Heavy rain likely in parts of north India, northeast and south over next week
The IMD has forecast widespread rain in parts of India through early October, even as the southwest monsoon continues to withdraw from the northwest.
Rainfall is expected to increase across several regions in India over the next week, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). In the northwest, isolated heavy to very heavy showers are anticipated in parts of Uttarakhand on September 28th, with widespread rainfall and thunderstorms also possible. Isolated very heavy rainfall is expected over parts of West Uttar Pradesh.
East Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh may also experience isolated heavy rain. Central India is forecast to see intermittent rainfall through early October, with Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha potentially receiving scattered showers. Eastern India, including the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal, is expected to see fairly widespread to widespread rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, from September 27th to 3rd October.
In the northeast, Assam, Meghalaya, and other northeastern states are forecast to have fairly widespread to widespread rainfall on September 30th. Heavy rainfall is anticipated over Assam, Meghalaya, and the northeastern states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura from September 29th to 30th. Western India, including Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, and Madhya Maharashtra, may receive rainfall through October 3rd.
Southern India, particularly Kerala and coastal Karnataka, is expected to have scattered showers, with more widespread rainfall possible in these areas from late September into early October. The IMD also reported exceptionally heavy rainfall of more than 30 cm in isolated places in eastern Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, Bihar, and Himachal Pradesh over the past 24 hours.
The southwest monsoon season has brought cumulative rainfall of 749.2 mm from June 1st to September 26th, which is 12% below the normal of 853.4 mm.
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