Vidarbha, the land-locked sub-division of Maharashtra is coming up for heavy rainfall over the next 48 hours. The spell will be heavier in the next 24 hours and tapers tomorrow during the later part of the day. Weather conditions will improve notably, the day after onward and stay fairly good for the subsequent week. Moderate showers will spill over to the eastern half of Marathwada today and shrink in space and intensity, thereafter.
The entire state of Maharashtra has been placed comfortably this monsoon season. Halfway through, all three land-locked sub-divisions are in excess of rainfall. The most susceptible and drought-prone pocket of Marathwada is surplus with 21% rainfall, till 06th August 2024. Best of all is Madhya Maharashtra with an excess of 48% rainfall. Vidarbha is in excess with 32% rainfall between 01 June and 06 August 2024. However, after this predicted spell, the rains are going to diminish almost over all parts of Maharashtra.
Currently, a cyclonic circulation is marked over North Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and extreme northeast Madhya Pradesh. A confluence zone is forming in the southwest sector of this broad cyclonic circulation. Northwesterly winds from the west and northwest are meeting the curving winds of this feature, making a zone of convergence over Vidarbha and Marathwada. Under the influence of this, heavy rains are likely over the eastern half of Maharashtra, covering sub-divisions of Vidarbha and Marathwada.
Most of the weather activity is expected to commence later in the day today and continue through the night and tomorrow. Lightening and thunderstorms, accompanied by strong winds and sharp and intense showers are likely over large areas of the easternmost sub-division of the state. Weakening of the circulation and subsequent merger with the monsoon trough will diminish the weather activity substantially, over the entire region. Vidarbha may still find some sporadic showers but Marathwada and Madhya Maharashtra will find very little activity after 10 August 2024.
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