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Thursday, 4th May, 2006 (For the period 4th to 8th May, 2006)

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North West India (Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Himachal

Pradesh, Jammu& Kashmir, Uttaranchal)

Punjab, Haryana

Heat wave to severe heat wave prevailed on 28th and 29th April in Punjab. Heat wave prevailed in Northern parts on 27th and in the parts of State on 30th April. Rainfall also occurred at isolated places on 29th May in Punjab. Hot day conditions prevailed in Western parts of Haryana on 1st and in parts on 2nd May. Rain / thundershowers occurred at isolated places on 3rd in Haryana. Weather remained mainly dry during rest days of the period.

Mainly dry weather likely over the region. However isolated dust-storm/ thunderstorm activity is likely over plains of the State.

Advisories

• Except for the crops grown at Sangur and Bhatinda districts, apply frequent irrigation to sugarcane, sunflower and cotton in all the districts of Punjab as there was no rain during last few weeks and mainly dry weather is likely over of the State during next three days and the temperature is still above 400C. As there was rain at Sangur and Bhatinda districts during last week apply irrigation as per requirement.

• Apply frequent irrigation to sugarcane, sunflower and cotton in all the districts of Haryana as there was no rain during last few weeks and mainly dry weather is likely over of the State during next three days and the temperature is still above 40 0C in some places in the State.

• In order to prevent sunflower from wind damage and inclement weather from shattering of seeds, cut the crop, if matured, and solar dry it at safer places.

• Weather condition is favourable for harvesting of sugarcane, rabi oilseeds and wheat.

Rajasthan

Duststorm / Thunderstorm/ Light rainfall recorded at isolated places in Jaipur, Kota and Udaipur divisions. Weather remained mainly dry in rest of the state.

Isolated duststorm / thunderstorm may occur over Rajasthan towards evening / night. Temperatures over Rajasthan are likely to remain 42-440C.

Advisories

• Apply frequent irrigation to zaide moong and zaide fodder in all the districts of the State as duststorm / thunderstorm may occur only at isolated places over Rajasthan towards evening / night and day temperatures are likely to remain between 42 & 440C.

• Continue sowing of cotton crops with adequate irrigation facilities. Select varieties from RG-8, RG-18 and Bikaneri. Apply light irrigation after sowing for better germination of crop.

Uttar Pradesh

Weather was dry in all divisions of U.P. on 1st May, mainly dry in Jhansi, Agra divisions and dry in remaining divisions of U.P. on 2nd May, Rain occurred at isolated places in Allahabad, Jhansi divisions and was mainly dry in remaining divisions of U.P. on 3rd May.

Mainly dry weather likely over the State. However, isolated dust-storm / thunderstorm activity is likely over plains of Uttar Pradesh.

Advisories

• Except Allahabad, Barabanki, Lucknow, Sultanpur in East U.P and Jhansi, Shahjahanpur in West UP apply irrigation to sugarcane, vegetables, sunflower, mango in all the districts as there was practically no rain and mainly dry weather is likely over the region for next three days and also increase in evaporation due to prevailing high temperature. As there was rain in the above mentioned districts during last week, apply irrigation as per the soil moisture condition.

• Burn sugarcane plants affected with red rot.

• To control white ant in sunflower, spray the solution of chloropyriphos 20EC @ 3.75 litre / ha.

Himachal Pradesh

Rain / thunder shower occurred at isolated places during the week in the State.

Mainly dry weather is likely over the State.

Advisories

• As there was no significant rain during last week in all the districts of the State and mainly dry weather is likely over the State for next three days, apply irrigation to peas, onion, summer vegetables and moong.

• Attack of downey mildew is reported in the fields of seed crop of onion. For control spray Redomil M-Z @ 25g per 10 litres of water.

• Attack of aphids is reported in the seed crop of cole crops. For control spray Rogor @ 1ml per litre of water.

• This is proper time for sowing of bhindi in middle hills (var. Prabhani Kranti, Arka Anamika), frenchbean (var. Conender) and sowing of nursery of cucumber, summer squash, bitter gourd and ridge gourd in poly houses. It is time for transplanting and nursery sowing of brinjal (Arka Nidhi, PPC), Capsicum (California wonder) and tomato in poly houses.

