The Southwest Monsoon has advanced into the Bay of Bengal, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, and Sikkim. The press release dated May 31st states, “Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm, lightning & gusty winds (30-40 kmph) likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during next 7 days.” This suggests that the listed North-eastern states can expect light to moderate rainfall till June 7th.
IMD predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal, and Sikkim on June 1st. Thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall, lightning, and gusty winds are expected till June 5th in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. Isolated heavy rainfall is very likely over Kerala, Mahe, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu, South Interior Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Rayalaseema from May 31st to June 2nd, 2024.
Additionally, IMD’s forecast suggests light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm and lightning over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand till June 5th.
