Oct. 25 and people started warring
protecting clothes from the cold. Gujarat
on Friday, Oct 31, heaved a sigh of relief as the severe cyclonic storm
'Nilofar' further weakened.
INTRODUCTION
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota October 2, 2014 6:04 pm “Your comment is awaiting moderation.”; The heath considerations of the Astronauts need to be gauzed with sufficient pre-medical data.
FRANCE
Tuesday Sept. 30: Trucks clean the
streets covered with mud after heavy rain caused flash floods on the banks of
the Lez river in Montpellier, southern France. France declared a state of
natural disaster in about 60 southern towns hit by torrential downpours, which
also left Montpellier under water. Around 60 towns in the
south of France have been officially declared natural disaster sites following
severe flooding caused by torrential downpours, Flood
waters inundated roads and highways, engulfing cars after the Lez river, which
flows by the coastal city of Montpellier, burst its banks. More than 4,000
people across the rain-soaked region spent the night in emergency centers,
schools, train stations or the airport, the local government said in a
statement.
Volcanic
Peaks
The twin volcanic peaks of Maunakea and
Maunaloa, still-active Maunaloa, which rises almost 2.5 miles from its base, is
both the largest volcano and the second-tallest mountain on earth.
The invention of 20 years old
The invention of 20 years old awarded Nobel show of LED light while the
trio took 30 years to develop it, the blue beam semiconductors. These Red, Green
and Blue devices already in use in Computer technology not mentioned, in News
papers, for the new revolutionary computation and diverse fields of technology
breakthroughs. The
Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 was awarded jointly to Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano
and Shuji Nakamura "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting
diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
Their work, done in the early
1990s, led to a fundamental transformation of technology for illumination, the
committee said. And when the three arrive in Stockholm to collect their awards
in early December, "they will hardly fail to notice the light from their
invention glowing in virtually all the windows of the city. A desk lamp and an LED torch light are
seen on the desk as Nobel Committee for Physics members give a press conference
to announce the winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in ‘Physics.Trio’ who took 30
years to get white light.
Fig.1
Shuji Nakamura, Isamu Akasaki Hiroshi Amano
Nobel
discovers of blue beams from semiconductors in 1990.
MODI’S
PRAISE OF SATELLITE TO MARS
Washington
DC: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday Sept 30 termed it a
"happy coincidence" that his summit meeting with US President Barack
Obama took place days after "India-US summit" between the two
countries' orbiters over Mars. After the Indian and US missions held a summit
in space after reaching Mars, we are holding a summit meeting here. This is a
happy coincidence, Mr. Modi said after meeting with President Obama at the
White House. Mr. Modi, has repeatedly praised the Indian Space Research
Organization’s Mars mission, describing its cost, 74 million dollars, as
cheaper.
JOINT MARS MISSION IN 10 YEARS
One of the items agreed at USA by PM
of India, Modi and President of USA, Barack Obama, is the joint Mars mission in
ten tears time, on Tuesday Sept. 30.
GEOMAGNETIC
UNREST
For the 5th day in a row, observers
around the Arctic Circle are reporting dynamic auroras. It was mostly cloudy below, but a fantastic show at 35,000 ft on
Sept. 30.
Garuda
Seva and Rain at Tirupati
On Sept 30 Tuesday morning there was
rain for a few minutes before the onset of Garuda ride of Sri Venkateswara for
five-hour-long procession.
Carambola Fruit Tree
In Telugu ‘ambanamkaya’ the fruit
has mention in the epic Ramayana, popularly known as ‘star fruit’, specifically
used in Ayurveda Medicine from time immemorial. It has pink flowers cultivated
world over as an ornamental plant. The unripe star fruit is full of vitamin C
and anti-oxidants. The fruit skin is thin, smooth, waxy usually green but turns
light orange-yellow when ripe. The flesh is juicy, crisp as well as translucent
light-to-dark yellow in color and does
not contain any fiber. Irtinn Ayurveda it is prescribed as a diuretic to
treat kidney and bladder complaints. It is also an appetizer. Fresh seeds
contain a substance promotes lactation in pregnant woman, stimulates blood flow
in the pelvic areas and uterus [dpanjanghosh and zeenaghosh both at gmail.com].