Uttaranchal

Mainly dry weather prevailed during the period. Sky remained mainly clear to partly cloudy.

Mainly dry weather likely over the region.

Advisories

• As there was no rain in the State during last few weeks and mainly dry weather is likely over the state for next few days, apply irrigation to mango, litchi, apple, sugarcane and vegetables.

• Spray Sulfex (2.5 g / lit) or Karathane (0.1 %) or Bavistin (0.1%) to protect mango from powdery mildew disease.

• Complete spraying of 20 ppm (90 ml in 200 litres) to prevent fruit fall in mango.

Jammu & Kashmir

Rain / thundershowers occurred at isolated places on 1st and 2nd May. Weather remained mainly dry on 3rd May in J & K State.

Mainly dry weather is likely over J & K divisions.

Advisories

• There was no significant rainfall in the State during last week and dry weather is likely to prevail for the next three days. Under the circumstances, apply required irrigation to oats, lentil and wheat to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity.

Delhi

Sky remained partly cloudy with surface winds ranging between 2 – 6 knots. Weather remained dry.

Mainly clear sky, likely to be partly cloudy towards afternoon, evening with possibility of thunder development accompanied with squall in some areas.

Advisories

• As there was no significant rainfall during last few weeks and dry weather is likely to prevail over the State for next three days, apply irrigation to summer vegetable crops, onion, green gram, black gram and fodder crops.

• Continue sowing of arhar and Pusa Chetki variety of radish with irrigation facilities. Select varieties like Upas – 120 and T21 for sowing of arhar.

Southern Region (AP, Tamilnadu, Karnataka and Kerala)

Kerala

Rain/ thundershower occurred at isolated places in Kerala on 3rd and mainly dry weather prevailed on 2nd May.

Rain / thundershowers likely to occur at a few places over the State.

Advisories

• There was no significant rainfall in Kerala during last week and rainfall is likely to occur at a few places for the next three days. Under the circumstances, apply required irrigation to plantation crops and pepper depending on rainfall situation.

• Attack of bud rot disease is reported in rubber. Spray Copper Oxy Chloride on a non rainy day to control the disease.

• Fungal attack is reported in pepper. Spray Bordeaux mixture on a non rainy day to control the attack.

• Attack of Mahali disease is reported in areca nut. Spray Bordeaux mixture on a non rainy day to control the attack.

• Attack of bud rot disease is reported in coconut. Spray Indofil M-45 @ 4gm per liter of water on a non rainy day.

Tamilnadu

Hot day conditions prevailed over some parts of Coastal Tamilnadu on some days and heat wave conditions prevailed over parts of North Coastal Tamilnadu and over parts of North Tamilnadu during last week. Dry weather prevailed over Tamilnadu on 1st, 2nd May. Rainfall occurred at isolated places over Tamilnadu on 3rd May.

Rain / thundershowers likely at a few places over the State.

Advisories

• There was no significant rainfall in all the districts during last week and rain / thundershowers likely at a few places over the State for next three days. Under the circumstances, apply required irrigation to navarai rice, early sugarcane, groundnut, pulses and millets depending

on rainfall situation.

Karnataka

Rainfall occurred at a few places on 3rd, at isolated places on 2nd over South Interior Karnataka. Over Coastal Karnataka and North Interior Karnataka, rainfall occurred at isolated places on 3rd May. Dry weather prevailed on the remaining days over the state.

Rain / thundershowers are likely at isolated places over Karnataka.

Advisories

• Except for the crops grown at Chitradurga, Davangere and Mysore districts in South Karnataka, apply frequent irrigation to summer rice, summer groundnut, summer sunflower and sugarcane in all the districts of the State as there was no rain during last few weeks and mainly dry weather is likely over of the State during next three days and the temperature is still above 40 0C. As there was rain at Chitradurga, Davangere and Mysore districts during last week apply irrigation as per requirement.

• Maintain 3 – 5 cm of water in the field of rice.

