Turmeric arrivals have declined in Sangli, Nizamabad and Erode spot markets. Spot turmeric prices at Erode declined on the back of slack demand for the turmeric from North India. The traders are having limited demand from North India and hence bought limited stocks. Turmeric spot prices will up in coming days, said the traders.
Discounts on offers of Brazilian physical raw sugar narrowed this week, signaling a pickup in overall demand as dealers noted talk of an uptake in Chinese sugar buying against a backdrop of ample global supplies. To help sugar mills saddled with large sugar stockpiles, Indian government have restored the rate to about Rs 3300 per tonne.
In order to avoid massive spoilage and wastage of wheat in the country, India can export up to 10 million tonnes (MT) of wheat every year, according the Assocham. The export will help the country to maintain production level of about 95 million tonnes and save grains worth about $8.41 billion owing get wasted every year.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, weather in India is turning from terribly hot to pleasant as Monsoon is taking over and summer is gradually bidding goodbye. Here’s a look at the weather forecast for India this week:
North India: Weather in Delhi and northern plains will be hot and dry for most days of the week. Maximums will rise by 3 to 4 degrees to settle between 42⁰C and 44⁰C. Extreme west Rajasthan will observe maximum settling close to 45⁰C and above. Possibility of mild dust storms cannot be ruled out during the weekdays but it may fail to give any rain or provide any relief from the heat in northern plains . Weather models suggests, thundershowers in the northern plains are likely only over the weekend when the wind pattern may change again from dry northwesterly to humid southwesterly winds. Up in the hills, isolated light to moderate rain may occur at Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
East and Northeast India: Weather in East India will be dry in west Uttar Pradesh and rainy in cities along the foothills of east Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Here light scattered rain is likely to occur for three to four days starting from Monday 16th June. In Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Northeast rain is expected to continue for the entire week but towards the weekend, the intensity may increase and become heavy. Despite ongoing rain, Assam and Meghalaya continue to reel under rain deficit of over 37% (from 1 June to 16 June). While maximum in East India will dip due to a persistent cloud cover, Northeast is already witnessing very cool days with maximums settling close to 30⁰C.
Central India: That sweltering heat wave which is a famous feature in Central India, has now eluded the region. Maximums have dropped as the Monsoon air mass is in proximity and is continuously feeding rain to interior Maharashtra as well as to Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. This week weather in Central India is going to be cooler due to good amounts of rain (isolated heavy) in Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, east Madhya Pradesh and almost entire Odisha. This rain activity may however, ease out from the Sunday onwards. South Gujarat on the other hand may witness a decrease in rain this week as the Monsoons surge may shift towards Goa and Karnataka. Northern Gujarat will remain dry and warm with maximums around 40⁰C.
South India: Weather in South India will witness a large variation when it comes to monsoon rains. While the west coast will be the center of activity, east coast will be mainly dry this week. The week will start with good monsoon showers over Mumbai but rain will soon reduce after first two days. The rain belt will then shift towards Goa and Karnataka where heavy to very heavy rain, exceeding 100 mm may occur on the 18th and 19th of June. Interior Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu will receive scanty rain and the deficit will continue.
Conditions are becoming favourable for further advancement of Southwest Monsoon in remaining parts of Bay of Bengal and Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, East India has been receiving continuous rain since the 12th of June and showers have been heavy in the last 48 hours. After 24 hours rain will increase and become widespread over terai region of east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
On Monday many places in West Bengal observed good rain – Burdwan and Coochbehar 16.6 mm, Darjeeling 25 mm, Srineketan 19 mm of rain. Balasore and Keonjhar in Odisha also received 13 mm and 67 mm of rain respectively. In Bihar, Purnea also received 16 mm of rain.
The official onset date of Monsoon in Kolkata is 10th of June but the presence of an El Nino and the absence of a strong Monsoon system in the Bay of Bengal led to the delay in Monsoon over Kolkata and Gangetic West Bengal. However, Sub Himalayan West Bengal has been witnessing good Monsoon showers and is surplus by 16%. It is the only region in the country, besides Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Rayalaseema, to record surplus rain so far.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal will give a boost to the monsoon surge only over Northeast India, as against other parts East India as was expected earlier. Currently this weather system is moving towards Myanmar.
Weather models at Skymet suggest that Southwest Monsoon will cover entire West Bengal, Bihar and touch east Uttar Pradesh by the 21st of June.
Till now Kolkata has received over 100 mm of rain as opposed to the normal average of 283.5 mm in the month of June. Weather in Kolkata and Gangetic West Bengal will continue to be rainy this week, indicating that Monsoon is just round the corner.
Weather alert for Andhra Pradesh issued at 16.29 hrs
One or two short spells of rain and thundershowers are likely at some places in Khammam, Medak, Nizamabad, Srikakulam, Visakhapatnam, Warangal and West Godavari districts during the next 2 to 4 hours.
Weather alert for Uttar Pradesh issued at 16.22 hrs
In the next 2 to 4 hours, light to moderate rain and thundershowers are likely at some places in Agra, Gautam Buddha Nagar and Ghaziabad districts with strong average winds of 40 kmph gusting at 60 kmph.
Weather alert for East and Central Delhi issued at 16.15 hrs
Light to moderate dust storm/thundershowers are likely at some places in East Delhi and Central Delhi with strong average winds of 50 kmph gusting at 70 kmph during the next 1 to 4 hours.
Weather alert for Gujarat issued at 16.05 hrs
Light to moderate rain and thundershowers are likely at some places in Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Dahod, Narmada, Panchmahal, Surendranagar and Vadodara districts of Gujarat with strong average winds of 40 kmph gusting at 70 kmph during the next 2 to 4 hours.
Delhiites had been reeling under high humidity and uncomfortable days though, the mercury did not rise above 40.6°C on Sunday followed by a degree higher on Monday. With the change in wind pattern from easterly to dry westerly winds coming from west/northwestward, temperature will rise and could reach 43°C during the next 72 hours.
Dust and thunderstorm accompanied by strong winds are likely at few places in Delhi/NCR during the next 2 days with remote chances of rain. There is some possibility of light dust storm over Noida and some parts of Ghaziabad on Tuesday evening.
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. As humidity has abated, air coolers will come of use once more before the arrival of Monsoon.
Light scattered showers 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.
Southwest Monsoon will more or less keep its rate over Delhi/NCR and this spell of rain, having pre-monsoon characteristics, will finally lead to Monsoon showers. Overall the frequency and intensity of Monsoon could be less due to an El Nino year.
picture courtesy- Shiv Kumar Pushpakar
