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Southwest Monsoon advanced into most parts of Northeast India


Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala and advanced into most parts of northeast India including Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and most parts of Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam.

The Southwest Monsoon has advanced into remaining parts of southwest Arabian Sea, some parts of west-central Arabian Sea, most parts southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep area, most parts of Kerala, Mahe, some parts of south Tamil Nadu, remaining parts of Maldives and Comorin area; some more parts northeast Bay of Bengal, most parts of northeast India including entire Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and most parts of Tripura, Meghalaya and Assam. Thus, the Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala.

Read in Hindi: दक्षिण-पश्चिम मानसून बढ़ रहा है आगे, धीरे-धीरे कम होगी गर्मी

Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of south Arabian Sea, Lakshadweep area and Kerala, some parts of Karnataka, Some more parts of Tamil Nadu, Southwest and Central Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of Northeast Bay of Bengal and Assam and Meghalaya and some parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next 2-3 days.

A cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Assam & neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels. Strong southwesterly, southerly winds are prevailing from the Bay of Bengal to northeastern States in lower tropospheric levels. Under its influence, Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next 7 days. Isolated heavy and very heavy rainfall very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Sub Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next five days and isolated heavy rainfall over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Isolated extremely heavy rainfall is also likely over Meghalaya in the coming days.

A cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh and neighborhood and a trough runs from above this to west Bangladesh in lower tropospheric levels. Under its influence, Isolated to scattered light and moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds is very likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh during the next five days and over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada.

Strong westerly winds are prevailing along the Kerala Coast. Under its influence, Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds likely over Kerala and Mahe, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Karnataka; isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Rayalaseema during next seven days.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over Kerala and Mahe during the next five days.

A Western Disturbance is seen as a cyclonic circulation over the Jammu division and neighbourhood with trough aloft in lower and middle tropospheric westerlies roughly along Long.

Isolated to scattered light rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, and lightning is very likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand.

Gradual fall in maximum temperatures by 2-4°C very likely over Northwest and Central India during the next five days.

No significant change in maximum temperatures is very likely over the rest parts of the country.