• Release predators like Dipha sp, adopt wider spacing and inter-cropping with soyabean and pulses of short duration for ratoon sugarcane to control wooly aphids in Mysore, Mandya, Hassan, Bidar & Bagalore districts.

Andhra Pradesh

Isolated rain occurred over Coastal Andhra Pradesh on 28th to 30th April & 2 nd May, and Rayalseema on 28th and Telangana on 2nd May. Weather has been mainly dry over Rayalaseema on 3rd May, over Telangana on 28th and 30th April. Weather has been dry elsewhere over the State during the week.

Isolated rain / thunder showers are likely to occur over Andhra Pradesh.

Advisories

• Heat wave conditions prevailed over South Coastal AP during last week. All the crops are at harvesting stage. Hence, complete harvesting of rabi maize, sunflower, rice, groundnut and pulse crops immediately to avoid shattering of grains.

Eastern Region (Assam, Bihar, Sikkim, West Bengal)

Assam

Light to moderate rain occurred at many places with isolated heavy falls on 2nd, at a few places on 3rd and weather was mainly dry on 1st May over the State.

Rain / thundershowers likely at a few places over the State.

Advisories

• As there was no significant rain in the State during last week and rain is likely to occur at a few places during next three days, apply irrigation to summer vegetables, jute and maize crops depending on rainfall situation.

• Maintain 3 – 5 cm water in early ahu rice field.

• Infestation of insects like Rice hispa, Yellow stem borer and Gallmidge is reported in early ahu rice in few localities.

• For control of pests like Hispa, Stem borer and Gall midge of early ahu rice plant protection measures should be taken on a non-rainy day when one adult per hill is noticed with monocrotophos 40 EC @ 1.5 ml per litre or chloropyriphos 20 EC @ 2 ml per litre of water. For management of yellow stem borer advocate Trichograma joponicum @ 50,000 / ha with six releases.

• Infestation of insects like Bihar hairy caterpillar, Semi looper, Yellow mite and Stem weevil and diseases is reported in jute in few localities.

• For control of Bihar hairy caterpillar, Semi looper, Yellow mite and Stem weevil, spray Fenitrothion 50 EC @ 1 ml or Endosulphon 35 EC @ 2 ml / litre of water on a non-rainy day.

• Infestation of Fruit fly is reported in summer vegetables in few localities.

• Harvest and damage the fruits infected by Fruit fly in cucurbits and use “bait” to capture the fruit fly so that the pest may be managed below ETL (Economic Threshold Level).

West Bengal

During the said period very light rain occurred at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal on 1st, moderate to heavy rain at most places along with heavy rain at few places on 2nd , light to moderate rain at most places along with heavy rain at one or two places on 3rd . However moderate rain occurred at isolated places over Gangetic West Bengal on 3rd May. Weather was mainly dry over the state during rest of the period.

Rain / thundershowers with isolated squall are likely at a few places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and isolated over the rest region.

Advisories

• As rain / thundershowers with isolated squall are likely at a few places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal for next three days, apply irrigation depending on rainfall situation to sugarcane, sesame, groundnut and green gram in the districts of this region except Malda and Coochbehar. As there was excess rain in Malda and Coochbehar during last week, apply irrigation in these districts depending on soil stored moisture and rainfall situation, if required.

• As there was no significant rain in the districts of Gangetic West Bengal during last week and rain / thundershowers are likely only at isolated places for next three days over this region, apply required irrigation to the crops in these districts.

• Continue sowing of aus rice and jute in North Bengal on a non-rainy day. Select varieties of aus rice from IET – 826, CR – 126-42-1, IR – 36, IET – 2233, IET – 1444 (Rasi), Culture – 1 etc.

Bihar

Rain occurred at one or two places on 27th April & 3 rd May and weather was dry during rest days.

Rain / thundershowers with isolated squall are likely at isolated places over the state.

Advisories

• There was no significant rainfall in the state during last week and rain / thundershowers with isolated squall are likely to occur only at isolated places over the State for the next three days. Under the circumstances, apply required irrigation to Summer vegetables, maize, moong, fodder and fruit crops to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity.