Fig.2 Carambola Fruit Tree mentioned in epic Ramayana
SEOUL
ICM 2014 FOUR AWARDS:
1. Arthur Avila a Brazilian for dynamical systems theory,
2. Manjul Bhargava at Princeton University for elegant
solutions of longstanding problems in Number Theory,
3. Martin Hairer UK mathematician for Stochastic Partial
Differential Equations
4. Maryam Mirzakhani from Teheran established a link between
counting problems of simple closed geodesics on a single surface to volume
calculations on the moduli space.
THE
NEW GRAVITY DATA OF OCEANS
JUNE 25, 2014 TOKYO
Japan’s government and the country’s top carmakers,
including Toyota Motor, is joining forces to bet big that they can speed up the
arrival of the fuel-cell era. The still-costly and complex fuel cell technology
uses hydrogen as fuel and could greatly curb automotive pollution.
MANGALAYAAN
4 Oct. 2014 Hindustan Times: All 5
payloads of Mangalyaan operating in Mars Orbit.
PLUTO
4 Oct 2014 Hindustan Times
(Delhi) Is Pluto to be given back its planet status. LONDON: It may be possible
that Pluto gets re-instated as a planet as Harvard-Smithsonian Center recently
came to a conclusion in a debate that it was indeed a planet.
THE SUN BY 2050!
4 Oct 2014 Hindustan Times: The sun could
be the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050, ahead of fossil fuels,
wind, hydro and nuclear, according to a pair of reports issued this week by the
International Energy Agency (IEA). Solar photovoltaic systems (PV) could
generate up to 16% of the world’s electricity by 2050, while solar thermal
electricity (STE) from concentrating solar power plants could provide an
additional 11%.
MONSOON AFECTED BY AIR POLLUTION
Decline of Monsoon over 50
years attributed to emissions produced by human activity. Researchers at
Edinburgh provide
clear evidence of human induced rainfall changes. Emissions of tiny particles
from man-made sources known as anthropogenic aerosols were the cause. Melting
of Arctic ice due to climate change led at least 35000 walruses have beached on
a remote Alaskan coastline, experts felt on Wednesday Oct.1.
RINGS AROUND THE MOON
The Moon is waxing full. That means now is a good time to look
for lunar coronas Lauri Kangas photographed this specimen over Fort Frances,
Ontario, on October 2.
Fig.3 Ontario Oct 2 corona strip of Moon
Rising majestically from the sandy
terrain of the great Thar Desert
Jaislmer Fort, also known as the Golden Fort of Rajasthan, merges
splendidly with the golden desert hues and the setting sun. One of the largest
forts in the world, it is a great example of Rajput architecture.
Fig.3a one of the largest Forts in the world,
the
Golden Fort of Rajasthan, merges splendidly
with
the golden desert hues.
E-LIBRARY PROJECT BY 2015
Mytilopsis
sallel
Mytilopsis
sallel was first observed in Vizag harbor in 1967, now enlarged, it eradicated
more than 90% marine fish. These are 25-30mm small organism’s attaches itself
to the hull of a ship in hundreds of layers, affecting hydrodynamics of ship.
It increases the drag on the ship and more propulsion power is required. They
also stuck to electronic equipment and marine structures that disturb the
marine industry. It is adaptive to various climatic conditions, tidal and
temperature traits. Turning the pest into revenue is an alternative for
research and development by our scientists. Australia spent $2.2million to get
the port eradication of the pest.
Devon treasure hunter discovers 22,000 Roman coins
28 September 2014 Last
updated at 08:39 BST
A treasure hunter from Devon has discovered
the biggest hoard of 4th century Roman coins recorded in Britain. Laurence
Egerton, a builder, took up metal detecting seven years ago and found 22,000
Roman coins dating from AD260 to AD348. A number of the coins were struck to
mark the foundation of Constantinople in AD332, and bear the image of Emperor
Constantine the Great.
COSMIC
RAYS HAZARDS
Starting in about 2006 the longest solar minimum and
weakest solar activity observed. This caused highest intensities of galactic
cosmic rays, caused worsening of radiation hazards. Solar wind is exhibiting
extremely low densities and magnetic field strengths, which allows dangerous
radiation to pervade space environment. Crewed missions to Mars need to be
reexamined.
