The cyclonic circulation in north Bay of Bengal extending up to mid tropospheric levels is moving in a southwest direction and is expected to make a landfall over coastal parts of south Odisha or north Andhra Pradesh within next 48 hours. The system will weaken sufficiently but will still hold capacity to bring widespread rain over Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Gangetic West Bengal.
Just as predicted by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, this low intensity weather system, lying 4.5 km above the sea level, brought rain over coastal Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha.
Rain in Odisha
In the last 24 hours, Keonjhar received 28 mm of rain, Koraput 22 mm, Cuttack 15 mm and Jharsuguda 12.3 mm of rain. Bhawanipatna had featured in Skymet’s top ten hottest cities on Thursday but just as predicted the city received 12 mm of rain bringing the mercury down from 41.2°C to 35.5°C.
Temperature in Odisha & Andhra Pradesh
Kakinada and Ongole in coastal Andhra Pradesh were 5⁰C to 7⁰C above the normal average at 41.2⁰C and 41.8⁰C, respectively. With the coming of the Southwest Monsoon, coastal cities of Andhra Pradesh became cooler with day temperature recording as low as in the high twenties as well. But this year has been a different story all together. However, the present system came as a relief as maximum came down to 30.7⁰C at Kakinada in a span of 24 hours.
According to the latest weather update, Monsoon showers are likely to continue for next 72 hours at many places over the East coast, Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha.
The rain belt will travel further to bring good rain over Vidarbha, south Chhattisgarh, Marathwada and Telangana.
According to the data available with Skymet Meteorology Division in India, cumulative rain deficit decreased marginally in Odisha, which at present stands at 61% short of Monsoon rain. Deficiency in coastal Andhra Pradesh is 72% and the circulation could mitigate this deficit rain to some extent.
Parts of Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha and Marathwada, which have been experiencing drought like conditions at present, will be much benefitted by the weather system. Good showers here will come as a great relief for farmers in these parched states.