• If hopper and other insects are seen in rice, spray Monocrotophos @ 1 litre / ha.

• Monitor mango and litchi crops for fruit fly and use domestically prepared gur /oil mixed fruit fly traps.

Sikkim

Sky remained generally cloudy during the period.

Rain / thunder showers along with isolated squall is likely to occur at a few places over the State.

Advisories

• There was deficient rainfall in the State during last week and rainfall is likely to occur at a few places for the next three days. Under the circumstances, apply required irrigation to orange, maize, potato and large cardamom depending on rainfall situation.

• Rouge out chirke and foorkey affected large cardamom plants and destroy them by burning.

Central Region (Gujarat, Chattisgarh, Maharashtra, MP & Orissa)

Gujarat

Weather remained dry.

Weather will be mainly dry over Gujarat State, Diu, Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli.

Advisories

• As there was no rain in the State for past few weeks and mainly dry weather will prevail for next three days, apply irrigation to sugarcane, summer groundnut and summer bajra to bring the soil moisture to its field capacity.

• Apply second split i.e. remaining dose of nitrogenous fertilizer (30 kg / ha) at tillering stage at 40 – 45 days after transplanting of summer rice as top dressing. Apply fertilizer after weeding out operation and keeping small amount of water in the field. Maintain 3 – 5 cm water in the field after 2 – 3 days of application of fertilizer.

• If summer groundnut crop appears yellowish spray mixture of 100 gms ferrous sulphate + 10 gms citric acid dissolved in 10 liters of water and spray over the crop in 500 liters of water per hectare.

Chattisgarh

Weather over many parts of the State will remain hot and dry. However, there is a possibility that isolated places of the State may experience thunder storm towards afternoon / evening.

Advisories

• Except for the crops grown at Bastar and Surguja districts, apply frequent irrigation to sugarcane, onion, sunflower, groundnut, sesame, green gram and also to early sown summer vegetables in all the districts of the State as there was no rain during last couple of weeks and no significant rain is likely to occur and weather will remain hot and dry over the State during next three days. As there was rain at Bastar and Surguja districts during last week, apply irrigation as per requirement.

• Continue sowing of summer vegetables like ladies finger, beans, bottle gourd etc.

Maharashtra

Light rain occurred at isolated places in South Konkan and East Vidarbha. Mainly dry weather prevailed over rest of the State.

Rain/ Thunder showers are likely to occur at isolated places over South Madhya Maharashtra and South Konkan & Goa. Mainly dry weather will prevail over rest of the State.

Advisories

• As there was no significant rainfall during last week in most of the districts of the State and no significant rainfall is likely to occur for next three days with high day temperature, apply frequent irrigation to sugarcane, summer groundnut, sunflower, green gram and maize and also to already sown irrigated cotton to supplement the high rate of transpiration from the crops.

• Apply remaining dose of nitrogen (40 kg N / ha) as top dressing in summer rice. Apply fertilizer after weeding out operation and keeping small amount of water in the field. Maintain 3 – 5 cm water in rice field after 2 – 3 days of application of fertilizer. Start harvesting of matured crops in Sindhudurg district.

• Continue sowing of irrigated cotton. For sowing select the seeds from improved varieties like L.R.H. 5166, J.L.H. 168 or hybrid varieties from Phule 492, N.H.H. 44. Use 8-10 Kg. / ha of improved variety & 2.5-3 Kg. / ha of hybrid variety for sowing.

Madhya Pradesh

Light rain occurred at isolated places over South east M.P. on 2nd and 3rd May, and dry weather prevailed over the rest of the State for the remaining period.

Weather will be mainly hot and dry over the state. However, there is a possibility that isolated places in north west M.P. may experience dust storm / thunder storm and isolated places in east M.P. may experience thunder storm towards afternoon / evening.

Advisories

• Apply frequent irrigation to sugarcane and moong to make the soil moist which will help germination as mainly dry and hot weather is likely over the State with possibility of only isolated dust storm / thunder storm in north west M.P. and isolated thunder storm in east M.P. towards afternoon / evening.

