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Volume 2016, Issue No.5a, Dated: 16 to 31 May 2016, Time: 09:14:2 AM
CHANGING WEATHER PATTERN IN INDIA WITH LAVISHING
RAINS IN THE SOUTH INDIA, EARTH QUAKES AND HEAVY RAINS
RAINS IN THE SOUTH INDIA, EARTH QUAKES AND HEAVY RAINS
by
Professor Dr. Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
(Retd. Prof. of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur - 416004)
Res: 17-11-10, Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony,
Maharanipeta. P. O., Visakhapatnam-530002, A.P. Mobile: 09491902867.
kotcherlakota_l_n@hotmail.com
lakshminarayana.kotcherlakota@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
April 2016
registered temperature record beating its record of 130 years. Gujarat on
15 May, touched 45 C, with the heat wave sweeping Kutch, Saurashtra and other
parts. Day time temperatures raised to 43 C to 45 C in several places in
Gujarat. About 11 people died and 2L people
were hit as flood wreaks created havoc in Ceylon, in the district of
Kilinochchi that received 373 mm rainfall in just 24 hours on the Wednesday, 18
May 2016. It was more than a quarter of its annual average. It displaced
207.500 people belonging to 47,922 families. Heavy
rains lashed various parts of central and southern districts of Kerala on
Tuesday, causing water logging in few areas of Thiruvananthapuram. Chennai
May 17, as parts of Tamil Nadu continued to receive rains for the
second day today, the MeT department said the low pressure area over Bay of
Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to bring heavy rainfall. Maximum
temperature recorded in Ahmedabad on Tuesday 17 May, was 46.9 degrees Celsius,
which was the highest in the last six years. In 2010, the city had recorded the
highest temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius. At 47.6 degrees Celsius,
Idar in Sabarkantha district recorded the maximum temperature in the state,
while in Gandhinagar it was 47 degrees Celsius, the IMD data said. Mr Sarkar
said the severe heat wave condition has been caused due to the movement of
north westerly wave. "We have issued a red alert, which will continue till
tomorrow. We can get some respite from May 21 because of westerly movement of
wind, which is expected to bring moisture that will reduce temperature.
Visakhapatnam Wednesday
18 May temperature 28.2 C maximum and minimum 27 C. From yesterday 18 May
morning 1:30 AM till today 19 May non-stop drizzling and occasionally heavy
rain occurred in Visakhapatnam. Vidharbha surroundings experiencing heat
waves, and are affecting North Telengana state. Wednesday Adilbad recorded 43.3
C. Rainfall in Thada 14 cm, Sulurupeta 14 cm, Tirupati 10.4 cm, Satyavedu 13.2
C, Ranastala 3 cm, Kothapatnam 3 cm, and Edcherla 2.3 cm. In Chittoor district
all 61 Mandal there was rain. Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Both Godavari
districts, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasham had moderate rains. Nellore experience
non-stop rain from Tuesday evening to date (Thursday) with gale winds. Second
crop rice gets benefit from these rains. Nellore region villages
experienced the storm, but has changed its direction so saved of disaster. For
an hour at 10 km speed the cyclonic weather would move parallel to coastal
area, nearing Machilipatnam, but would travel to Odisha. From Wednesday
midnight 80-90 km speed and occasionally 100 km speed gales would occur. This
cyclone and the full Moon have stated to be related. May
19, 2016 04:08 IST QUITO,
ECUADOR: A powerful 7.2 magnitude quake
shook Ecuador on Wednesday, one month after a much
larger quake killed some 700 people, the country's Geophysical Institute said
in a preliminary report. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 11:47
am (1647 GMT), was located in the North-Western coastal province of Esmeraldas
near the border with Colombia, the Institute said. A new Solar Cell
has been developed by scientists with efficiency of 34.5% claiming a new world
record for unfocussed Sun light and nudging closer to the theoretical limit. In
Australia using a 28 square centimetre four junction mini-module, embedded in a
prism that extracts the maximum energy from sunlight was captured. EVEREST
CONQUER BY INDIA MILITARY and about another 150 people on 18 May 2016.
ROANU name by MALDIVULU indicates an extending rope similar to the
name the present cyclone extended from Sri Lanka to Myanmar via coastal line of
Bay of Bengal. Till Thursday morning slowly moving cyclone at a speed of 10 km
per hour, picked up speed after the night of Thursday 19 May, at 25 km then by
30 km eventually along the coast, left Andhra. A conventional DVD data
transmitted in ten seconds, by researchers at Stuttgart University, and FI, in
Appl. Solid State Physics IAF, achieved the record on a stretch between Cologne
and the 36.7 km distant town of Wachtberg in Germany. Phalodi in Jodhpur district
records 50 C, by May 21, with normal life was thrown out of gear in Rajasthan,
with mercury touching new high. A “severe heat wave” declared when maximum
temperature is 6.5 degrees above 40 C. Heat wave began to dissipate in many
areas of Gujarat, East Uttar Pradesh, and Vidarbha. A new Solar Cell has been developed by scientists with efficiency of
34.5% claiming a new world record for unfocussed Sun light and nudging closer
to the theoretical limit. Phalodi in
Jodhpur district was hottest at 51 degrees Celsius, while Churu boiled at 50.2
degrees Celsius, seven degree above average, on May 20. It was the highest in
the month of May for Churu. On Sunday, May 22,
2016, the sun and Mars will be on exact opposite sides of Earth. On
Sunday morning, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up perfectly in the sky. This
once-every-two-years event is called Mars opposition. That's because Mars and
the sun will be on opposite sides of Earth. One killed as water tanker fell on him, several injured as 50
kmph winds thunderstorm lashed Hyderabad on 21 May 2016. Five cars were crushed
outside a show room when huge hoarding fell on them. Due to heavy wind in the
Banjara Hills. Trees were uprooted, causing traffic jams. They lasted from an
half to one hour. 22 May 2016: PUEBLA, MEXICO. Mysterious Roar
And Light In The Sky Wake Mexican City: at 07:09 IST: People of Puebla de Zaragoza saw most likely a
meteor. 25
May 2016: Churu was not behind that smashed all previous records by witnessing
temperature of 50.2°C. Udayagiri
Earth tremor affected flooring
morning
8 h 42m AM and afternoon at 12 h 46m PM four times the Earth Tremors have
struck May 28, 2016. Head of Department of Geology
and Geophysics, at IIT Kharagpur, published in Nature journal on May 25, 2016,
(I couldn't locate it) that Indus Valley civilization is more than 8,000 years
old well before the Egyptian and Mesopotamia civilizations. By using a
technique called optically
stimulated luminescence, to date the pottery shards of the early Mature
Harappan time to nearly 6000 years ago. The pre-Harappan Hakra phase as far
back as 8000 years. Nellore Earth tremors a
second time within two days, on May 29, as well in Ayyavaripalle,
Krishnareddipalli, Gandipalem and other villages surrounding in Udayagiri.
