Parts of the national capital, Delhi, experienced light rain on June 26, bringing much-needed relief from the sweltering heat and humidity. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted light rains and thunderstorms for Wednesday as the Southwest Monsoon made its way across peninsular India. According to the IMD’s forecast, the rainy weather is expected to continue over Delhi until July 1.
The weather office has also forecasted heavy to very heavy rainfall over the West Peninsular Coast of India over the next 3-4 days, with Northeast India likely to experience similar conditions between June 27 and 30, 2024. Rainfall activity is expected to intensify over Northwest India, with heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted between June 28 and 30. The IMD further anticipates isolated extremely heavy rainfall over Coastal Karnataka on June 26. Kerala, Mahe, and Tamil Nadu are also expected to witness isolated heavy rainfall during the same period.
Isolated very heavy rainfall is also very likely over Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura between June 28 and 30; East Uttar Pradesh between June 28 and 29; and over Haryana and West Uttar Pradesh on June 29 and 30, 2024. Similarly, isolated very heavy rainfall is anticipated over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar on June 26, Odisha on June 27 and 28; and Arunachal Pradesh between June 27 and June 30.
The IMD has predicted heavy rains accompanied by lightning in parts of Andhra Pradesh for three days, starting from June 26 to 28. Heavy downpour is expected in parts of North Coastal Andhra Pradesh (NCAP), Yanam, and South Coastal Andhra Pradesh (SCAP).
According to a press release from the Met Department, a cyclonic circulation over the east-central Bay of Bengal and its vicinity is now located over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal between 1.5 and 5.8 km above mean sea level, tilting southwestwards with height.
The IMD forecasts favorable conditions for the Southwest Monsoon to further advance into the remaining parts of the North Arabian Sea, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh; some more parts of Rajasthan; remaining parts of Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Bihar; most parts of East Uttar Pradesh; some more parts of West Uttar Pradesh; some parts of Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, northern parts of Punjab, and northern parts of Haryana during the next 3-4 days.
Meanwhile, fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning is very likely over Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Karnataka, Kerala and Mahe, Lakshadweep, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh; scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Rayalaseema, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal in the next 5 days. The forecast also suggests the possibility of further monsoon advancement into parts of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and other areas in the upcoming three to four days.
