Latest Weather Update on Advancement of Southwest Monsoon

According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the advancement of the Southwest Monsoon, which had been sluggish for a week, is expected to speed up soon. A deep depression in the Bay of Bengal was restricting the movement of the monsoon line but now the weather system has weakened further into a well-marked low pressure area from a depression in the last 48 hours

Till now the Southwest Monsoon has covered entire southeast Bay of Bengal and advanced to some parts of westcentral and northeast Bay of Bengal and some more parts of eastcentral and southwest Bay of Bengal.

“The progress of the Southwest Monsoon was slow and was disturbed since its early onset over Andaman and Nicobar on the 18^th of May, because of the weather system in the sea. Therefore, till now, the monsoon line remains over central Bay. But as the weather system is likely to make a landfall over Odisha and die down gradually in the next 24 to 48 hours, advancement of the vital monsoon will be faster”, says Samar Chaudhury.

The green line in the map here shows the actual Monsoon line which indicates that the eastern arm of Monsoon has already entered Myanmar and is close to northeastern states, while the western arm has covered some parts of southwest Bay of Bengal.

Keeping in mind the speedy advancement of the Monsoon in the next 24 hours due to further movement of the weather system in the westward direction, Kerala may witness timely arrival of the Southwest Monsoon.

Till then light to moderate rain/thundershowers will occur over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, whereas, Kerala will continue to receive pre-monsoon rain. In the last 24 hours, Thiruvananthapuram, capital city of Kerala received 14 mm of rain.