Spatial Patterns of Weekly Rainfall Anomalies (%)
These charts are based on the weekly mean rainfall anomalies (percentage departures from the long-term mean for the corresponding week) for 36 meteorological subdivisions of India, computed from real-time reports and published in the Weekly Weather Reports issued by the India Meteorological Department. Spatial patterns for the month of May are displayed to give the idea of Monsoon Onset. Each row of the panels corresponds to the week ending the date indicated. In each row, the three panels indicate, from left to right, the mean daily rainfall in the week, the corresponding normal for the week and the percent departure.
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Rainfall for the May 28-June 3, June 4-10, June 11-17
Rainfall for the June 18-24, June 25-July
01, July 02-08
Rainfall for the July 09-15, July 16-22, July 23-29
Rainfall for the July 29-August 05, August 06-12, August 13-19
Rainfall for the August 20-26, August 27-Sept 02, Sept 03-09
Rainfall for the Sept 10-16, Sept 17-23, Sept 24-30
Charts prepared
by K. Rupa Kumar & J.V.
Revadekar
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Last Updated: Oct 2, 2009