JAPAN REAL - BAT SIGNALSA free-floating image created by firing lasers into thin air unveiled in Japan with possibility of projecting messages into cloudless sky.
OBSERVATIONS
In
India people, use the words, Chaturvedhi as one who knows the four Vedas,
Panchapakesan the god who has five rivers trapped in his hair, Arumugam is the
six-faced Deity, Ezhumalai is the master who resides on seven hills,
Ashtalakshmi is the lady who has gunas of eight goddesses, Navaranjan ruler of
nine planets, and Dasaratha whose chariot can move in ten directions [News
report Dt. Oct. 1, 2014].
Saturday, 4 October 2014 - 6:51pm IST
The
situation in flood-hit Assam remains grim with nearly four lakh people still
affected even though water levels were receding at most places in the state. According
to the daily flood report by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority
(ASDMA), 3.74 lakh people across three districts are still grappling with the
crisis. ASDMA said that 204 villages in Goalpara, Kamrup Rural and Dhemaji
districts were hit by the floods with 3.66 lakh people affected in Goalpara
alone.
Wednesday, 1 October 2014 -
10:37am IST
Now in its third year, the state’s record-breaking
drought is being felt in many ways: vanishing lakes and rivers, lost
agricultural jobs, fallowed farmland, rising water bills, suburban yards gone
brown. But nowhere is the situation as dire as in East Porterville, a small
rural community in Tulare County where life’s daily routines have been
completely upended by the drying of wells and, in turn, the disappearance of
tap water.
Thursday, 2 October 2014 - 2:46pm IST
SNAPSHOTS
Plants
might package their beneficial bacteria inside the seed. The Greenland ice
sheet is less stable and more sensitive to climate change and might raise sea
levels by seven feet. It is possible that tsunami has struck Indian Coast
1000 years ago, the episode of a temple of Visakhapatnam existing on the east
coast at Visakhapatnam remains ravaged by the British occupants of the land and
possible shift of it to Burma, need to be studied thoroughly. Tibetan
plateau flooded with sensors, to study hotter sunlight than land at sea level,
acts as giant heat plate, pumping air upwards that disperses to influence
climate.
By Deepavali, the mercury is expected to go
below 200C in North India including Delhi. Meanwhile, heavy snowfall
is expected on Himalayas. With poor monsoon this year and rainfall 22% below
normal, cold waves are expected to grip the whole of planes. North India and
mountainous region are expected to see severe cold this year.
GSLV
MK III will make India self-reliant in space: Scientist
The GSLV Mark III, scheduled to be
launched in November 2014, first week, will carry four tonne class of
communication satellites and it will help India achieve self-reliance.
AT
VISAKHAPATNAM
South west monsoon has withdrawn in
the first week of Oct. 2014 from the
northern states of Himachal, Jammu-Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Western
Uttarpradesh completely. May and October had witnessed 26 depressions that
include 19 cyclonic storms.
The weather at Visakhapatnam has also
changed to a mild Sun on Tuesday Sept 30 and continued to morning twelve O’
Clock on the next day, Oct.1, 2014. The sun blazed in the afternoon and evening
was without air movement. The weather on the Oct 2 was quite hot with simmering
Sun, and continued till evening and the night with no wind blowing. The night
of Oct 2 was very sultry. On Oct. 3 the weather is cloudy and the festival day
of joint Navami and Dasami on this day ended practically, the Dasara
Celebrations in India. The night continues to be with no wind gentle! Oct.4
slight wind gave a relaxation to people of the summer heat and also the Sun
shine was mild. The evening sky was overcast with moving clouds and Moon has
been cowed down considerably.
5 October
2014 at 17:33: Different depths reveal ocean warming trends [Jonathan Webb Science reporter, BBC News].
at 8h33mPM IMG_4136
Fig.4b Moon spectra on a warm
day of 5 Oct 2014
at 8h34mPM
IMG_4137.
Tokyo: Typhoon swept three Americans, US military officials taking photographs out to sea in Okinawa on Oct.5, 2014. An American airman was killed and two others were missing after they were swept out to Sea by a powerful typhoon that struck Okinawa Japan, on Sunday at 11AM i.e. 0200GMT. Winds up to 112 miles per hour brought heavy rain Whipped ashore in Kihou and Honshu. Seven people died including the Americans.