Dhuttaluru also experienced tremors on Sunday 29 May along with BC colony,
Pysala colony, in the morning 9 h 45 m AM for two seconds and again the evening
around 4 hours, two seconds the Earth trembled. Vinjamur, Varipentapadu, and
other villages, the earth trembled.
28 May 2016: One man has been killed and
dozens of people, including children, have been taken to hospital as lightning
strikes hit parts of Europe, including a park in Paris and a football pitch in
Germany. In southern Poland, a man in his forties was killed when he was struck
by lightning as he descended the Babia Gora mountain according to reports. In
Germany, a total of 33 people, including 29 youngsters aged nine to 11, were
treated after a bolt hit a pitch where a junior football game was being played,
in the western town of Hoppstädten. Srikakulam
district Kothur, Bhamini, Sitampeta, on Monday 30 May, gales brought down big
trees and electric poles. On 31 May 2016 there was an Earth Quake in Taipai, around 11:51 AM IST.
DETAILS
GALES IN ANDHRA
Anatapuram Saturday 14 May night gale
winds rain destroyed 26 acres Mango crop in Rampuram, about 13 Tamrind trees
collapsed, destroyed 3 acres Bopai crop, and in Tadipatri the Goparaju village
Rs. 2 lakhs Mango crop was destroyed.
GUJARAT INTENSE HEAT
April 2016 registered
temperature record beating its record of 130 years. The rains would touch
Kerala state on the 7 June. Heat spell would lost longer as monsoon got
delayed. South India states there could be some rain and relief from scorching
Sun. Gujarat on 15 May, touched 45 C, with the heat wave sweeping Kutch, Saurashtra and
other parts. Day time temperatures raised to 43 C to 45 C in several places in
Gujarat.
Chennai May 15:
A low pressure area over the Indian Ocean has become well-marked and was likely to cross the Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Nagapattinam on Tuesday after intensifying as a deep depression, bringing in heavy rains in many parts of the state.
Chennai May 15:
A low pressure area over the Indian Ocean has become well-marked and was likely to cross the Tamil Nadu coast between Pamban and Nagapattinam on Tuesday after intensifying as a deep depression, bringing in heavy rains in many parts of the state.
Ceylon 18 May 2016
About
11 people died and 2L people were hit as flood wreaks created havoc in Ceylon,
in the district of Kilinochchi that received 373 mm rainfall in just 24 hours on
the Wednesday, 18 May 2016. It was more than a quarter of its annual average.
It displaced 207.500 people belonging to 47,922 families. Rough seas with 70 km
per hour winds, with thunder showers in Northern, North-central, North-Western
and Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces and in Galle and Matara districts of
South were affected. Schools and transport shut down temporarily.
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Heavy rain lash Kerala, Tamil Nadu Chennai May 17 Tuesday: Heavy rains lashed various parts of
central and southern districts of Kerala on Tuesday, causing water logging in
few areas of Thiruvananthapuram. As parts of Tamil Nadu continued to receive rains for the second day today, the MeT department said the low pressure area over Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression and is likely to bring heavy rainfall.
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NORTH INDIA
Temperatures could nudge 45 to 47
degrees Celsius in large swathes of north and north-west India for the rest of
the week, the weather office has forecast, before conditions ease slightly with
the onset of monsoon down south. The India Meteorological Department (IMD)
issued “heat wave to severe heat wave” warnings for parts of Uttar Pradesh,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, which are already baking
in early-summer heat this year. Maximum temperatures could touch 45-47 degrees
in a severe heat wave condition. “These conditions are likely to spread, during May 17-21. They are likely to abate gradually during the remaining part
of May,” the IMD said late Monday. There is no
official statistics of aggregated heat-related deaths, but searing temperatures
coupled with a drought is said to have killed some 300 people this year, and
left not enough food to eat or water to drink in parts of an area that holds
about 25% of India’s 1.2 billion people.
