JAPAN NUCLEAR SITE RADIATION PATH

BRISK OFFSHORE WINDS ON WEDNESDAY WILL DIRECT ANY RELEASED RADIOACTIVE MATTER OUT TO SEA FROM SITES ALONG THE QUAKE-RAVAGED NORTHEASTERN COAST OF JAPAN.

THE FAVORABLE WINDS WILL BLOW MOSTLY FROM THE NORTHWEST AT 15-30 MPH THROUGHOUT NORTHEASTERN HONSHU WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY, LOCAL TIME.

THIS WOULD FOLLOW A BOUT OF ONSHORE WINDS IN THE LOWERMOST ATMOSPHERE ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT, LOCAL TIME.

TUESDAY'S EASTERLY TO SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS WAFTING ALONG THE EAST-FACING COAST WOULD IMPLY THAT ANY RADIOACTIVE MATTER BEING RELEASED AT THE TIME BY STRICKEN NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS SHOULD HAVE DRIFTED OVER LAND NORMALLY HAVING A SIGNIFICANT POPULATION.

LIGHT WINDS, STILL OFF SHORE, WILL RETURN FRIDAY WITH DIRECTION BECOMING SOUTHERLY AT NIGHT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND WILL THEN DOMINATE THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY, ALTHOUGH BRIEF ONSHORE WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

THE ILL-FATED FUKUSHIMA REACTORS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE NORTHERN EAST COAST OF HONSHU, WHICH FACES ESSENTIALLY TOWARDS THE EAST. THE COMBINATION OF EARTHQUAKE-TRIGGERED POWER FAILURE AND SUBSEQUENT DAMAGE FROM A MASSIVE TSUNAMI PAVED THE WAY FOR MULTIPLE REACTOR FAILURES, ACCORDING TO REPORTS.

BROADER TRANSPORT OF ANY HYPOTHETICAL MAJOR RADIATION RELEASE WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THE PREVAILING WINDS, WHICH FOR JAPAN AND THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE MID LATITUDES ARE WEST-TO-EAST ON AVERAGE. THUS, SUCH A RELEASE WOULD TEND TO TRACK AWAY FROM JAPAN AND, ULTIMATELY, FOLLOW A PATH TOWARD NORTH AMERICA.

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NAGPUR WEATHER

DRY WEATHER FROM 15th TO 22nd MARCH 2011 OVER NAGPUR. THE Northerly WINDS FROM 850 mb TO 500mb IS HELPING TO KEEP THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE DOWN  AND IN THE NORMAL RANGE. ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY (20th AND 21st MAR 2011) THE MAX TEMP MAY CROSS 40DEG CEL MARK. BUT WITH REL. HUM. IN THE RANGE OF 25-10% WILL MAKE THE HEAT FEEL IN THE LESS DISCOMFORT ZONE. THIS CHART WILL HELP YOU OUT TO CALCULATE THE COMFORT INDEX.

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To determine the humidex temperature, find the value closest to your actual outside air temperature on the bottom. Follow that temperature line up until it intersects the actual relative humidity, which is shown on the left. The temperature shown at the point where these two values intersect is the humidex temperature.



HEAT COMFORT CHART



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NAGPUR WEATHER

AS MENTIONED IN MY LAST BLOG ON NAGPUR WEATHER, THE SUMMER HEAT WILL BE ON THE RISE GRADUALLY. PRESENTLY TILL 11th MARCH 2011 FEW TRACES OF CLOUD WOULD SEND BACK THE RADIATED HEAT FROM THE EARTH AND GIVE A FEEL OF REAL SUMMER. FROM 11th MARCH 2011 ONWARDS, THE UPPER WINDS (BETWEEN 850 mb AND 500 mb i.e. BETWEEN 1.5 Kms AGL to 5.5 Kms AGL) WILL TURN TO NW, THEN GRADUALLY NNW AND COMPLETELY NORTHERLY WINDS FROM 16th ONWARDS WILL BRING DOWN THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE BY ABOUT A DEGREE OR TWO. THE ZERO DEGREE ISOTHERM WILL ALSO RISE FROM 620 mb TO ABOUT 580 mb AND RH ON THE GROUND RANGING BETWEEN 33 % AND 07% WILL SHOW THAT THE WEATHER IS COMPLETELY DRY. THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE WILL TRY TO BREAK 40 deg CEL MARK ON MONDAY THE 14th MAR '11 AND ON TUESDAY IT MAY CROSS THE 41 deg CEL MARK.

NAGPUR-SUMMER

FORECAST FOR CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN INDIA AND SOUTH AFRICA AT NAGPUR ON 12th MARCH

ON 12th MARCH 2011, DURING THE MATCH START TIME IN THE AFTERNOON ABOUT 1430 Hrs IST, THE GROUND WIND WILL BE INITIALLY Nly AND THEN NNEly AND AROUND 02 Kmph, RISING TO 05 Kmph IN THE EVENING AND WILL BE AROUND 12 Kmph IN THE LATE EVENING/NIGHT HOURS. THE RH WILL BE INITIALLY 10% RISING TO 15%. AT ABOUT 38 deg CEL (+/- 1) THE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE MAY BE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR OUTSIDERS AND WILL RAPIDLY COOL DOWN TO 23 deg CEL (+2/-1) IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE CRICKET MATCH AT JAMTHA, NAGPUR.

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LTC FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES WHEN AIR FARE IS LESS THAN LTC-80

Based on the references for admissibility of LTC claims of Government officials where the air fare paid for travel by Air India happens to less than LTC-80 class of Air India, Department of Expenditure clarifies that reimbursement of air fare lower than the LTC 80 air fare of Air India will also be admissible for journeys performed by Air India under LTC as the intention is to ensure that the LTC claim should not be in any case, exceed LTC-80 fare of India.



LTC-80 CLARIFICATION by DOPT



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