27 October 2014 updated
at 05:33: Cyclone Nilofar approaches India's Gujarat state. Cyclone Nilofar,
categorized as "severe" by weather forecasters, is expected to hit
the western state of Gujarat during the "next 24 hours". The
Meteorological Department has predicted the storm will bring winds of up to
145km/h (90 mph). The very severe cyclonic storm, "NILOFAR" over
West-central Arabian Sea moved slightly northwards and lay centered at 1730
hours IST of Oct 27, 02.58 PM IST near lat.15.0°N and long. 62.0°E at a
distance of 1165 km South-West of Naliya
(Gujarat), and 875 km East-South-East of Salalah (Oman). It would move
north-north-westwards, during next 24 hours and then recurve to North-Eastwards
and cross north Gujarat also would hit Rajasthan by 31st October, 2014 morning.
However, as the system would come closer to Gujarat coast, it would weaken and
cross the coast as a severe cyclonic storm.
Fig.6
Nagaland awaits Amur Falcons
satellite tagged Photo2348.
Fig.10
at 4h16m A.M on 18 Oct 2014 Moon spectrum IMG_4203.
Fig.12 On Oct 23 2014 at 4h57mPM blazing
Sun Photo2462.
beautiful strand of auroras
Fig.19
the lightings in Australia on Oct 27, 2014.
F ig.20 boucan-nursery-cocoapods
that help the taste of chocolate
to its key ingredient the cocoa bean.
Tropical Depression
Hanna has lashed northeastern Nicaragua and eastern Honduras, unleashing heavy
rains that US forecasters warned could cause deadly flash-flooding. Though
slightly weaker and downgraded from tropical storm status, Hanna still could
drench much of Honduras and northern Nicaragua with up to 38 centimetres of
rain, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center. “These rainfall
amounts will produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides,” the
NHC cautioned at 0001 GMT today. Hanna, with top winds of 55km per hour,
was forecast to move quickly inland and bring downpours to the region.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
I am grateful to Late Prof. K. R.Rao D.Sc(Madras) D.Sc.(London) for his unbound interest in my research and it was his encouragement that sustained me.
satellite tagged Photo2348.
It is interesting to note that there was a very thick black cloud that
rained nearly for one and half hours in the morning at Amarkantak, the start
place of Narmada River and its 7 tributaries on a hillock, the holy place of
India, stay of Dr. Lalitha Kumari MD (USA) in the morning of Oct. 6. As soon
the rain cleared there was Sun shine and a pleasant weather she reported.
Oct.7 was
a hot day very sunny and no wind. But in the evening from 6h45mPM to 7h30mPM it
showered slightly at Visakhapatnam and the weather turned out to be pleasant
devoid of the heat.
Fig.7 The
Mars in a narrow angle camera at 11.25crore km
distance
photographed by camera
on the
satellite of Moon Photo24801
ODISHA STATE
Cyclone alert in 16 districts of Odisha state on Tuesday Oct. 07, as the
low pressure in North Andaman Sea, at 130km east-southeast of Long Island developed
shape of a depression. Odisha is bracing for a
possible cyclonic storm once again. More than half the state has been put on high
alert for a possible cyclonic storm, as per authorities said Tuesday. The
cyclone, estimated speed of 25-30knots, may hit the Andhra-Odisha coast by
October 12. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has indicated that low
pressure formed over Tenasserim Coast and adjoining Andaman Sea has
concentrated into a depression which is located 1,380 km south-east of
Gopalpur.
VISAKHAPATNAM
Oct.8 was a hot day very sunny and in the evening around
4PM the clouds gathered and it became pleasantly mild weather. The Moon was
observed around at its time of rise at 5h54mPM at Visakhapatnam with lunar eclipse till 6:05 pm IST and
pictures captured and presented in an accompanying article on Full Moon Day of
Oct. 8, 2014. On the eve of Oct.8 the clouds gathered and the full Red Hue of
the setting Sun reflected in the Clouds and several pictures taken to observe
the evening Red glow of the setting Sun by the author. Surprisingly the Sea
water happens to be pristine blue a bewildering sight on the Eclipse eve. Pictures
taken on the eve from 5h30mPM to almost 6h40m PM and they would reveal the
scenario of Visakhapatnam Beach shore with splendid spectral features. Most
concentrated study required to gather information about Eclipse and its
sustained affects.