TUESDAY 17 May 2016 Maximum temperature recorded in Ahmedabad on Tuesday 17 May, was 46.9 degrees Celsius, which was the highest in the last six years. In 2010, the city had recorded the highest temperature of 46.8 degrees Celsius. At 47.6 degrees Celsius, Idar in Sabarkantha district recorded the maximum temperature in the state, while in Gandhinagar it was 47 degrees Celsius, the IMD data said. Mr Sarkar said the severe heat wave condition has been caused due to the movement of north westerly wave. "We have issued a red alert, which will continue till tomorrow. We can get some respite from May 21 because of westerly movement of wind, which is expected to bring moisture that will reduce temperature. ROANU CYCLONEVisakhapatnam Wednesday 18 May temperature 28.2 C maximum and minimum 27 C. From yesterday 18 May morning 1:30 AM till today 19 May non-stop drizzling and occasionally heavy rain occurred in Visakhapatnam. Vidharbha surroundings experiencing heat waves, and are affecting North Telengana state. Wednesday Adilbad recorded 43.3 C. Rainfall in Thada 14 cm, Sulurupeta 14 cm, Tirupati 10.4 cm, Satyavedu 13.2 C, Ranastala 3 cm, Kothapatnam 3 cm, and Edcherla 2.3 cm. In Chittoor district all 61 Mandal there was rain. Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Both Godavari districts, Krishna, Guntur and Prakasham had moderate rains. Nellore experience non-stop rain from Tuesday evening to date (Thursday) with gale winds. Second crop rice gets benefit from these rains. Nellore region villages experienced the storm, but has changed its direction so saved of disaster. For an hour at 10 km speed the cyclonic weather would move parallel to coastal area, nearing Machilipatnam, but would travel to Odisha. From Wednesday midnight 80-90 km speed and occasionally 100 km speed gales would occur. This cyclone and the full Moon have stated to be related.
Fig.1a Rainfall from Wed 18 to Thu 19 May in AP.
Sri Lanka about 200 people died due to heavy non-stop rains and collapse of three villages due to land slide on the hill slopes. After dumping over a foot of rain, triggering destructive mudslides in Sri Lanka earlier in the week, an area of low pressure consolidated enough convection near its centre to be deemed a tropical cyclone just off the coast of India's Andhra Pradesh state North-East of state Chennai on 18 May 2016.GUJARAT May 19 2016Heat Wave Sweeps Gujarat, Hottest Day For Ahmedabad In Last 6 Years:: May 19, 2016 04:00 IST: Most parts of Gujarat continued to reel under severe heat wave conditions on Tuesday, 17 May with Ahmedabad recording the maximum temperature of 46.9 degrees Celsius, city's hottest day since 2010, Severe heat wave conditions continue in most parts of north Gujarat and Kutch region, which means in many parts the temperature may go up to 47 degrees Celsius. The condition is likely to continue till May 21.Ecuador Shaken By 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake: Geophysical Institute: 
Fig.1 Quito Ecuador powerful 7.2R
Quake on May 19, 2016, at 04:08 IST
May 19, 2016 04:08 IST QUITO, ECUADOR: A powerful 7.2 magnitude quake shook Ecuador on Wednesday, one month after a much larger quake killed some 700 people, the country's Geophysical Institute said in a preliminary report. The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 11:47 am (1647 GMT), was located in the North-Western coastal province of Esmeraldas near the border with Colombia, the Institute said. The US Geological Survey, which monitors earthquakes worldwide, reported that the quake measured 6.8 on the moment magnitude scale and followed a 6.7 earthquake that struck in approximately the same region at 2:57 am local time. NORTH INDIA ON 21 MAY Phalodi in Jodhpur district records 50 C, by May 21, with normal life was thrown out of gear in Rajasthan, with mercury touching new high. A “severe heat wave” declared when maximum temperature is 6.5 degrees above 40 C. Heat wave began to dissipate in many areas of Gujarat, East Uttar Pradesh, and Vidarbha.
A NEW SOLAR CELL DEVELOPED IN AUSTRALIA
A
new Solar Cell has been developed by scientists with efficiency of 34.5% claiming
a new world record for unfocussed Sun light and nudging closer to the
theoretical limit. In Australia using a 28 square centimetre four junction
mini-module, embedded in a prism that extracts the maximum energy from sunlight
was captured. Splitting the incoming wave into four bands and using a hybrid four-junction
receiver to squeeze even more electricity from each beam of sunlight. Confirmed
by US, NREL that it is 44% better than the previous
record made by Alta Devices which
reached 24% efficiency over a larger surface area of 800 square cm. UNSW team gave a new technique in 2014, known
as CPV (concentrator photovoltaics)- and by splitting out various wave lengths.
EVEREST CONQUER BY INDIA MILITARY and about another 150 people on 18 May 2016  Fig.2 Everest peek scaled by India Military people and by another 150 people. 
Fig.3 Maharashtra State Koyana Earth Quake
A medium
intensity earthquake hit the Koyna region of Maharashtra on Thursday 19 May 2016. According to the National Centre for Seismology an
earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 11:37 pm at the depth of 15 km. However, there were no immediate reports of loss to
life or property. The Koyna
region in Maharashtra is known as seismic zone. Yesterday, two medium intensity earthquakes of 3.7 and 3.9 had hit the region.
Rajasthan Fries Mercury crosses 50 C
At two different places. May 20, 2016 06:23 IST
JAIPUR: Severe heat wave conditions continued to affect normal life in Rajasthan with
mercury crossing 50 degrees Celsius in at least two of places in the state. Phalodi in Jodhpur
district was hottest at 51 degrees Celsius, while Churu boiled at 50.2 degrees
Celsius, seven degree above average. It was the highest in the month of May for
Churu. On May 26, 1998, the mercury in Churu had touched 49.9 degrees Celsius. State
capital Jaipur was scorching at 46.5 degrees Celsius, 6 degrees above average.
Even the minimum temperature of 29.4 degrees was two notches over the average.
