Cyclone 'Daye, which crossed the South Odisha coast near Gopalpur at midnight last night and has since weakened a round into a deep depression, is now entering Chhattisgarh. 

The India Met Department (IMD) located it to over interior Odisha and adjoining Chhattisgarh, about 120 km east-­south-east of Raipur (Chhattisgarh) and about 80 km west of Titlagarh (Odisha).  It is expected to continue to move west-­north-westward as it heads into Central India and weakens gradually into a depression by midnight tonight.

RAINS INTO NEXT WEEK

The deep depression will trigger heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy rain over Telangana today, as it moves diagonally across Central India. The continued west-­north-west movement of the system across Central India will drive enhanced rains into Telangana, Jharkhand and the plains of Bengal during the next two days and into Central and adjoining Peninsular India as well as North-West India until September 25 (Tuesday next).

Thunderstorms and lightning warnings have been sounded for Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. 'Rough' to 'very rough' sea conditions are likely to prevail over the West-Central and North Bay and along and off the Bengal and ­Odisha coasts.  Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.

HIGH WINDS

Squally wind speeds reaching 40-­50 km/hr and gusting to 60 km/hr may prevail along and off the Odisha ­and North Andhra Pradesh coasts during the next 12 hours. The rest of the Central and North Bay surrounding the deep depression as well as along and off the Bengal coast may also experience squally winds during this period.

In view of the adverse sea conditions, fishermen are advised not to venture into the above areas during the next 24 hours. Meanwhile, real-time rain trends at noon showed a heavy rain belt sitting smack over Central India and adjoining North Peninsular India. The areas falling under its footprint include Raipur, Sambalpur, Katni, Panna, Tikamgarh, Lalitpur, Bhopal, Omkareshwar, Khandwa, Khamgaon, Umarkhed, Ahmednagar, Nimgaon, Basavana, and Kurnool. IT covered the states of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. 

RAINS HEADING NORTH

According to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, a small stretch on the West Coast between Ratnagiri and Chiplun may see heavy rain until tomorrow. The real-time map at noon showed it is raining over the coastal stretch linking Karwar with Kunkeshwar, with the belt of moderate showers extending into interior Karnataka.

Other towns and cities likely to receive rain today are: Konta, Sukma, Khairaput, Dandewada, Bhamaragad, Narainpur, Kanker, Asifabad, and Makona. During the next few days, the rains would propel further to the west-north-west and cover parts of North Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, West Uttar Pradesh, and Himachal Pradesh. This is even as the current deep depression (erstwhile cyclone) weakens into a depression, a well-marked low-pressure area and a conventional low-pressure area.

The extended forecast by the IMD and valid from September 26 to 28 said fairly widespread to widespread rain would occur over North-East India, while scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is expected over the South Peninsula and East India. Isolated rainfall is likely over the rest of the country, except over parts of north-west India, where dry weather is likely to prevail as the withdrawal of the monsoon resumes from West Rajasthan.

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