Monsoon sets in over Kerala; advances to entire Nagaland, most NE states

May 31, 2024 5 Views No Comment

Dimapur/New Delhi, May 31 (MExN): The Southwest Monsoon has set in over Kerala and advanced into most parts of North-East India, including entire Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and most parts of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Assam on May 30.

It also advanced into remaining parts of the southwest Arabian Sea, some parts of the west-central Arabian Sea, most parts of the southeast Arabian Sea and Lakshadweep area, most parts of Kerala, Mahe, some parts of south Tamil Nadu, remaining parts of the Maldives and the Comorin area; some more parts of the northeast Bay of Bengal, announced by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday.

The arrival is one day ahead of what the IMD had announced earlier. The Monsoon usually reaches India on June 1.

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

Meanwhile, in an evening update, the IMD informed that a cyclonic circulation lies over North-East Assam & neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels. Accordingly, it forecasted ‘fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall over the region in the coming days.’

There is a likelihood of isolated “heavy to very heavy rainfall” over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura on May 31, it added.

For Nagaland, there was also a prediction for thunderstorms with lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) at isolated places. Similar intensity was forecasted for June 1, though the likelihood of gusty winds was ruled out.

There was no weather warning for Nagaland on June 2 despite the forecast for ‘widespread rain’ till June 7.