Barmer and Jaisalmer were also hot at 49.5 and
49 degrees Celsius respectively, while Bikaner was scorching at 49.5 degrees
and Sri Ganganagar at 49.1 degrees. There was almost no city in the state where
day time temperature was below 46 degrees Celsius. The weather department said any respite was not likely
in the next 24 hours. "Severe heat wave is likely to
prevail at many places in the state in the next 24 hours. Jaipur will see
partly cloudy sky with maximum and minimum temperatures to be around 46 degrees
and 29 degrees Celsius respectively".
GUJARAT AND SAURASHTRA-KUTCH 20 May
Severe heatwave condition
continues to prevail across north Gujarat and Saurashtra-Kutch region.
AHMEDABAD
HIGHLIGHTS: Heat
on Thursday broke 100 year record for maximum temperature in the city with
mercury touching 48 degrees Celsius. As the civic officials confirmed one death
due to heat stroke. Thursday was the "hottest day in the city in the last
100 years". The
maximum temperature in Ahmedabad city was recorded at 48 degrees Celsius on
Thursday 26 May. It has broken a 100-year record. As per the data, the city had
recorded 47.8 degrees Celsius on May 27, 1916.
PHALODI AT 51 C ON 19 May 2016
A city in western India has set a new heat record for the country, a
scorching 51 degrees Celsius (123.8 Fahrenheit). The record set Thursday, 19 May in the
city of Phalodi, in the western state of Rajasthan, comes amid a heat wave in
India. India's meteorological department said the previous high was 50.6
Celsius (123 F), reached in 1956 in the city of Alwar, also in Rajasthan.
SUN, MARS AND EARTH
On Sunday, May 22, 2016, the sun and Mars will
be on exact opposite sides of Earth. On Sunday morning, Mars, Earth and the sun will line up
perfectly in the sky. This once-every-two-years event is called Mars
opposition. That's because Mars and the sun will be on opposite sides of Earth. On May 9, Mercury passed directly between
Earth and the sun, resembling a black dot against our vast, bright star. Telescopes
or high-powered binoculars were needed to see that Mercury transit, which
occurs just 13 times or so a century. Nothing fancy is needed to gaze upon Mars,
just your eyes. Sky-watchers, gazing to the southeast at nightfall, can enjoy a
brighter, seemingly bigger Mars well into June. A full moon, on May 21, will
add to the viewing pleasure. The Hubble Space Telescope already is zooming in
for pictures. On Thursday, 19 May 2016, the Space Telescope Science Institute
in Baltimore released a snapshot of Mars taken May 12 from 50 million miles
out. The stunning image shows details as small as 20 to 30 miles across.
MOVEMENT OF ROANU TROPICAL CYCLONE
On Friday, 20 May 2016, Srikakulam rains in Icchapuram 15.5, Ranastala 13.3, Laweru 12.7, palasa 11.4, kaviti 11.3, santbommali 11.2, ponduru 10.8, nandigama 10.6, kotbommali 10.2, tekali 10.1, mandasa 9.8, echerla 8.8, sompeta 8.6, Srikakulam 8.3 cm rain recorded.
ROANU (extended rope)
ROANU name by MALDIVULU indicates an extending rope similar to the name the present cyclone extended from Sri Lanka to Myanmar via coastal line of Bay of Bengal. Till Thursday morning slowly moving cyclone at a speed of 10 km per hour, picked up speed after the night of Thursday 25 km then by 30 km eventually along the coast, left Andhra.
RAINED FISH
Singurupeta nearby fields witnessed rain of fish each weighing about 100 to 200 grams. People were wonder struck of the rain of fish. Reports of raining fish were reported two to three years ago, from Kerala coast.
Fig.4 Cyclone named ROANU structure colour picture
Fig.5 ROANU(01B) tropical cyclone movement
Today
there was sunlight at 2.30PM in the afternoon at Visakhapatnam, 20 May 2016
with cyclone weather faded away. Tropical
Cyclone Roanu may not become an intense Bay of Bengal cyclone, but it may
instead trigger dangerous flooding in parts of eastern India, Bangladesh, and
Myanmar into the weekend. Moist southerly winds ahead of the center of Roanu
will also steer clusters of thunderstorms with heavy rain ashore in these same
areas. This poses a dangerous threat of flooding and landslides, particularly
in the higher terrain of the eastern India states, far north and western
Myanmar even perhaps into extreme south-central China into next week. Thanks to wind shear, the change in
wind speed and/or direction with height,
Roanu is not expected to strengthen
much over the next few days as it tracks generally North-East toward the coast
of Bangladesh or northwest Myanmar sometime this weekend.
Fig.6 Moving cyclone at a speed of 25 km per hour
towards Bangladesh
Fig.7 Nearing Bangladesh on Saturday 21 May 2016.
One killed as water tanker
fell on him, several injured as 50 kmph winds, thunderstorm lashed Hyderabad on
21 May 2016. Five cars were crushed outside a show room when huge hoarding fell
on them. Due to heavy wind in the Banjara Hills. Trees were uprooted, causing
traffic jams. They lasted from an half to one hour, with cumulonimbus clouds
extremely dense, huge, and vertically developed, that lead to thunderstorms,
squally wind activity within a couple of hours over a five-six km radius area.
BANGLADESH
About 15 people died as
cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh coast on Saturday 21 May with stormy winds and
incessant downpour that triggered landslides killing five persons and injuring
over 100 people. MET gave the signal 7 on scale of ten for three of the four
main seaports. Lakhs displaced forcing half million people to flee their homes and leaving 20 people dead in floods and landslides. Cox,s Bazar people moved to a sheltor on Saturday.
