Southwest Monsoon seems to be picking up in South India but there seems less chances for it to make up for the deficiency.
This year Monsoon ushered in a little early around 28-29th of May as monsoonal rain was visible around this date. Monsoon made a sluggish start with restrained activity in the initial phase and made a very slow advancement. But with the weakening of the Monsoon surge in the Arabian Sea, intensity of rain increasing now.
Till date even Northeastern states have received deficit rain with Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura jointly recording a whopping 80% deficit. Sub Himalayan West Bengal is only region which has been witnessing good Monsoon showers and is surplus by 60%.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, heat wave like conditions over Bihar, Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal is expected to abate soon as conditions seem favourable for Monsoon to cover Bengal and northern parts of Bihar.
As of 13th June, the northern limit of monsoon (NLM) passes through-
- Ratnagiri, Agumbe and Madikeri in west coast,
- Chennai in east coast,
- And Coochbehar and Gangtok in Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
Monsoon rain in South India
The coastal parts of Kerala and Karnataka continue to receive Monsoon rain. Here’ a look at the rainfall figures in South India in a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Friday.
Kerala- Alappuzha 26.4 mm, Punalur 4.2 mm, Kottayam 25.4 mm, Kozhikode 5.2 mm, Kannur 15.3 mm, Thiruvananthapuram 0.1 mm and Kochi 21 mm.
Karnataka- Mangalore 61 mm, Bangalore 6.2 mm, Agumbe 19.2 mm, Honnavar 46.4 mm, and Karwar 16.2 mm of rain. Goa also received 21 mm of rain in last 24 hours.
Monsoon rain in Northeast India
In Assam Dibrugarh 108 mm, Dhubri received 5 mm of rain, North Lakhimpur 11 mm, Barpeta 5 mm, Tejpur has received 32 mm.
Rain in other places of Northeast India, West Bengal, Sikkim- Passighat received 24 mm, Lengpui 29.4 mm, Coochbehar 7.2 mm, Darjeeling 10.3 mm, Gangtok 22.4 mm,