Oct.9 happens to be a day of subdued light due to the
onset of a Storm of Arabian Sea to hit the coast on 12th.
The cyclone hit has
been presented by the present author in a different
trusciencetrutechnology@blogspot.com publication along with details of the VONGFONG
typhoon published on Oct. 30, 2014.
First snowfall in
Gulmarg
First snowfall in
Gulmarg on Thursday Oct 16, 2014 on the outskirts at Apharwat was enjoyed by
tourists.
BERLIN MEET
After 11,700 years, the Holocene epoch may be coming to an end, with a
group of geologists, climate scientists and ecologists meeting in Berlin this
week to decide whether humanity's impact on the planet has been big enough to
deserve a new time period: the Anthropocene. Thursday 16 October 2014
Uma
Bharathi on interlinking rivers
In about 10 years time Union Minister announced on Friday Oct
17, 2014 that 30 interlinking projects taken up by her ministry will be over
within a period of seven to ten years time.
Mangalyaan in good health after encounter
with comet Siding Spring
A comet
the size of a small mountain whizzed past Mars on Sunday 12 Oct 2014, dazzling
space enthusiasts with the once-in-a-million-years encounter. ISRO on Thursday 16
Oct 2014 had repositioned its Mars Orbiter Mangalyaan to avoid collision. The
comet, known as Siding Spring (C/2013 A1), made its closest encounter with Mars
on Sunday at 2.27pm (1827 GMT), racing past the Red Planet at a breakneck
126,000 miles (203,000 km) per hour. At its closest, Siding Spring was 87,000
miles (139,500 km) from Mars, about a third the distance between Earth and our
moon. Before the comet passed, it could be seen in space racing toward the
brightly illuminated Red Planet, trailed by a cloud of debris. Scientists
said the comet's passing offered a unique chance to study its impact on Mars's
atmosphere.
Fig.8
at 4h08mAM on Oct 16 2014 Moon
and Planet Mars IMG_4181.
Fig.9
at 4h41m A.M on 17 Oct 2014 Moon spectrum IMG_41961.
Fig.11
at 5h03m A.M on 19 Oct 2014 Moon spectrum IMG_4206.
The Moon
spectra obtained along with the Mars Planet and other stars in the morning sky
remarkably clear weather devoid of the clouds.
Monday, Oct 20, 2014
5.6-magnitude
quake felt on Ecuador-Colombia line
By Associated Press October 20 at 6:36 PM
QUITO,
Ecuador: A magnitude-5.6 earthquake rattled Ecuador’s border with Colombia on
Monday, Oct 20, 2014 shaking low-lying buildings and frightening residents in
the sparsely-populated area. There were no immediate reports of injuries or
damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake struck at 3:33 p.m. EDT, had
a depth of about 10 kilometers (6 miles) and was centered about 113 kilometers
(70 miles) northeast of Quito. It initially measured the quake at 6-magnitude,
but downgraded it to 5.6 several hours later.
RICE OUTPUT FALLS BELOW 100mt
Rice
production stood at 106.54 mt in the 2013-14 crop year (July-June) and aims to
achieve 106 mt this year. (Tuesday Oct 21, 2014).
MUSEUM
TREASURES ONLINE
The Jatan Collection Management Software uses
digitization to collect the contents of Museums across the country to make them
available on line for a period of three to four years. In Phase-I collections
from 10 museums have been digitized. A web portal was launched on Tuesday Oct 21.
GLOWING SUN
AR2192 has an unstable
'beta-gamma-delta' magnetic field that harbors energy for powerful explosions,
and the active region is turning toward Earth. NOAA forecasters estimate a 95%
chance of M-class flares and a 55% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours.
Since the week began, giant sunspot AR2192 has produced 27 C-class solar
flares, 8 M-class flares, and 2 X-flares.
Fig.13 On Oct 23 2014 blazing Sun at
4h59mPM Photo2463.
Fig.13a Sunspot sunset_strip
at 3h26mAM on 24 Oct 2014
The Sun spectra recorded
on the eve of Oct 23 at 4h57mPM and again at 4h59mPM at Visakhapatnam showing
the affect of the big sunspot.
Fig.14
on 23 Oct 2014 at 5h12mPM
the calm and non-virulent sea at Visakhapatnam
Photo2464.
