The cyclonic circulation presently lying over northwest Bay of Bengal off West Bengal and Odisha coasts is moving in a west/ northwest direction.
This system continues to bring good rain over Central India, which has mostly been dry this Monsoon season. East India too, particularly Odisha, has been observing fair amounts of rain since Thursday.
In Central India, rain was observed in Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha. Durg in Chhattisgarh observed 82.6 mm of rain in last 48 hours. During this time, Raipur also received 87 mm and Jagdalpur 23 mm of rain. Akola and Gondia in Vidarbha received 37 mm and 5.2 mm of rain respectively.
According to Skymet Meteorology Division in India, Gopalpur in Odisha received 53.5 mm of rain on Thursday and 5 mm, the next day. Other places in the state to have received rain on Friday were, Chandbali 49.4 mm, Puri 25 mm, Paradip 11 mm, Koraput 18 mm and Cuttack 7 mm.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh also received some good amounts of rain with Visakhapatnam recording 55 mm, Kakinada 28 mm, Kurnool 15 mm and Kalingapatnam 7 mm.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh will continue to receive good Monsoon rain during next 48 hours.
The system in the Bay of Bengal is likely to move inland giving more rain to these areas. Telangana, Marathwada, and Madhya Maharashtra are also likely to be affected by this system.
Earlier, north coastal Andhra Pradesh, south Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha were observing heat wave conditions, which abated due to this system. And with rain being experienced in these areas, temperatures have dipped further making the weather comfortable.
