Monsoon advances over Northeast but IMD warns of heat waves in Northwest and other places | Today’s news
The Southwest Monsoon advanced further on Sunday to cover other areas of the West-Central Bay of Bengal and North-Eastern States. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over south and northeast India for the coming week. Decisive for kharif sowing was the monsoon which arrived in Kerala on June 4, three days after its usual onset on June 1.
Since June 7, the monsoon has advanced into more areas of the central-west and northwest Bay of Bengal and its entire northeast and has fully covered Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, the IMD said. It has also entered parts of Tripura, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, he added.
The Meteorological Office has predicted isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall in the range of 7 to 20 cm over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and northeast India in the next seven days. Karnataka may experience isolated spells of extremely heavy rainfall between June 8 and 10. Favorable conditions are likely to support further progress into Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
“Conditions are favorable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon to some other parts of Central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, Karnataka, some parts of Telangana, some other parts of Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu and Southwest Bay of Bengal and some other parts of West Central and Northwest Bay of Bengal, some parts of Chhattisgarh and remaining parts of Bengal and North East West Odisha, remaining parts of Bengal Sikkim during the next 3-4 days,” the IMD said in a statement. India remains heavily dependent on the southwest monsoon, which accounts for more than 70% of the country’s annual rainfall.
No respite for some regions
Even as monsoon activity gathers pace, large parts of northwest India, some parts of central and peninsular India are likely to continue to experience high temperatures and heat waves.
“Heatwave is very likely in isolated pockets over coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam on June 8; East Madhya Pradesh during June 10-11; East Uttar Pradesh during June 9-10; Haryana Chandigarh & Delhi during June 8-11; Himachal Pradesh during June 9-10 from June 8-11 in Madhyab; West Rajasthan on June 10-11 and in on June 9 to 11 in West Uttar Pradesh,” the IMD said.
The Met Office said maximum temperatures should gradually increase by 2-3C in the north-west until June 10 before easing. On 6 June, maximum temperatures ranged between 38 °C and 42 °C in many parts of central and eastern India, northern peninsular India and Rajasthan, with Sriganganagar in Rajasthan recording the highest temperature in the country at 44.3 °C. Night temperatures remained above normal in several states including Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.
