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Weather alerts for India on 18th June: Light rain expected in Delhi

Weather alert for Delhi issued at 18.27 hrs Short spells of rain and thundershowers are likely at few places in Delhi/NCR with strong average winds of 40 kmph gusting at 60 kmph during the next 2 to 5 hours. Weather alert for Rajasthan issued at 15.05 hrs Few spells of rain and thundershowers are likely at some places in Baran, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Dausa, Dholpur, Karauli, Kota and Sawai Madhopur districts with strong winds ranging between 40 kmph and 70 kmph during the next 2 to 4 hours. Weather alert for Punjab issued at 15.00 hrs Few spells of rain and thundershowers are likely over Chandigarh, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala districts in the next 2to 6 hours. Rain will be accompanied by strong winds ranging between 40 kmph and 80 kmph. Weather alert for Bihar issued at 11.45 hrs Short spells of rain and thundershowers are likely at some places in Aurangabad, Begusarai, Bhojpur, Gaya, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Nawada, Patna, Rohtas and Sheikhpura districts with strong winds ranging between 50 kmph and 70 kmph during the next 2 to 6 hours. Weather alert for West Bengal issued at 09.58 hrs

In the next 2 to 6 hours, light to moderate rain and thundershowers will be witnessed at some places in East Midnapore, Kolkata and South 24 Parganas.

Latest update on Southwest Monsoon

The west coast of peninsular India right from Gujarat to Kerala will continue to receive Monsoon rain with chances of increase in intensity over Konkan and Goa. But the intensity of rain will remain less over north coastal Maharashtra including Ratnagiri and south coastal Gujarat for the next 2 to 3 days. Rain will remain scattered over interiors of Maharashtra while, north interior Karnataka will receive isolated showers.

As the Southwest Monsoon is likely to cover most parts of Maharashtra within 48 hours, good showers are expected over Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada with isolated heavy spells over Vidarbha.

Rain in Maharashtra

In a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Tuesday, Vidarbha received good showers –

Amravati recorded 61 mm, Wardha 46 mm, Yeotmal 73 mm, Chandrapur 30 mm and Ramagundam 52 mm.

According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, conditions seem favourable for Southwest Monsoon to quickly progress towards Chhattisgarh, parts of Jharkhand and Bihar along with Telangana in next couple of days.

Rain in Konkan, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala

The monsoon surge keeps on fluctuating and now seems more active over the west coast, particularly Konkan, Goa and Karnataka but reduced over north coastal Maharashtra. Rain has been less over Kerala, here’s a look -

Alappuzha 18 mm, Kozhikode received 10.4 mm of rain, Kochi 29 mm, Kottayam 17 mm, Thiruvananthapuram 2 mm and Kannaur 10 mm.

Other places on the west coast like Panaji in Goa received 14.3 mm of rain, Karwar 17 mm, Honnavar 16 mm and Mangalore 25 mm of rain.

Rain in South India has picked up considerably from the 11th of June. But this increase in rain still hasn't been able to make up for the deficit in South India.

Deficiency in the National Cumulative Average monsoon rain, from the 1st to the 17th of June, has been increasing and now stands at a whopping 49%. On a whole South India is facing a rain deficit of about 28% while the deficiency was 24% till the 14th. Deficiency over coastal Karnataka reduced from 46% to 32% in just one day, while in Konkan & Goa the deficit reduced from 52% to 35%.

Looking at the figures we can conclude that intensity of rain is increasing but deficiency seems to be overriding as the west coast of South India receives very heavy showers, especially in the initial phase of Southwest Monsoon.

picture courtesy- Joy

East MP, Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha to receive more pre-monsoon rain

With moist winds from the Arabian Sea continuing to penetrate eastcentral India, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, chances of more pre-monsoon rain during the next two days haves increased in the regions.

According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, Jabalpur and Satna received 24.2 mm and 3.2 mm of rain from Tuesday 8:30 am till Wednesday 8:30 am. Khajuraho, Umeria and Seoni were the other places that recorded some rain during this period.

Pre-monsoon rain in East Madhya Pradesh

Place Amount of pre-monsoon rain
Jabalpur 24.4 mm
Satna 3.2 mm
Seoni 2.8 mm
Umeria 12.4 mm
Khajuraho 1.2 mm

In Chhattisgarh, almost all the weather stations recorded rain with highest of 44.8 mm in Durg followed by 16.2 mm in Rajanandgaon

Pre-monsoon rain in Chhattisgarh

Place Amount of pre-monsoon rain
Ambikapur 1.9 mm
Durg 44.8
Bilaspur 5.6 mm
Jagdalpur 1.3 mm
Janjgir Trace
Pendra 2.7 mm
Raipur 7.3 mm
Rajnandgaon 16.2 mm

Nagpur, Amravati, Akola and Chandrapur in Vidarbha also received pre-monsoon rain in the past 24 hours. Amravati recorded 61.4 mm of rain followed by Chandrapur which received 30 mm of rain.

