Monsoon 2017 reaches Bengaluru, rains to continue

June 8, 2017 10:19 AM | Skymet Weather Team

The wait for Monsoon 2017 has finally come to an end for Bengaluru, as the surge reached the city on June 7. With this, rain and thundershowers will continue over the state capital for the next 48 hours. During the last 24 hours also, Bengaluru has recorded light rainfall. According to Skymet Weather, due to the humid winds both from Arabian Sea as well as Bay of Bengal, a wind shear zone has formed over the Karnataka region. As a result, light to moderate rain and thundershowers are likely over the electronic at least for the next two days.

Thereafter, Monsoon will go subdued over Karnataka including Bengaluru but on and off rains cannot be ruled out. According to weathermen, waxing and waning of Monsoon rains is a regular feature during the season.

Check the live status of lightning and rain across Bengaluru The ongoing rains have kept the weather pleasant over the city. Day maximums have been settling well below the normal and on Wednesday, city recorded maximum temperature at 28.4°C which was notches below average. For the next few days as well day maximums will continue to hover around 28°C or 29°C. [yuzo_related] So far in June, Bengaluru has recorded mere 1 mm of rain against its monthly average rainfall of 106 mm. However, weather conditions are favourable for city to surpass its monthly average with ease. “We are expecting Monsoon surge to remain active in the month of June, resulting in good rainfall over South Peninsula. Bengaluru being one of the region will too record good rain in the coming days,” said Mahesh Palawat, VP-Meteorology, Skymet Weather. Image credit: YouTube Any information taken from here should be credited to skymetweather.com

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