New Delhi, Friday, September 21, Rain is expected at many places over the northeast region during the next twenty four hours. During the same period, rain would occur at a few places over east and eastcentral regions. There is a reduction in rain along the west coast. Showers are likely to invade the eastern coast in Tamil Nadu as well as interior Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh during the next twenty four hours.
The eastern end of the monsoon trough is still very much active in the eastern and northeastern parts of the country. The eastern end of the trough is effective from Gorakhpur to Gangetic West Bengal while one of its branches is reaching up to Arunachal Pradesh covering sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
Many places over these areas would continue to experience showers during the next twenty four to forty eight hours. Rains could be heavy to very heavy at a few places over these regions. In hilly areas, it can also cause landslide.
Eastern, eastcentral and north Andhra Pradesh would witness rain at a few places during the next twenty four hours. Bihar, Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal will receive rain under the influence of the eastern end of the monsoon trough. Monsoon trough is essentially a region of intensified monsoon winds.
North Orissa, Chhattisgarh, east Madhya Pradesh, north Andhra Pradesh and Vidarbha would get the rain due to the presence of a cyclonic circulation and a trough extending from Bihar to north Andhra Pradesh. Some part of interior Maharashtra, east Gujarat and south Rajasthan could also witness light showers during this period as moisture are still reaching up to these regions.
Another feeble trough is foreseen over Tamil Nadu coast where the southeasterly would reach up to north interior Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh to bring rain. Isolated light to moderate rain can be expected over these areas during the next twenty four hours.
Along the West coast, a cyclonic circulation is seen over the eastcentral Arabian Sea off Maharashtra and Karnataka coast but will it be strengthen enough to bring rain?, it is still being observed. The offshore seasonal trough has become less marked. Light rain at isolated places would continue along the coast during the next twenty four hours.
