Southwest Monsoon arrived over the Indian mainland before the time this year. In contrast with its normal onset date of June 1, Monsoon made its onset on May 28 which was already predicted by Skymet Weather.
Kerala, being the first state to rejoice Monsoon rains, welcomed Southwest Monsoon with wide arms open that gave the state a couple of very good spells. However, rains dipped slightly over Kerala on around June 1 and 2, but soon it picked up the pace again and started lashing the state with good rains around June 3.
Karnataka too followed the similar track and Monsoon marked its arrival over the state before the stipulated time that triggered some good rainy days over the state.
However, despite good rains, both coastal parts of Kerala and Karnataka have remained rain deficient so far. At present, Kerala is rain deficient by 20%, meanwhile, coastal Karnataka is 40% rainfall deficient.
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On the contrary, North interior Karnataka and South Interior Karnataka are rainfall surplus by 123% and 137% respectively.
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In the last 24 hours, from 08:30 am on Monday, Kozhikode recorded 59 mm of heavy rains, Kochi 52 mm, Karipur 29 mm, Chitradurga 22.6 mm, Belgaum 20 mm, Alappuzha 13 mm, Mysuru 12 mm, Kannur 10 mm, Thiruvananthapuram 9 mm, Palakkad 4 mm, Mangaluru 3 mm, Karwar with 2.8 mm, and Shirali recorded 1 mm of light rains.
As of now, we expect light to moderate rains to continue along the coastal stations of Kerala and Karnataka. However, the intensity of rains would be more over coastal Karnataka in contrast with those of coastal Kerala.
According to Skymet Weather, a cyclonic circulation is expected to form over Vidarbha and Telangana. This system would lead to an enhancement of rain activities over coastal Karnataka between June 8 and 12. However, coastal stations of Kerala would still witness reduced rain activities.
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