Modi made his first visit to Siachen TO JOIN THE
SELECT INDIAN ARMY PROTECTING THE BORDER ON DEEPAVALI DAY OF 2014.
Fig.15 Deepavali Day Oct 23
2014 at Siachen.
Fig.16 Deepavali
Day on Oct. 23 at Siachen.
Among all those displays,
October 24th was unique and unforgettable. As our group approached one of my
favorite photo-spots, we noticed a beautiful strand of auroras stretching from
one horizon to another. As the display grew, the strands slowly developed into
a pulsating wave of flashing green lights. I can honestly say that I have never
seen anything like this in all of the years that I have been photographing the
sky!" Aurora tour guide Chad Blakley of Sweden.
Fig. 17 Daily
Sun: 25 Oct 14 with the Biggest Sun Spot.
Giant sunspot AR2192
erupted again on Oct. 24th (21:40 UT), producing a powerful X3-class solar
flare. A
pulse of extreme UV radiation from the flare ionized the upper layers of
Earth's atmosphere, causing a brief but strong blackout of HF radio
communications over the dayside of Earth. Coronagraph data from the
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) suggest that the explosion did not hurl a significant CME
toward our planet (Interestingly, none of the X-flares from this active region has
so far produced a major CME).
Fig.18 X-ray Oct 25, 2014 huge
For the last three days
Visakhapatnam on 25 and 26 had a cloudy chilly weather following the cyclonic
weather in the South India. New cyclone has hit parts of Gujarat on Sunday
Oct.26. The Nellore, Vijawada, Guntur, Prakasham, Anatapur and Kurnool were
lashed with rains with highest rainfall in Macharla 29cms followed by Udayagiri
21cm, Rentachintalla 15cm, Bapatla 11cm, Yerragondapalem and Karamchedu each
10cm. Four tanks breached in Anantapur district and Prakasam district Mani vagu
and Dudduluru vagu breached, the rain helped the Bengal gram, Cotton and
Tobacco cultivation.
27 October 2014 updated at 04:12; Melbourne and Adelaide
battered by southern Australia storms. Lightning strikes in Melbourne triggered
disruptive power surges. Sydney The
city received its highest 24-hour rainfall since September last year, with
25.6mm (one inch) falling by 09:00. Powerful bolts of lightning lit up the night sky over Melbourne.
Fig.19a the ball lightings in Australia on Oct 27,
2014.
that help the taste of chocolate
to its key ingredient the cocoa bean.
New Delhi,
October 24, 2014:17:28 IST Northeast monsoon brings good rainfall to south India.
Several places in
Tamil Nadu, Kerala including Karnataka have received some good rain on
Thursday. Oct 23 in a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 a.m. Chennai received a whopping 78.1 mm rain,
taking the total rainfall amount in the city to 329.6 mm, which is more than
the October average of 286.4 mm. “Other places in Tamil Nadu too have received
rain — Dharmapuri (19 mm), Coonoor (18.6 mm), Salem (16 mm), Kodaikanal (11 mm)
and Pamban (8.2 mm),” the agency said. Rainfall in Kerala has been light to
moderate with Kottayam receiving showers measuring 29.8 mm followed by
Kozhikode (27.9 mm), Thiruvananthapuram (13.4 mm), Kochi (9.4 mm) and Alappuzha
(5.9 mm).
“Karnataka, too,
received good rain with Mangalore recording 68.6 mm rainfall on Thursday.
Agumbe saw 19.8 mm rain, Karwar 16.4 mm, and Bangalore 8 mm,” the agency added.
An official of the Meteorological Department said an upper air cyclonic
circulation over Sri Lanka and the adjoining Gulf of Mannar and other areas persisted.
Many parts of the State, both in the north and the south, would receive heavy
rain on Saturday too.
The amounts of
rainfall (1cm or more) recorded at 1730 hours IST of Oct 25 are: Kanniyakumari 6;
Arogyavaram & Vijayawada 3 each; Atiramapattinam & Valprai 2, each;
Tuni, Pamban, Kakinada, Nellore, Kodaikanal, Nedumbassery & Vengurla 1each. 18 gates of
Sunkesula barrage, above 1metre height, opened to release Tungabhadra 80,600
cusecs water to Srisailam reservoir on Oct 27. Heavy rains lashed Nellore
district on Sunday night Oct. 26 with rainfall of 11.78cm in 24 hours. Vijawada
Monday morning hours left the city with 3mm rain.
