After a delay of a fortnight, the southwest monsoon on Friday withdrew from the whole northwest India. Between October 1-14, the area recorded 58.4 mm of rain, which was 346 per cent above regular.
Presence of a cyclonic circulation over North Maharashtra on seventh October, which continued to maneuver alongside South Gujarat, Northeast Rajasthan, South Haryana and Punjab until eleventh October, main to 5 days of rain over Northwest area together with Delhi-NCR Hui.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) officers stated that the monsoon has now withdrawn from Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat in addition to most elements of Madhya Pradesh and a few areas of Bihar and Maharashtra. The IMD stated that the conventional date for withdrawal of monsoon from Maharashtra and Bihar is October 5. Barring Maharashtra and Bihar, all these states recorded heavy rains from 6-12 October.
The Monsoon Retreat Line now passes by means of Raxaul (Bihar), Daltonganj (Jharkhand), Pendra Road (Chhattisgarh), Chhindwara (Madhya Pradesh), Jalgaon and Dahanu (each in Maharashtra). The Meteorological Department stated that within the coming two to a few days, the pace of withdrawal is anticipated to accentuate and retreat from extra areas of central and japanese India and Maharashtra.
“The conditions are very likely to become favorable for withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from more parts of Maharashtra, Central, East and Northeast India during the next three days,” IMD’s climate bulletin on withdrawal of monsoon stated on Friday.
Meanwhile, the elevated rain exercise over South Peninsular India will begin from Friday on account of two lively cyclonic winds – close to west-central Bay of Bengal and Comorin area. IMD stated Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe, Telangana, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Karnataka, Lakshadweep and Rayalaseema would obtain heavy rains until October 17.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
