The hot and dry weather in Kerala is now expected to become rainy. A new system in the form of a cyclonic circulation in the Arabian Sea is expected to give light to good amounts of rain/thundershowers at coastal Kerala and Karnataka for the next two days.
“Clouds have built up in the Arabian Sea and some activity has already started off the coast of Kerala. This could give isolated to scattered rain at coastal Kerala and south coastal Karnataka on the 17th and 18th of January. Not just the coastal areas, rain could reach up to parts of interior Kerala as well”, informs a meteorologist at Skymet Weather.
In the last 24 hours, some rain has already been witnessed in Thiruvananthapuram.
“For the last few weeks, weather in Kerala had been lying dormant, in terms of rain and temperatures. But now as we are heading towards the month of February, we will witness more rain. February is the season when the weather in Kerala turns rainy and new systems begin to form in the Arabian Sea frequently”
Meanwhile, the weather in Kerala and coastal Karnataka has been very hot since the last few weeks, due absence of rain. Maximums were constantly recording in the mid-thirties. On 10th January Cochin in Kerala recorded 34.6⁰C as the maximum temperature while, Honavar in Karnataka saw maximum touching 36⁰C on the 9th of January.
Now with prediction of rain, day temperature in Kerala may witness a drop of 1-2 degrees. Minimums will however, witness a marginal rise because of cloud cover.
Starting next week, another round of rain is expected in Kerala. This fresh system may give rain up to Goa and Mumbai as well.
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