Rain-scarce north interior Karnataka has been the major beneficiary of a resurgent monsoon in the southern peninsula during the 24 hours ended this morning.

South interior Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada shared the spoils in the run-up to the formation of an expected low-pressure area off the Karnataka-Kerala coasts.

‘Low’ watch The India Met Department has pushed the window for the ‘low’ to the next 24 hours since a key enabler in the high levels (monsoon shear zone) has collapsed overnight and become defunct.

But that did not prevent an available meteorological ensemble from dishing out its next best in an area under its footprint – Lakshadweep, Kerala, Karnataka, and Maharashtra, in that order.

Punalur in Kollam district in Kerala was drenched overnight with 12 cm of rainfall while Thiruvananthapuram recorded 11 cm and Kochi, eight.

The outlook for the next two days indicated possibility of heavy to very heavy rainfall for coastal Karnataka, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry for Saturday.

It will be heavy over south interior Karnataka, Konkan-Goa, Kerala, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada. On Sunday, the heavy to very heavy rainfall belt would sit smack over coastal Karnataka.

Heavy rain has been forecast for Kerala, Konkan-Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada.

The US National Centres for Environmental Prediction sees the ‘low’ not making quite north along the coast as expected earlier, and fizzling out somewhere over Goa-Konkan.

Fresh circulation But it would only have made the way clear for another rain-bearing cyclonic circulation being slotted into place over the Andhra Pradesh coast by a trough from north digging deep into the south.

This is forecast to take place exactly a week from now, which means that the peninsula will continue to witness a wet spell into the next weekend as well.

Northwest India (Rajasthan) might also get to see some activity as a western disturbance checks in from across the border around the same time.

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