The southwest monsoon has advanced deeper into Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, detailing the rainy season’s steady northward march, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
The agency said in its forecast that monsoon clouds will cover more parts of these states and some areas in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, Sikkim and the rest of the northeast “in the next two or three days.”
The rains will advance to “some other parts of central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, southwest Bay of Bengal and some other parts of west central and northwest Bay of Bengal,” the IMD added.
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The convective rain system covered large areas of southern India in due course, maintaining a steady pace despite reaching mainland India only on June 4, three days after its usual appearance date.
“Monsoon shows good progress”
Private meteorological agencies confirmed the IMD forecast.
“The monsoon is showing good progress at the moment. It will cover the entire northeast India, the sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal, parts of central India, eastern Bihar and parts of Jharkhand in the next two-three days. We can also expect the monsoon to reach south Gujarat by June 16-17. Meanwhile, pre-monsoon activity will increase over west and northwest India in the coming days,” said Mahesh Palawat, Vice President, Climate and Climate Change. “The next few.” Meteorologist at Skymet, private forecaster.
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The IMD forecast that heavy to very heavy rainfall (7-20 cm) is likely over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, northeastern India and the sub-Himalayan region of West Bengal over the next week, with isolated instances of very heavy rainfall over Karnataka and Kerala on June 8 and 9.
A few parts of the country’s east coast, Maharashtra, Telangana and the northeast on Monday recorded maximum temperatures ranging between 2 and 4 degrees Celsius above normal. Parts of northwestern Rajasthan, eastern Punjab and southeastern Haryana were also warmer than normal, the IMD said.
The agency warned that the western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from June 11 and cause scattered rains over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and Uttarakhand from June 8 to 14.
Officials also expected scattered thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds (up to 50-60 kmph) in Haryana, Chandigarh, Punjab and western Rajasthan between June 13 and 14.
