37 per cent excess rainfall so far this monsoon: IMD
India | Jun 22, 2021, 06:38 PM ISTIndia has received 37 per cent excess rainfall during the monsoon season so far, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
India has received 37 per cent excess rainfall during the monsoon season so far, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
Rain accompanied with thunderstorms is likely in the districts of Jodhpur, Bikaner, Udaipur, Ajmer, Jaipur and Kota divisions during the next 48 hours.
Further advance of southwest monsoon into remaining parts of Delhi, Rajasthan, west Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Punjab is likely to be slow.
Gujarat on Saturday received a widespread rainfall on the second consecutive day with the advancement of the southwest monsoon which now covered the entire state, the Met department said.
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However, there could be slow progress into some parts of UP during the next 5 days in association with the existing cyclonic circulation over east UP in the lower levels.
The India Meterological Department (IMD) on Wednesday hinted that parts of north India could witness a delay in the onset of monsoon.
A westerly trough has impeded the rapid progress of the monsoon in northwest India and it will take seven to 10 more days for the wind system to reach Delhi, the India Meteorological Department said on Tuesday.
The IMD had predicted that the southwest monsoon was expected to reach the national capital by June 15. However, under the current circumstances, it is unlikely to happen, IMD Director General Mrutunjay Mohapatra said.
The national capital on Monday recorded the maximum temperature of 39 degrees Celsius as the pre-monsoon rains eluded the city throughout the day, the Indian Meteorological Department said.
Orange alert has been announced for the coastal districts of Karnataka till June 17 as the entire state is very likely to experience widespread rainfall.
The southwest monsoon on Sunday further advanced into Chandigarh and parts of Haryana and Punjab, with the meteorological department predicting more rains in the region over the next two days.
Several parts of Rajasthan received rain, leading to a drop in maximum temperature by two to three degrees Celsius, officials said on Sunday.
"The southwest monsoon has reached all parts of HP. Last year it had reached the state on June 24," Manmohan Singh, Director of the meteorological office, informed.
Indian Metereological Department has issued a red alert in Mumbai for the next 48 hours.
Rain and dust storm in parts of Rajasthan are likely in the next 48 hours amid intense heat wave conditions, an official of the Meteorological department said on Saturday
Another yellow alert forecasting a "thunderstorm with lightning and lightning falls" has been sounded for isolated places in five divisions including Indore, Gwalior and Chambal.
Maharashtra's Raigad district received an average of 54 mm rainfall in the last 24 hours ending Saturday morning, with Mhasala recording the highest 100 mm showers, an official said.
In 2008, too, the wind system had reached Delhi on June 15, said Kuldeep Srivastava, head of the IMD's regional forecasting centre.
Mumbai and neighbouring areas are "very likely" to receive extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said in a report on Friday evening.
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