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Good rainfall has so far been recorded over southern peninsula, central, east and north-east India this summer with over 13 per cent above the normal limit, the Met department today said.
The country as a whole has received 69.6 mm of rainfall overall as compared to normal limit of 61.4 mm from June 1 till date. Until yesterday, the country had received 5 per cent of excess rainfall but the figure rose by 8 per cent today.
After a good spell of rains across the country, the deficit decreased to minus 1 per cent in north-west India while the peninsula recorded normal rainfall and central India registered an 18 per cent of excess precipitation than its normal limit.
The east and the north-east India continued to get excess rainfall of 22 per cent.
According to Skymet, a private forecasting agency, over the week, the South-West monsoon is likely to advance over some more parts of Gujarat, entire Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, parts of Bihar and eastern Uttar Pradesh this week.
First monsoon system in the Bay of Bengal is also brewing, which may cause good weather activity across the country, particularly in east and central India, the agency added.
Skymet has also given a forecast that over the first half of the week, temperatures in the plains of North India are going to rise but no heat wave is expected.
“The sky will be clear and humidity will increase. Windy conditions are also likely to prevail. However, day temperatures will remain below the 40 degrees Celsius mark and there aren’t any heatwave conditions expected.
“The hills on the other hand will enjoy pleasant weather with occasional light rain. From June 19 onwards, the winds will begin to change from northwesterlies to easterlies, leading to drop in temperatures once again. Rain and thunder shower activity is expected during this period which is likely to spill over to the next week,” Skymet said.
“Weather activity over central India, particularly over Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra will be subdued during the first half of the week. However, during the second half of the week, fairly widespread rain is expected in the region due to the cyclonic circulation in the Bay of Bengal,” Skymet said.
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