Orissa

Rain fall occurred at a few places over Orissa on 3rd May and at isolated places on remaining days.

Light rain / thundershower likely to occur at isolated places over Orissa.

Advisories

• Except the crops grown at Angul, Bhadrakh, Bolangir, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Ganjam, Jajpur, Kandhamal, Kendrapara, Keonjhargarh, Sundargarh districts, apply irrigation to pulses, vegetables, groundnut and sugarcane in all the remaining districts of the State as there was no rainfall during last week and light rain / thundershower likely to occur at isolated places over the region for next three days. Postpone irrigation or apply light irrigation in the above mentioned districts depending on the soil moisture.

• At five months stage of sugarcane crop go for propping by combining plants of two rows so that the crop do not lodge by wind.

• Withdraw water 15 days before harvest of the dalua rice field.

Forecast valid 7th May, 2006

WEEK’S RAINFALL: Week’s rainfall was excess in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and coastal Andhra Pradesh; normal in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand and Chattisgarh and deficient in Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Tamil Nadu and south interior Karnataka. It was scanty over the rest of the country outside Gujarat State, Konkan Goa, Marathwada and Lakshadweep, where there was no rain. PRINCIPAL AMOUNTS OF RAINFALL (in cms) DURING THE W EEK. April 2006 27 Car Nicobar 10, Tangla 4, Malda, Mazbat 3, Hut Bay, Burdhwan, Belonia 2, Jagdalpur, Port Blair 1. 28 Hut Bay 6, Maya Bandar, Changlang, Dhenkanal 4, Balurghat, Cuttack 3, Long Island, Dhollabazar 1. 29 Viralimalai 7, Port Blair 6, Long Island 4, Maya Bandar 3, Lucknow 1. 30 Port Blair, Long Island 1. May 2006 01 Naraj 5, Bhalukpong, Kendrapada 4, Maya Bandar 1. 02 NH 31 11, Matijuri 10, Cooch Behar 8, Champasarai, Domohani, Guwahati 7, Mathabhanga, Mazbat 5. 03 Chepan 7, Alipurduar, Hasimara 6, Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Matijuri 5, Barobhisa, Tezpur, Gopalpur 4. SEASON’S RAINFALL (1-03-2006 to 3-05-2006): Season’s rainfall was excess in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, west Uttar Praesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and south interior Karnataka; normal in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand, east uttar Pradesh, Punjab, north interior Karnataka and Kerala. It was deficient over the rest of the country outside Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Gujarat Region, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and coastal Karnataka, where it was scanty. TEMPERATURES: Heat wave conditions prevailed on 4 to 5 days in Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu and on 1 day each in Haryana, west Uttar Pradesh, west Madhya Pradesh and coastal Andhra Pradesh and at isolated places on 1 day in Haryana. Hot day conditions prevailed on 1 to 2 days in Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Haryana, Marathwada and east Madhya Pradesh and at isolated places on 1 day each in Punjab and Marathwada. Day temperatures were appreciably to markedly above normal on 3 days in Srinagar. They were appreciably above normal on 4 to 6 days in Arunachal Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab and Jammu and on 1 to 3 days in Assam & Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Srinagar, west Rajasthan, west Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and south interior Karnataka. They were above normal on 4 to 7 days in west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Tamil Nadu and north interior Karnataka and on 1 to 3 days in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, West Bengal & Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar, east Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir , Gujarat Region, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Chattisgarh, coastal Andhra Pradesh and coastal & south interior Karnataka.