Visakhapatnam had the first winter chilly weather since Oct. 25 and people
started warring protecting clothes from the cold. On all the days from Oct. 25
to Oct. 28 Visakhapatnam was a cloudy city.
NEWPLANES OF DIGITAL AGE
The windows of the futuristic plane will be digital
wallpapers. The windows would be replaced with ultra-thin and highly-flexible
screens that would display outside scenery captured by cameras attached to the
plane’s exterior. The new plane will provide a big panoramic view with walls
fitted with screens all around that would let you see what’s outside
28 October 2014 Last updated at
14:33:
Hawaiian village
Pahoa evacuates as Kilauea lava threatens
At temperatures of about 1,000C (1,832F), lava destroys whatever
it touches. Its path is notoriously hard to predict.
Agence France-Presse
Managua, 28 October
Around
100 people were buried alive in a tea-growing region of Sri Lanka Wednesday
Oct. 29 as mudslides triggered by monsoon rains washed away their homes on a
plantation, disaster officials said. The mudslide hit at a time when most
people were at work and children were already in school, leaving the elderly
and the very young at home. The landslide began at about 7.45 am (0215 GMT) and
lasted about 10 minutes, Perera said, adding "some houses have been buried
in 30 feet of mud".
This week Hindu devotees
celebrate the holy festival of Chhath Puja, which gives thanks to the sun god,
Surya, for providing the sun and helping to sustain the gift of life and
prosperity. The festival is celebrated on the sixth day of the Hindu calendar
following the Deepavali the festival of lights. Each year
Hindu devotees gather and dip into the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, the
Ganges River in India, the Arabian Sea and others. Throughout the four-day
festival, beautifully and colorfully adorned devotees fast, pray and gather at
the riverbanks during sunrise and sunset. Here is a stunning photograph
from this year’s celebrations.
Fig.21 A Nepalese Hindu devotee prays to the
setting sun
MILD TREMOR IN ONGOLE
MILD TREMOR IN ONGOLE
A low-intensity earth-quake 2.3R
magnitude, jolted Addanki and Ballikurava in Prakasam and Guntur districts,
felt on Thursday, Oct.30, at 7h26mPM. The epicenter was at 16km North-West of
Addanki, in Prakasam District. People ran out of houses as window panes,
glasses, plates and other domestic appliances have shaken for two seconds.
Gujarat cyclone Nilofar
27 October 2014 updated
at 05:33: Cyclone Nilofar approaches India's Gujarat state. Cyclone Nilofar, categorised as
"severe" by weather forecasters, is expected to hit the western state
of Gujarat during the "next 24 hours". The Meteorological Department has
predicted the storm will bring winds of up to 145km/h (90 mph). The very severe
cyclonic storm, "NILOFAR" over West-central Arabian sea moved
slightly northwards and lay centered at 1730 hours IST of Oct 27, 02.58 PM IST near
lat.15.0°N and long. 62.0°E at a distance of 1165 km South-West of Naliya
(Gujarat), and 875 km East-South-East of Salalah (Oman). It would move
north-north-westwards, during next 24 hours and then recurve to North-Eastwards
and cross north Gujarat also would hit Rajasthan by 31st October, 2014 morning. However, as the system would come closer to
Gujarat coast, it would weaken and cross the coast as a severe cyclonic
storm.
Gujarat
heaves sigh of relief as cyclone Nilofar fizzles out. PTI Oct 31, 2014,
04.55 PM IST: AHMEDABAD: Gujarat on Friday heaved a sigh of relief as the
severe cyclonic storm 'Nilofar' further weakened and will have no major impact
except moderate rains along with windy weather in some coastal areas of the
state.
Fig.22. cyclone-nilofar
Cold Wave Oct.31, 2014
Northern cold winds brought down the mercury in AP in Hyderabad to 16 deg C, Adilabad 13.7 deg C and Rayalseema hovered around 19degC to 23deg C.
I am grateful to Late Prof. K. R.Rao D.Sc(Madras) D.Sc.(London) for his unbound interest in my research and it was his encouragement that sustained me.
