A worrisome development today (26Oct2008)

Placed below is the latest satellite photo from the India Meteorological Dept website. It shows unseasonal rain creeping up our way in the form of a depression in the Bay of Bengal.
It is just this type of weather phenomenon that we should watch out and be prepared for.

Severe Weather Warnings
Date: OCTOBER 26, 2008

HEAVY RAINFALL WARNING

ISOLATED HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER COASTAL AREAS OF WEST BENGAL DURING NEXT 48 HOURS.ISOLATED HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER NORTH EASTERN STATES AND SUB-HIMALAYAN WEST BENGAL AND SIKKIM DURING NEXT 48 HOURS AND OVER ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS, KERALA ,TAMIL NADU & PUDUCHERRY AND NORTH COASTAL ORISSA DURING NEXT 24 HOURS. SQUALLY WINDS SPEED REACHING 55-65 KMPH GUSTING TO 75 KMPH ARE LIKELY ALONG AND OFF WEST BENGAL AND ORISSA COAST DURING NEXT 48 HOURS. SEA CONDITION IS VERY ROUGH TO HIGH ALONG AND OFF THESE COASTS. FISHERMEN ARE ADVISED NOT TO VENTURE INTO THE SEA.

(http://imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/severe.htm)

(Italics are mine)

praful rao