WEATHER AND ASSOCIATED SYNOPTIC FEATURES: (1) Last week’s Cyclonic Storm “Mala” moved in a northnortheasterly direction and on 27th it intensified into a Severe Cyclonic Storm over the Southeast Bay. Moving

in a northnortheasterly direction towards the Arakan coast, it further intensified into a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm on 27th evening over the east central & adjoining southeast Bay. Continuing to move towards Arakan coast on 28th, it crossed the Arakan coast in the forenoon of 29th and rapidly weakened into a Deep Depression and subsequently became less marked on 30th.(2) Last week’s trough/ wind discontinuity at 0.9 km a.s.l. continued to run from Chattisgarh to south Tamil Nadu on 27th & 28th and on 29th it became less marked.(3) A fresh trough/ wind discontinuity at 0.9 km a.s.l. was seen running from east Rajasthan to north coastal Tamil Nadu through west Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, north interior Karnataka and Rayalaseema on 2nd May. On 3rd May it was seen running from west Madhya Pradesh to south Tamil Nadu through Vidarbha, Marathwada, Madhya Maharashtra and interior Karnataka. (4) A western disturbance as an upper air system extending upto 4.5 km a.s.l. lay over north Pakistan and adjoining Jammu & Kashmir on 29th. Persisting over the same area, on 3rd it was seen moving away northeastwards. (5) Last week’s cyclonic circulation extending upto 1.5 km a.s.l. over east Uttar Pradesh became less marked on 27th. (6) A cyclonic circulation extending upto 0.9 km a.s.l. lay over west Uttar Pradesh and neighbourhood on 28th, moved westwards over east Uttar Pradesh and adjoining west Uttar Pradesh on 29th and on 30th it became less marked. (7) A cyclonic circulation between 2.1 & 3.6 km a.s.l. lay over Gujarat Region & neighbourhood on 28th, persisted there on 29th and became less marked on 30th. (8) A cyclonic circulation extending upto 2.1 km a.s.l. over Punjab & adjoining Pakistan on 28th became less marked in situ on 29th. (9) A cyclonic circulation extending upto 2.1 km a.s.l. over west Rajasthan & adjoining Punjab on 30th, moved away northeastwards on 1st. (10) A cyclonic circulation extending upto 2.1 km a.s.l. over Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura and adjoining Bangla Desh on 30th became less marked in situ on 1st. (11) A cyclonic circulation extending upto 2.1 km a.s.l. over central Pakistan and adjoining west Rajasthan on 1st, is seen persisting over the same area towards the end of the week. (12) A cyclonic circulation extending between 1.5 & 5.8 km a.s.l. over central parts of Bay of Bengal on 1st, moved southwestwards to west central & adjoining southwest Bay of north Tamil Nadu – south Andhra Pradesh coasts on 2nd, moved further southwestwards to lie over south Tamil Nadu on 3rd. (13 A cyclonic circulation extending upto 0.9 km a.s.l. over east Uttar Pradesh on 1st continued to persist over the same area on 3rd. Heavy rain occurred on 1 day each in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Assam & Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Tamil Nadu. Rain or thundershowers occurred at most places on 2 days each in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim; at many places on 2 days in Assam & Meghalaya and on 1 day in Andaman & Nicobar Islands; at a few places on 1 to 2 days in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Orissa, Jharkhand and south interior Karnataka and at isolated places on 4 to 6 days in Gangetic West Bengal, Orissa and coastal Andhra Pradesh and on 1 to 3 days in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland-Manipur-Mizoram-Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Karnataka and Kerala.

Mean maximum temperature ( oC) in India for the week ending 03.05.06

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Minimum Temperature (oC) Anomaly in India for the week ending 03.05.06

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Rainfall (mm)

Station Name 27.4.06 28.4.06 29.4.06 30.4.06 1.5.06 2.5.06 3.5.06 Amritsar - - - - - - - Barmer - - - - - - - Sriganganagar - - 1.7 - - - - Jaisalmer - - - - - - - Kota - - - - - - - Dessa - - - - - - - Churu - - - - - - -

Temperature (degree celcius) Station Name 27.4.06 28.4.06 29.4.06 30.4.06 1.5.06 2.5.06 3.5.06

Amritsar 32 33 43 33 32 31.5 27.5

Barmer 30.5 31.5 33.5 35 34 33 33.5

Sriganga 35.5 36 34.5 35.5 33 35 31

Desert Locust Forecasting

Wind speed (knots) over India for the week ending 0 3.05.06

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nagar Jaisalmer 3.5 33 34.5 35 41 33 34.5

Kota 36 35 35.5 36.5 32 37 36.5

Dessa 29.5 30 30.5 31.5 31 41 31.5

Churu - - - - - - -

Wind 27.4.06 28.4.06 29.4.06 30.4.06 1.5.06 2.5.06 3.5.06 Station

Name Speed Dir. Speed Dir. Speed Dir. Speed Dir. Speed Dir. Speed Dir. Speed Dir.