Pre-monsoon rain in Vidarbha

Place Amount of pre-monsoon rain
Amravati 61.4 mm
Chandrapur 30 mm
Nagpur 14.9 mm
Akola 0.2 mm

According to the latest weather update by Skymet, Monsoon arrival is delayed in eastcentral India. There aren't any signs of Monsoon reaching the region in the next four days. However, Skymet expects that the region will continue to receive pre-monsoon rain which will keep a check on the day temperatures. But humidity will increase uneasiness.

 

Photograph by Hshukla

 

Andhra Pradesh yearns for Monsoon showers as rain deficit mounts

While the west coast is soaking wet in heavy to very heavy Monsoon rain, eastern peninsular India is witnessing a completely opposite weather situation, with little rain and extremely hot days. Telangana receives over 60% of its rainfall from the Southwest Monsoon but it looks like this year the El Nino has cast a spell on the region.

So far in the month of June, rain deficit in coastal Andhra Pradesh is a whopping 68%, whereas in Telangana it is 52%. Rayalaseema is the only region which has had enough rain and is surplus by 19%, with an average of 53.3 mm of rain against 44 mm in the first fifteen days of June.

According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, light to moderate rain is likely to occur in north coastal Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday and Thursday. Telangana and Rayalseema may also observe light isolated rain, which will fail to cover up the deficit that Andhra Pradesh is reeling under.

The last time Andhra Pradesh had received good amounts of rain was around 3rd June when both Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad observed 47 mm and 28 mm of rain respectively. There has been little or no rain since then and the weather has been dry. However, 77 mm of rain in Visakhapatnam on 9th June can be categorized as sudden spot rain which was isolated and purely localized (developed due to sudden accumulation of moisture in a particular location).

In the last 24 hours, rain occurred in some cities of Andhra Pradesh due to a trough ( a weather system) extending from Jharkhand right up to north coastal Andhra Pradesh. In Ramagundum 52 mm of heavy rain took everyone by surprise. Rain was light in other cities such as Visakhapatnam 4 mm, Kakinada 1 mm and Kalingapatnam 0.1 mm. Weather in Hyderabad remained dry despite a persistent cloud cover.

In the absence of rain, mercury is seen surging beyond 40⁰C in many cities of Andhra Pradesh. Rentachintala was again the hottest city in the state on Tuesday, with a maximum 43.2⁰C. Machilipatnam was 42.6⁰C, Vijaywada 41.6⁰C, Kakinada 41.1⁰C, Ongole 40.8⁰C and Visakhapatnam recorded a high of 40⁰C.

“Lack of a strong system over the Bay of Bengal this year is the reason behind poor Monsoon rain in Andhra Pradesh as the system in the Bay feeds moisture to Andhra Pradesh, necessary for rain in the state. Winds over the region are currently dry and hot westerly-northwesterly winds, coming straight from the land. Till these winds do not change to southeasterly from the Bay, chances of good Monsoon rain is dismal. As of now it is a small trough bringing rain to Andhra Pradesh”, explains meteorologist Samar Chaudhury.

No relief from high humidity in Delhi; rain expected over weekend

Temperature in low forties seems even higher when accompanied by humidity as high as 84%. Yes, the reason why Delhiites were restless Tuesday night and the next morning.

Reason for high humidity

A trough of low pressure, which is running from central Pakistan to Gangetic West Bengal across Haryana, east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is responsible for this high humidity. The north-south oscillation of this trough keeps on changing the wind pattern from westerly in the day time to easterly during late evening to early morning hours.

Within 2 hours from 8.30 am the wind pattern changed quickly from south easterly to north westerly bringing down the humidity to 36% from 67% in the early morning hours.

However, the moisture still persists in the air and only a persistent flow of dry westerly winds for 2-3 days could reduce the chances of high humidity returning back to the national capital. This scenario seems unlikely now as Southwest Monsoon is quickly progressing to Central and east India therefore, the pattern of winds are shifting from north westerly to south easterly.

As predicted by Skymet Meteorology Division in India temperature has been rising. From 40.6°C on Sunday it rose to record 43.3°C on Tuesday. And the only relief now could be rain as temperature will come down considerably with a good spell just like on the 14th of June when maximum came down to 36.4°C.

Rain in Delhi

Dust and thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds are likely at few places in Delhi/NCR during the next 2 days with some chances of rain. But scattered showers with few good spells is likely to commence from the 21st onward due to a trough along the foothills of the Himalayas from northwest plains to north Bay of Bengal across east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, winds coming from the west direction are less hot than those experienced last week when temperatures had risen to mid-forties and above.

Southwest Monsoon will more or less keep its rate over Delhi/NCR but the overall frequency and intensity of Monsoon could be less due to an El Nino year.

picture courtesy- Live India

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