Monsoon Forecast for Aug 15, 2017: Rain in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Assam

August 14, 2017 3:19 PM | Skymet Weather Team

 

Southwest Monsoon remained vigorous over the foothills of East Uttar Pradesh and Meghalaya.

Meanwhile, active Monsoon conditions were seen over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and coastal Andhra Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, South Chhattisgarh and some parts of Telangana.

Normal Monsoon conditions were witnessed over Gujarat, Konkan & Goa, coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and remaining parts of northeastern states.

Major rain contribution came from Cherrapunji that recorded 246 mm of rainfall, followed by Gorakhpur 180 mm and Dharamsala 75 mm.

As on August 13, the cumulative countrywide rainfall remains deficient by 3%. As far as the regional distribution is concerned, Northwest India, East and North East India are rain surplus by 6% and 2%, respectively.

Whereas, Central India and South India are rain deficient by 6% and 16%, respectively.

At present, the axis of Monsoon trough continues to pass along the foothills of Himalayas.

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During the next 24 hours, Vigorous Monsoon conditions are expected over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, South Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sikkim and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands.

Southwest Monsoon is likely to remain active over remaining parts of Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gangetic West Bengal, East Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Konkan Coast, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and South Interior Karnataka.

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Normal Monsoon conditions are expected over remaining places excluding Rajasthan, South Haryana, parts of Uttar Pradesh and Northwest Madhya Pradesh.

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