Central India wipes out rain deficit, all-India figures back in surplus

Central India’s rain deficit has completely disappeared and all-India rainfall figures rebounded to a 3 percent surplus on Friday with a late rally swing in India. monsoon to another production stage in the last 10 days.

The prospects are getting brighter with Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) A new low pressure area is expected to form over the Bay of Bengal by Monday.

Monsoon relief march

IMD believes that a new “bottom” may intensify as a recession, a possibility mentioned in these columns last week. July is usually the wettest monsoon, followed by August, the second wettest. Earlier, the June outbreak produced unusually heavy to very heavy rains over western India, followed soon by northwest India, resulting in a rare overflow that has persisted ever since. But this was at the expense of parts of the southern peninsula and central India, both of which now benefit from the monsoon relief march.

• Read also: Weather report. More rain in parts of northwest India even as the IMD reports a lower monsoon over the Gulf in the next five days

Fresh low pressure area

On Friday, an existing low over southern Odisha, northern Andhra Pradesh and adjacent seas produced rainfall, ably supported by a fruitful monsoon basin in the neighborhood and a shear zone from monsoon disturbances in the upper levels of the atmosphere. In this setup, a new ‘low’ will force entry on Monday. Coming Western disturbances on Afghanistan awaits its turn.

• Read also: damp sarcasm. IMD confirms ‘moderate’ El Nino phenomenon

Central India and Western India

The IMD is forecasting moderate to moderate light to somewhat widespread precipitation with isolated heavy precipitation over central India over the next five days. Isolated heavy runs over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on Saturday are likely. As for western India, widespread rain with heavy to very heavy rainfall may continue over Konkan, Goa, Ghat regions of Madhya Maharashtra, and Gujarat over the next three days. It will be isolated from heavy to very heavy over Mumbai for two days.

• Read also: Weather report. IMD postpones call on onset of monsoon over Kerala

More rain for Telangana

For southern India, light to moderate to somewhat widespread to widespread rain is likely with isolated heavy precipitation over Kerala, Karnataka, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana over the next five days. Isolated heavy rains are likely over coastal and southern inland Karnataka on Sunday and over the northern coast of Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday.