The monsoon advanced to other parts of the west, central and east-central Arabian Sea, Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh on Monday, days after it reached Kerala, on June 4, three days later than scheduled and five days later than expected by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Progress has been almost normal despite the delay in the onset of monsoon.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) is very likely in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, northeast and western sub-Himalayas during the next seven days, the IMD said. Extremely heavy rains were expected in Karnataka and Kerala on June 8 and 9. The western disturbance is likely to bring light to moderate rain, thunderstorms with gusty winds (50-60 kph) and hailstorms on June 11.
The monsoon is currently showing good progress and will cover all of northwest India, the sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal, parts of central India, Jharkhand and eastern Bihar in the next two-three days, said Mahesh Palawat, vice president (climate and meteorology) of private weather company Skymet Weather. “We can also expect the monsoon to reach south Gujarat by June 16-17. Pre-monsoon activity will increase in west and northwest India.”
The northern limit of the monsoon was through Harnai, Solapur, Kalaburagi, Nandyal, Chennai, Kailashahar, Lamding and North Lakhimpur.
Maximum temperatures were 2 to 4 degrees Celsius higher than normal in a few places in the northeastern states of Maharashtra and Telangana and isolated places in Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and Delhi.