Amritsar 6 NW 17 SE 15 S - - 15 N 15 W 4 N

Barmer - - 7 WSW 10 SE - - 5 S - - 6 NNE

Sriganganagar - - 11 WSW 15 W 25 WSW 10 WNW 10 WSW 7 NW

Jaisalmer - - 3 WNW - - 5 NW 10 S - - 9 NW

Kota 10 N 11 NNW 3 NE - - 15 NNW 10 WNW 10 WNW

Dessa 15 W 3 SSW - - 5 W 15 WNW 5 W 7 WNW Churu 13 W 5 S 10 NW - - 10 NNW - - 12 NNE

As rainfall was reported in some parts of Rajasthan in this week there is mild chance of occurrence of locust incidence. It is advised to make continuous monitoring of the incidence of locust in northwestern region of the country.

CROP – STATE – STAGE

Delhi

Wheat Onion Arhar Green gram, black

gram Early sown green

gram & black gram

harvesting vegetative sowing Germination / early

vegetative / vegetative

germination/ early vegetative / vegetative

Gram Summer

vegetables Mixed maize ,

Lobia

harvesting vegetative vegetative Haryana

Sunflower Sugarcane Rabi Oilseeds Gram Wheat

Flowering / seed formation

harvesting (Vegetative - autumn crop)

End harvesting harvesting harvesting

Lentil Cotton New sugarcane Paddy Groundnut

harvesting sowing transplanting Field preparation for

sowing sowing

Himachal Pradesh Wheat Barley Sarson Onion Radish /Turnip

harvesting harvesting harvesting bulb formation /

maturity Maturity / harvesting

Gram Cauliflower,

Cabbage/ Peas Moong / Mash Apple

pod maturity / harvesting

Maturity / harvesting

pod formation / maturity / picking

vegetative Flowering / fruiting

ladies finger Tomato, brinjal Fodder crops vegetative/

flowering/ fruiting vegetative/

flowering/ fruiting sowing

Jammu & Kashmir

Peas Summer

Vegetables Wheat in Jammu Early sown pulses Oats, Lentil

harvesting Transplanting / germination /

vegetative Dough / maturity vegetative Grain maturity

Forage Berseem Brown Sarson Horticulture crops Wheat in Kashmir Fodder crop End harvesting harvesting Raising orchard Ear head formation tillering

Summer pulses Maize Rice sowing sowing sowing

Punjab

Cotton Sugarcane Rabi Oilseeds Lentil Wheat

sowing Harvesting

(Vegetative -autumn crop)

harvesting harvesting harvesting

Sunflower Gram New sugarcane Flowering / seed

formation harvesting transplanting

Rajasthan Gram Cumin Zaide cotton Barley Wheat

harvesting Maturity/ harvesting

sowing harvesting harvesting

Zaide moong Zaide fodder Sowing

(vegetative for earlier sown crops)

Seedling / vegetative

Uttar Pradesh

Yellow gram Sugarcane Summer sugarcane New Mango Maize, Urad,

Moong

Seed maturity Harvesting for

winter crop early vegetative active growth

Seedling / early vegetative

Wheat Summer

vegetables Sunflower Mango

Maturity/ harvesting

vegetative vegetative fruiting

New plant active growth stage

Uttaranchal

Litchi Mango

Lady’s finger / French Bean

Sugarcane

Chilli & Tomato

fruiting fruiting Vegetative / early

flowering tillering

Vegetative / early flowering

Wheat

Apple

maturity Fruit setting / fruit

growth

Assam Maize Sugarcane Regular ahu rice Boro Rice Summer vegetables

Land preparation & sowing.