VOLCANO ERUPTION IN SAN JOSE
Volcano eruption chokes towns
in smoke and ash on Friday 20 May 2016, and the capitol town San Jose about 30
km away from Turriabla Volcano reeked with sulphur as dust and ash coated
buildings and vehicles. People advised to wear tight clothes and wear masks to
protect lungs and skin from ash.
21 May 2016:
It was brimming with full sunlight today and by afternoon
slight heat gales marked the city changing weather. Hot spell continues
in North India, mostly affected are Rajasthan, Gujarat, Haryana, Vidharbha,
Uttar Pradesh and Delhi on Saturday. Extreme temperature claimed 13
lives, with three band order security force admitted to hospital following heat
stroke. Phalodi fell from 51 C to 46 C but Churu and Sriganganagar sizzled at
49.2 C. In Allahabad women covered themselves during a dust storm on the hot
day on Saturday. Kota recorded 47.3 C, 46.7 C in Pilani and Bikaner and
45.7 C in Jaipur. In public places authorities sprinkled water in Bikaner and
Jodhapur. Soaring temperatures has also taken its toll on wildlife. Heat wave
to severe Heat wave conditions prevail over West Madhya Pradesh and Vidharbha.
Besides Rajasthan a red warning in Vidharbha and the Saurashtra, Kutch regions
of Gujarat. is issued.
22 May 2016: PUEBLA, MEXICO
Mysterious Roar And
Light In The Sky Wake Mexican City: at 07:09 IST: People of Puebla de Zaragoza saw most likely a
meteor. Residents in a Mexican city woke in fright before dawn on Saturday to
bright light in the sky and then a thunderous noise. There was a light
that shone for a couple of seconds like it was daytime and then there was
tremendous thunder. Alvaro Morales, said: "It was really strong. Windows
were shaking. We thought it was an earthquake, but it wasn't. There was a sound
like an explosion. We were truly terrified." The rock from space
probably burned up in the atmosphere and no impact was detected.
MAY 23 , 2016
The temperature at Visakhapatnam soared up, on Monday with maximum temperature going beyond 40 C. Vizag city crossed 40 C mark in last two years. Last two years mercury has not crossed 40 C in Visakhapatnam. I felt hot winds blowing till 2 AM (i.e. on 23 May) on the night of May 22. Usually in June highest temperatures recorded bu in May! Monday afternoon otherwise busy roads wore a deserted look on the hot afternoon on Monday 23 May. A phenomenal day in Visakhapatnam with temperature at 9.30 AM 34 C, 10.30 AM 36 C, 11.30 AM 38 C, 12.30 PM 40 C, 1.30 PM 42 C 2.30 PM 43 C, 2.40 PM 43.4 C, 3.30 PM 42 C the highest recorded on the Day of Agni Karthi the temperatures are very high. Recorded temps, Tuni 45 C, Bapatla 44 C, vizag 43 C, Gannavaram 43 C Express service Dt. 24 May 2016. Now Rohini Karthe from May 25. On the eve of Rohini Karte traditionally hottest fortnight of the season. The temperatures are expected to shoot up, traditionally hottest fortnight, prevailing now with increase of temps from 3 to 5 degrees excess. It will lost till June 7, 2016.
Tuesday
24 May 2016
Sunstroke deaths about four
in Vepagunta (two), Arilovaand(one) and Kancherapalem (one)on the 24 May 2016. Maximum
temperature 39.2 C and hot winds have blown in Visakhapatnam near the jail road.
At airport 39.2C (30.6 C), Anakapalli 39.6 C (29 C), Chintapalli 33.4 C (21.1 C),
Paderu 32 C (23 C), Srikakulam 40 C (28 C), Hyderabad 40.8 C (28.3 C),
Vijayawada 44 C (29.9 C), Ongole 44.1 C (31.2 C), Guntur 45.5 C (33 C),
Rajahamundry 47 C (29.5 C), maximum (minimum), and Kakinada, Narasapur, Kavali 43 C ,
Jagamaheswarapuram, Gannavaram, Ongole 44 C, Tirupati 42 C, Nandigamma, Nellore,
Anatapuram, Kurnool 42 C, Tuni 40 C, temperatures
were recorded on the Tuesday 24 May 2016. Visakhapatnam on Tuesday registered
three degrees above normal at 43.4 C with high humidity that made life
miserable, and expected to remain till month end or even in first week of June.
42.6 C was recorded on May 23, 2014 and it was 45 C on May 24, 2015. Highest
temperature of 45.4 C was recorded on June 9, 1995. Drinking water only
eight-10 glasses of plain water found to be not at all adequate.
UP shivered on May 24, 2016
UP
shivered under gale winds with dust rise and heavy winds caused havoc in
Lucknow on May 24. Several parts of
India subjected to these heavy gales, and destruction in Hyderabad and Delhi.
Recently on Uttar Pradesh these winds are blowing and in UP five people lost
their life. Tall trees and heavy trees fell down with Mango crop destroyed.
Electric poles, heavy hoarding displays collapsed. Taj Mahal nearby one big
tree fell down along with its uprooted stems. In Meerut, Sambal, Unnavu, and
Agra people were agitated by heavy winds and dust storms.
GERMAN SCIENTISTS RADIO TRANSMISSION
A conventional DVD data
transmitted in ten seconds, by researchers at Stuttgart University, and FI, in
Appl. Solid State Physics IAF, achieved the record on a stretch between Cologne
and the 36.7 km distant town of Wachtberg in Germany.
25 May 2016
Blazewada Benz Circle lives up to its’ name in Vijayawada, on Wednesday
with temperature touching 44 C. With hot winds blowing, citizens are kept
indoor, especially in the afternoons. Heat wave claimed 11 lives across state,
in the last 24 hours. On Wednesday five people died in East Godavari districts,
followed by three in West Godavari, two in Prakasam Districts, and one in
Srikakulam district. Jangamaheswarapuram 45 C, Machilipatnam 44 C, Bapatla 44.1
C, Nandigama 43 C, Ongole 43.5 C, Vijayawada 43.2 C temperatures were recorded.
