According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, the well-marked low pressure system which brought widespread heavy rain in South India till three days back, now lies over Odisha as a cyclonic circulation and is expected to become insignificant in the next 48 hours.
Till Friday, the system was affecting Andhra Pradesh and brought good amounts of rain in many cities, such as Kakinada (146 mm), Hyderabad (19 mm) and Visakhapatnam (66 mm). However, it moved in the northeast direction and shifted to Odisha giving widespread rain in the state, with the capital city Bhuvaneswar receiving 18 mm of rain.
Other cities which recorded rain in Odisha were: Balasore – 13.7 mm, Gopalpur – 2.4 mm and Jharsuguda – 0.2 mm of rainfall. Remnants of the system also gave 0.6 mm of rain in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh. Our weathermen inform us that the remnants of the system will continue to bring some light rain in Odisha but the intensity will decrease in the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, weather in Northeast India has been rainy for the last few days and heavy rain is expected to continue for at least another 48 hours. Rain is likely in the Northeast region, particularly in Arunachal Pradesh, east Assam and Meghalaya, due to a trough extending from Sub Himalayan West Bengal to Arunachal Pradesh, across Assam.
Yesterday heavy rain lashed one of the wettest cities on Earth, Cherrapunji, with approximately 230 mm of rain. On the other hand, Kailashahar in West Bengal recorded 93 mm of rain.
As the weather system has moved away, the weather in South India will be mostly dry tomorrow. Rain activity will be isolated, light and purely localized. Last 24 hours saw 13 mm of rain in Bangalore and traces of rain in Kochi.
Weather in Central India will be dry and warm due to no rain activity. Presence of a cloud cover had led to drop of maximums by about 2 to 3 degrees. But now a flow of flat westerly winds will once again lead push the day temperatures from 38⁰C to 40⁰C and above.
