Monsoon Forecast for Aug 7, 2018: Heavy rain in Jharkhand, North Odisha, West Bengal

August 6, 2018 3:01 PM | Skymet Weather Team


 

The axis of monsoon trough is presently passing through Kapurthala, Patiala, Bareilly, Gorakhpur, Muzaffarpur, Dumka, Kolkata and towards northeast Bay of Bengal.

During the last 24 hours, Monsoon remained vigorous over parts of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and West Bengal, bringing heavy to extremely rainfall.Meanwhile, active Monsoon conditions were witnessed by Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Northwest Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and North Odisha.

Major rainfall contribution came from Bankura in West Bengal that recorded 354 mm of rain, followed by Jamshedpur 176 mm and Dehradun 125 mm.

As of August 5, the countrywide cumulative rainfall is deficient by 10%. At present, all the divisions of India are rainfall deficient. East & Northeast India is rain deficient by 27%. Meanwhile, Northwest, Central and South India are rain deficient by 5%, 3% and 3%, respectively.

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During the next 24 hours, Odisha would observe vigorous Monsoon condition that would give heavy to very heavy rains. Meanwhile, active Monsoon conditions will prevail over parts of Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh with light to moderate rains along with few heavy spells.

Normal Monsoon rains are likely over Konkan & Goa, Kerala, Coastal Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, parts of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, northeastern states, Vidarbha and parts of Telangana and East Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, Monsoon will remain subdued over the remaining parts of the country.

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