Rajahamundry 46.5 C (27 C), Guntur 44.5 C (33.5 C), Ongole 43.5C (31.2 C),
Vijayawada 43.2 C (30.2 C), Chittoor 41.7 C (31.9 C), Hyderabad 40.5 C (28.7
C), and Visakhapatnam 37.4 C (30.8 C) are the reported temperatures in the
newspaper Andhra Jyothi. Eluru Governmental Hospital full of scores of Sun
Stroke struck people with saline injections on the 25 May 2016.
In Anantapuram the temperature was 41.2 C for
four days and suddenly increased by another four degrees on Wednesday, 25 May,
2016, with 45 C. Evening showers and night cool winds haven’t helped people to
stand the unbearable heat during the day time. Rohini Karthe increased the
temperatures in Guntur, with 43 C on Sunday, Monday 45 C and 46 C on Tuesday.
Weather people warn that temperatures may touch even 50 C.
EXAMS INTERMEDIATE
In
Rajahamundry at 46.5 C, several intermediate supplementary exam students have
taken in the AKC College and after the exam students got a relief by cold winds
and a slight rain, saved the kids.
2016 Indian Heatwave: May Smashes Heat Records In India: May 25, 2016. NORTH INDIA Smashing all-time weather records, places in Gujarat, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan witnessed unprecedented high temperature in May. As per the table above, Ahmedabad, Delhi and Churu exceeded monthly average and set a new temperature record in May 2016. While Ahmedabad scorched under the blazing hot sun as maximum temperature settled at 48°C, beating average monthly temperature and all-time record, Churu was not behind that smashed all previous records by witnessing temperature of 50.2°C. Since April, over 600 people have died in Telangana, Delhi, and Odisha due to the punishing heat wave out of which few have not been accounted by the government. In India, the month of May is typically one of the hottest and driest. West and East Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha heat wave conditions are prevailing on 26 May 2016. Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal would have thunder showers and scattered rain to day. Rain occurred in Arunachala Pradesh, Sikkim, and other northern border states on 25 May 2016.
26 May
2016
Rajahmundry 47 C (28 C),
Ongole 43.7 C (32.7 C), Guntur 43.5 C (33 C), Vijayawada 43.5 C (31.6 C),
Nellore 41. 9 C (32.4 C), Visakhapatnam 40.8 C (28.4 C), Hyderabad 40.1 C (32.6
C) temperatures recorded on the 26 May. Till Thursday morning Kodangal,
Mustabad 2 cm, rainfall was recorded.
TEMPERATURES
IN ELURU
Till
afternoon 45 C temperature in Eluru, suddenly weather changed and gale winds,
with potful rain made many trees to collapse, damaged cars, obstructed traffic the
scenario in the town.
EAST
AND WEST GODAVARI
East
Godavari registered 47 C, by evening at 4.30 PM the weather has changed, with
gales and fallen trees the scenario was totally changed. Western Godavari also
had a similar sudden change of weather in the afternoon, in Eluru,
Tadepalligudem, Tanuku, Narasapuram, Bhimvarm, had divesting winds and rains.
Rajamendravaram all roads got blocked with electric poles fell down causing traffic
destruction in Rangampeta, Kakinada, and Amalapuram. Krishna Zillah Gannavaram
experienced gales, with heavy rain as a result the air traffic got obstructed.
ROHINI
KARTE IN VISAKHAPATNAM
Visakhapatnam
experiencing the Rohini Karthe, witnessed the blazing Sun. Western winds via
Telangana and coastal towns, got more heated and dry winds occurred in
Visakhapatnam. Temperatures are above normal by 3 to 6 degrees excess.
PRAKASAM
BARRAGE
Prakasham
barrage got a view of water fill, with flow from top on Thursday 26 May 2016.
SUNSTROKE DEATHS ABOUT SIX IN AP
Sun
stroke took the lives of six people in AP. A sunstroke collapsed son-in-law
Srinu aged 42 years old, to see him father-in-law aged 65 old, came and
collapsed due to heat stroke during the night in sleep. It happened in
Pathpendurthi, Visakhapatnam. Another
aged man of 82 years died Pendurthi Raja cheruvu. Padmnabham for sunstroke two
people died aged 30 years died in the afternoon and nalli sunny aged 70 years old in the evening
around 4 PM. Madhurwada Suri krishnarao, visiting his second daughter, in
Rajahamundry, died aged 60 due to heat stroke while
travelling in the train to Visakhapatnam.
On Thursday 26 May 2016
Kakinada, and Jangamaheswarapuram in the coastal region registered 45 C, Tuni 44.4 C, Machilipatnam 44.2, Bapatla 44.1 Ongole 43.6 C, Nandigama 43.1 C, Nellore and Narasapur 41.9, Visakhapatnam and Kalingapatnam 35.5 C while Visakhapatnam Airport registered 40.8 C maximum temperatures.
HEAT WAVE CONDITIONS TO PERSIST THREE MORE DAYS
Mercury rise killed seven people in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, 26 May and conditions would prevail another three days in coastal Andhra and temperatures would range from 40-45 C. Light to moderate rains may occur in isolated places over coastal Andhra with thunder showers.
