Weather and micro-climate blogs (Copyright WeatherCast)

****** Abstract: Nation-wide lockdown has lead to reduced emissions and has definitely improved the air quality. However, there is no consensus on how the local temperature and cloud patterns are affected. Using some basic open source data and weather dynamics concept, I am going to show that the lockdown will have inverse effect on temperature, wherein we could expect warmer temperatures and increasing heat-wave like situations in April and May 2020.  Moreover, due to increased heating, it is possible that thunderstorm activity will increase and some intense thunderstorms could be in the offing in May 2020. ****** E ver since the national lockdown, the quality of air that we breathe has improved substantially. There is absolutely no opposition to the fact that the AQI index has drastically come down in all the Indian cities.  So much so that people have been enjoying the beautiful view of snow clad Himalayan mountain ranges from miles way. On the coastal side, ther...

A s I write this blog, India is battling a deadly outbreak, COVID-19, that has caused a lot of distress to many echelons of our society. As we approach closer to the end of the "National Lockdown", one could only hope and pray that we have caught the beginning of a plateauing curve for this life-threatening virus.  For an agrarian country like India, usually at this time of the year the performance of the " Indian summer monsoon " attracts all the curiosity, owing to its notorious nature. But this year, we already have started with so much negative impact that the pressure on "Monsoon 2020 performance" is more than ever. Among all this, we could only hope that a good monsoon washes down all the negativity and brings our economy on track. With this preface, let us move on the ( unofficial ) Monsoon 2020 forecast. Monsoon 2020 has a lot of hope riding on it. It is following a bumper bumper (yes I am indeed it twice) Monsoon 2019, which was 110% o...