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.
Rainfall for the May 15-21, May 22-28
Rainfall for the May 29 - Jun 04, June
05-11, June 12-18
Rainfall for the June 19-25, June 26-July 02, July 03-09
Rainfall for the July 10-16, July 17-23, July 24-30
Rainfall for the July 31-Aug 06, Aug
07-13, Aug 14-20
Rainfall for the Aug 21-27, Aug 28-Sep 03, Sep 04-10
Rainfall for the Sep 11-17, Sep 18-24, Sep 25-Oct 01
Charts prepared
by K. Rupa Kumar & J.V.
Revadekar
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Last Updated: October 02, 2008