Sun strokes Khamman district in Telengana, and about 30 people died during the last 15 days, in the district due to sunstroke, reeling under sweltering heat. Temperatures crossed 40 C, and touched 48 C, at many places including Khammama, Kothagudem, Palvoncha, Yellandu, Bhadrachalam Manugar and Sattupalli. Coal belt area people felt the brunt of heat. Workers reluctant to enter the first and second shifts, in open cast areas. Many died in Kothagudem due to heat stroke and workers are not ready to work in the scorching Sun.
COOL
BREEZE IN VISAKHAPATNAM
Cool breeze in
Visakhapatnam on the morning at 9 h 13 m AM on the Friday 27 May 2016 hardly for an hour. But from 10 AM till next day morning at 3.00 AM it was a sweltering hot temperature. Ramgundem 46 C, Kakinada 45 C(28.8 C), Guntur 44.5 C(30 C), Ongole 43.5 C(29.6 C), Kadapah 43 C (27 C), Nellore 42.3 C(30 C), Hyderabad 40.8 C (27.5 C), Bapatla 43.4 C, Gannavaram,Nizambad, Machilipatnam 43 C, Visakhapatnam 39.2 C(29.2 C) registered on Friday 27 May. Sunstroke during the day time and roaring gales in the evening destroyed several mango, sapota, and boppai tree fruits and many have fallen down. Vijayanagaram had similar experience. Three days gale winds in Western Godavari district disturbed electric supply, and 544 pillars have fallen down, and about 82 villages living in darkness of the nights.
EARTH
TREMORS OF 3.4R
Fig.8 Earth Quake UDAYAGIRI Wave
analysed by me May 28, 2016
Fig.9 Udayagiri Earth tremor affected flooring
morning 8 h 42m AM and afternoon at 12 h 46m PM
four times the Earth Tremors have struck May 28, 2016
Fig.10 Nellore Earth Quake
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Fig.11 The sun lightning on the Bay of Bengal
in Visakhapatnam May 28, 2016
May 28, 2016: Nellore and Prakasham districts
had Earth Tremors and in Nellore, Udayagiri, Atmakuru, Vinjamur, Kaligiri,
Duttalore, Varikuntapadu, Sitaramapuram, and Marripadu Mandals morning 8 h 42 m
AM and afternoon at 12 h 46 m PM four times the Earth Tremors have struck. The
intensity measured as 3.4R. Prakasam, Pamur, C.S.Puram, P.C. Palli,
Lingasamudram, Kodapi, and other Mandals the Earth tremors occurred.
It may be noted that the Airport at Visakhapatnam registered 39 C, three degrees more than the normal.
RAIN
HAVOC
Throughout AP there was intense
rainfall. The lightning struck have killed two people in Prakasam district and
in one person died in Guntur. Prakasam district had heavy rain while other districts rain was
moderate. Kotthapatnam had big hail storm. Bullikurava two buffaloes died due
to collapse of electric wires. Vellalcheruvu sheep watcher, Panguluru
Mandal Bitamanjulur a lady died.
Vijayanagaram garden crops have been destroyed. Baliji peta, and another eight
Mandals lost 80 acres of Banacrop, and 150 acres Mango crop got destroyed.
Thunderbolts killed a lady in Arepalli. On 28 May 2016 for the first time Visakhapatnam from 3 AM rain clouds and cool weather that gave rain from 6 AM till 11 AM. Ananatpuram district had worst breeze
conditions, that collapsed 400 KV substation transformer and supply lines by
33 KV and 6 electric towers collapsed. Prakasm district 150 electric poles fell down.
About 400 villages went without power in Vijayanagaram agency area.
No major change of weather in Rayalaseema.
TRANSPARENT WOOD
Scientists create transparent wood
natural, beautiful, warm to the touch, strong and stiff and its renewable.
Liangbing Hu of the University of Maryland declared how transparent it could
go. It is stronger than glass and is a better insulator. Two step process
involves first they boiled wood for about two hours, in a mix of water and
chemicals, including sodium hydroxide, which eliminates lignin and gives wood
its colour, they then poured epoxy over the boiled wood, making it four to five
times stronger. Journal of Advanced Materials, and with waveguide effect with
wood, more light enters into the house claims the researcher Hu.
Boy
struck by Lightning in Visakhapatnam
Boy
struck by lightning in S Rayavaram mandal on Saturday, 21 May, even as moderate rains
with heavy winds lashed parts of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. Seasonal
rainfall reached 223 mm while Visakhapatnam normal 128 mm. Airport reached 171
mm against normal of 83 mm.
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION DATES TO 8000 BC
Head of Department of Geology and Geophysics, at IIT Kharagpur, published in Nature journal on May 25, 2016, (I couldn't locate it) that Indus Valley civilization is more than 8,000 years old well before the Egyptian and Mesopotamia civilizations. By using a technique called optically stimulated luminescence, to date the pottery shards of the early Mature Harappan timeto nearly 6000 years ago. The pre-Harappan Hakra phase as far back as 8000 years. An unexplored site, Bhirrana and ended up unearthing something much bigger.
NELLORE EARTH TREMORS SECOND TIME MAY 29, 2016
Nellore Earth tremors a second
time within two days, on May 29, as well in Ayyavaripalle, Krishnareddipalli, Gandipalem and other villages surrounding in Udayagiri. Dhuttaluru also
experienced tremors on Sunday 29 May along with BC colony, Pysala colony, in
the morning 9 h 45 m AM for two seconds and again the evening around 4 hours,
two seconds the Earth trembled. Vinjamur, Varipentapadu, and other villages,
the earth trembled.
Two days earth tremors have
left people bewildered and were afraid at what time this would recur. Saturday 28 May, several times earth tremors have occurred and left people outside hoses to
spend the night afraid. Udayagiri had several times the tremors. Dhuttalore
slightly shivered due to earth tremors.
