WEATHER SUMMARY

SUMMARY OF OBSERVATIONS RECORDED AT 0830 HRS IST:
   
Chennai:  Rainfall occurred at many places over South Interior Karnataka. Isolated rainfall occurred over Coastal and North Interior Karnataka.
   
The chief amounts of rainfall recorded in centimetres are:  Bangalore, Bangalore airport, Chintamani, Kolar, Rayalpadu (Kolar dt) and Malavalli (Mandya dt) 5 each, Hoskote (Bangalore Rural dt), Srirampura (Chitradurga dt), Ramanagara and Sira (Tumkur dt) 4 each, Mandya 3, Savanur (Haveri dt), Gauribidanur and Thondebhavi (both Chikkaballapur dt), C. R. Patna, Dudda, Nuggehalli and Sravanabelagola (all Hassan dt), Bangarpet (Kolar dt), Basaralu, Krishnarajasagara and Srirangapatnam (all Mandya dt), Periyapatna (Mysore dt), Magadi (Ramanagara dt), Kibbana halli, Madhugiri, Pavagada and Turuvekere (all Tumkur dt) 2 each and Kundgol (Dharwad dt), Begur and M. M. hills (both Chamrajnagar dt), Virajpet (Kodagu dt), K. R. Pet (Mandya dt), Hunsur and Nanjangud (both Mysore dt), Mysore, Channapatna and Kanakapura (both Ramanagara dt),
Huliyurdurga (Tumkur dt) 1 each.
     
 
On Tuesday, the maximum temperature rose at one or two places over Coastal and South Interior Karnataka and changed little elsewhere over the region.
      
They were appreciably above normal  at one or two places over Coastal Karnataka and were generally normal over the rest of the region.
       
Rentachintala recorded the highest maximum temperature of 44degree Celsius in the region.
      
WEATHER FORECAST VALID UNTIL THE MORNING OF 18TH MAY 2012: Rain or thundershower would occur at a few places over South Interior Karnataka. Isolated rain or thundershowers may occur over Coastal and North Interior Karnataka.
      
OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: No significant change.