Seedling/early vegetative (Early

sown crop)

Land preparation and planting

Land preparation & sowing

grain maturity / harvesting

vegetative / flowering / fruiting /

harvesting

gram Potato early sown vegetables

Early ahu rice jute

maturity / harvesting

tuber maturity / harvesting

Vegetative/ flowering

tillering early vegetative /

vegetative Arunachal Pradesh

Maize Late maize wheat Summer vegetables ginger harvesting Cob formation harvesting Maturity / harvesting Rhizome formation

millet Jhum paddy Early sown jhum

paddy WRC paddy

flowering sowing germination transplanting Bihar

Summer vegetables

Vegetables Summer veg Boro Rice Mustard

sowing fruiting/harvesting Sowing / in some

places early vegetative

Grain formation harvesting

Potato Wheat Maize, moong,

fodder Fruit crops Summer rice

harvesting end harvesting vegetative Fruit development Vegetative / panicle initiation / flowering

Jharkhand Garma rice

Grain formation Sikkim

Wheat Orange Mustard Large Cardamom Kharif vegetables

harvesting Active growth harvesting Seed formation Nursery sowing /

sowing Maize Ginger potato

vegetative Sprouting / vegetative

tuber formation

West Bengal

Boro Rice New sugarcane Early sown sugarcane Jute groundnut

grain formation planting Sprouting / early

vegetative Land preparation &

sowing Pegging / pod

formation

Green gram Early sown green

gram sesame Aus rice

sowing Seedling / early

vegetative / vegetative

Vegetative/ flowering/ pod

formation

Land preparation & sowing

Chattisgarh

Onoin / Garlic Sugarcane Chilly, Cabbage, Tomato, Brinjal

Sunflower Early sown

summer vegetables

bulb formation Seedling /early

vegetative/ vegetative)

(summer veg.- sowing)

seed formation Early vegetative/

vegetative

Summer rice groundnut sesame Green gram

Flowering / grain formation

Pegging / pod formation

Vegetative/ flowering/pod

formation

seedling / early vegetative / vegetative)

Gujarat

Summer rice Summer

groundnut Sugarcane Summer bajra

Tillering / panicle initiation / flowering

Flowering / pegging

vegetative ear head formation /

flowering

Maharashtra Summer

sunflower Summer

Groundnut Irrigated Cotton

Sugarcane (seasonal) Summer rice

floral bud initiation Pegging / pod

formation Land preparation &

sowing early vegetative

panicle initiation / flowering (grain

maturity / harvesting–

Sindhudurg district) Grapes & oranges Maize Wheat Green gram

Maturity / harvesting

tasseling / silking / cob formation

harvesting flowering

Madhya Pradesh Tur Gram Wheat Lentil Linseed

harvesting Maturity / harvesting

Maturity / harvesting

harvesting harvesting

Sugarcane Moong germination germination

Orissa

Vegetables Groundnut Dalua paddy Sugarcane (pre-

seasonal) Pulses

fruiting / maturity / harvesting

Flowering / pegging

Maturity/ harvesting Vegetative/tillering Flowering / pod

development / pod maturity

Andhra Pradesh

Rabi pulses Rabi rice Rabi Groundnut Rabi

maize/sunflower

harvesting harvesting harvesting harvesting Karnataka

Rabi Crops

Sugarcane

Cotton

Rabi Rice Summer groundnut,

sunflower

Grain maturity / harvesting

End Harvesting

(Vegetative -ratoon crop)

picking harvesting Pegging / pod formation

sunflower Wheat Rabi groundnut New sugarcane Summer rice

Floral bud initiation / flowering

grain maturity/

harvesting harvesting planting

panicle initiation / flowering

Kerala Rubber Puncha Rice

tapping grain

maturity

Tamil Nadu

new Sugarcane Dec-Jan

sown groundnut

Millets (Jan-Feb) Black gram &

green gram Early sugarcane

planting harvesting vegetative Flowering / pod

formation vegetative

Rice (Navarai) Rice fallow

pulses Winter irrigated

cotton Summer

irrigated cotton Early sown cotton

tillering pod

formation / maturity

picking vegetative vegetative