BANDAR THUNDERBOLT
In Bandar the thunderbolt damaged
partially the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple (Gali Gopuram) on May 29 partially.
RAINS SATURDAY TO SUNDAY
MORNING
The rains initiated on
Saturday midnight continued to Sunday, 29 May, morning till 10 AM in Krnool, Nadyala,
Adoni, Kosigi, Chippagiri, Mantralayam, Allagadda, Belgal, Pattikonda, where
the rainfall was maximum. Mantralayam recorded 11 cm rain. School compound wall
fell down in Kurnool, killed a youngster. Railway worker between Ksagi-Irongall
railway station area Sanjayakumar aged 25 died.
HOT WEATHER PREVAILS
Srikakulam 39.5 C(28 C),
Hyderabad 39 C (28.4 C), Chittoor 38.6 C ( 29.2 C), Guntur 38 C (28 C),
Visakhapatnam 37.6 C (26.2 C), Kurnool 36.3 C ( 22 C) temperatures were recorded
on 29 May.
DELHI SQUALLS DUST STORM 29
May 2016.
Squalls and dust storms
accompanied with heavy rain lashed the Delhi on Sunday 29 May evening. Dust
storm blowing at a speed of 92 km per hour hit Palam airport while at Safdarjung
at a speed of 52 km per hour. Flights were diverted to Jaipur and Lucknow.
After 2 hours in Jaipur the PM aircraft took off for Delhi. Rajasthan Chief
Minister Madam V. Raje met PM Modi inside the air craft. Rains brought relief
to Delhi with 23 C temperature four notches below normal, on the 29 May. On
Sunday maximum was around 36.7 C with minimum at 24 C.
One Dead, Several Injured In Lightning Strikes
EUROPE: 28 May 2016: One man has been killed and dozens of people, including children, have been taken to hospital as lightning strikes hit parts of Europe, including a park in Paris and a football pitch in Germany. In southern Poland, a man in his forties was killed when he was struck by lightning as he descended the Babia Gora mountain, according to reports. In Germany, a total of 33 people, including 29 youngsters aged nine to 11, were treated after a bolt hit a pitch where a junior football game was being played, in the western town of Hoppstädten. One man has died, a child is on life support and dozens of other people have been hurt in flash thunderstorms across Europe. The 45-year-old referee suffered a direct strike and was taken to hospital by helicopter. He was one of three adults seriously injured. The game had just finished when the lightning hit at about 2pm on Saturday, Parts of western Germany have seen storms, heavy rain and hail over the past two days. The incident came on the same day as a lightning strike at a children's birthday party in Parisian park left 11 people in hospital, including at least two in a life-threatening condition. The victims were at Parc Monceau in the northwest of the city when the thunderstorm struck. They had tried to take shelter under a tree, but were hit by lightning. Jean-Louis Laurens, who lives near Parc Monceau, said it was rather rare to see such a storm hitting the French capital. He described the weather event as "dramatic". 10:39, UK, Monday 30 May 2016
A 13-year-old girl, who police say was probably sheltering from
the rain under a railway bridge, was struck by an intercity train.Another victim,
aged around 60, was found in a flooded underground car park in Weissbach,
near Heilbronn. Mr Dehner said the man was unable to escape when water
quickly engulfed the garage. Around 7,000 fire fighters, police officers and
rescue workers have been dealing with more than 2,200 incidents, according
to Baden-Wuerttemberg authorities.The heavy rain on Sunday evening and
overnight into Monday meant several people had to be plucked to safety from
their cars.German news agency DPA also reported a house was destroyed and
others damaged in Braunsbach after a river broke its banks.Officials in one
part of Schwaebisch Hall district said there had been more rain in a few hours
than normally falls in several months. At least four people, including a
volunteer fire fighter and a teenage girl, have died after floods in
south-western Germany. Storms and torrential rain have caused chaos in parts
of Baden-Wuerttemberg state, with pictures showing cars being washed
away by swirling flood water.
PALAKONDA, KAKINADA, VISAKHAPATNAM
Srikakulam district Kothur,
Bhamini, Sitampeta, on Monday 30 May, gales brought down big trees and electric
poles. Several houses top protecting sheets have been blown out. Singadi to
Gurandi about 3 km distance protecting road trees have fallen down. Srikakulam-Batilli
bus services returned from Singadi. Loharjola Palak Prasad Rao, residence in front
a lightning bolt fell down. For the sound of it, his wife Bhagyamma, and Kondagori
Dhamayanthi have fainted. Kothur mandal electric poles got broken down and
prevented traffic. From morning effected towns with heat gales, till 4 PM
suddenly became cool.
31 May 2016
A 6.1-magnitude Earth Quake jolts Taiwan: Taipei 110 km north–East at 11:51 AM IST, on May 31, 2016, Tuesday, a 6.4R magnitude Earth quake. The U.S. Geological Survey issued an alert saying the earthquake’s epicentre was around 90km off the coast of Taiwan, at a depth of more than 240 km. Taiwan’s Central Weather Bureau initially put the magnitude at 7.2. There were no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage so far.Though there was no immediate alert or advisory from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the USGS’s initial analysis suggested some 30 million people lived near enough to the earthquake epicentre to experience some shaking. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The author is deeply indebted to Late Prof. K. Rangadhama Rao D.Sc. (Madras) D. Sc. (London) for selecting him to join the CSIR scheme No.44 entitled " nuclear Quadrupole Moments" at JVD College of Science & Technology, Andhra University, Waltair, as a junior Research Fellow during the years 1961-1964, at his world famous laboratories. The author also expresses his gratitude to him for the inspiration and constant guidance provided. |
