Heavy rainfall to continue over central India for 2-3 days: IMD

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• Aug 12, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

In the upcoming 12 hours, it is projected to deepen into a depression over the northeast Arabian Sea and its surroundings before moving west-northwestward away from the Indian coast.

Digital
Desk: According to the India Meteorological Department, widespread and heavy
rain is predicted to persist over central India for the next two to three days.

Over
the northeastern Arabian Sea, as well as the nearby coastal regions of
Saurashtra & Kutch and southeast Pakistan, there is a clearly defined area
of low pressure.

In
the upcoming 12 hours, it is projected to deepen into a depression over the
northeast Arabian Sea and its surroundings before moving west-northwestward
away from the Indian coast.

Additionally
active, the monsoon trough is located south of where it usually is.

mso-themecolor:text1">Over the next five days, the monsoon trough is
anticipated to be active and swing around its typical position.

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mso-themecolor:text1">Currently, the middle troposphere is over central India
by an east-west shear zone. The following two days are likely to see it
continue.

The
off-shore trough extends at mean sea level from the center of a clearly
defined low-pressure area over the northeast Arabian Sea, adjacent coastal
regions of Saurashtra and Kutch, and southeast Pakistan, to the Kerala coast.

In
the lower and middle troposphere, a cyclonic circulation is present across the
western portions of Gangetic West Bengal and its surrounding territories.

Around
August 13, a low-pressure region is predicted to develop over the northern Bay
of Bengal.

It is expected to intensify during the following 24
hours before moving west-northwestward.

Fairly widespread/Widespread rainfall with isolated
heavy falls, thunderstorms/lightning quite likely over West MP until August 14;
Chhattisgarh until August 16; Gujarat until August 16; Konkan & Goa and
Madhya Maharashtra till August 26; all under the influence of the
aforementioned systems. West Madhya Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, and Vidarbha
may have isolated, very severe rains through August 16.

Over East Rajasthan,
Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand until August 16, over West Rajasthan until
August 13, and over Jammu & Kashmir until August 16, there is a fair chance
of widespread light rain with isolated heavier showers and
thunderstorms/lightning. On August 15 and 16, sporadic very heavy rains is also
possible over East Rajasthan.