European Centre for Medium-Vary Climate helps a situation the place a powerful low-pressure space (marked ‘L’) settles over Lakshadweep as north-east monsoon prepares to ascertain seemingly throughout weekend.
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Tempo of withdrawal of south-west monsoon appeared to imagine a way of urgency on Monday with the method overlaying extra components of South Peninsula on Friday, India Meteorological Division (IMD) stated. This leaves doorways open for monsoon in reverse or north-east monsoon to ascertain over the area sooner.
On Monday, the June-September monsoon exited components of Karnataka and a few components of Telangana in South Peninsula as additionally areas to fast north and east, together with most components of Maharashtra; total Goa; remaining components of Madhya Pradesh; Uttar Pradesh; most components of Chhattisgarh; remaining components of Bihar; total Jharkhand; West Bengal and Sikkim; and a few components of Odisha and the north-eastern States.
Line of withdrawal
The road of withdrawal handed by Karwar; Kalburgi; Nizamabad; Kanker; Keonjhargarh; Sagar Island; and Guwahati. IMD assessed situations as beneficial for additional withdrawal from remaining components Odisha; Chhattisgarh; Telangana; Maharashtra; and the North-Japanese States throughout subsequent 2-3 days.
Adjoining seas to each side of the peninsula —the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal —too have been synchronising effectively with the altering dynamics related to shift of wind regime from south-west to north-east throughout land. Facilitating this are higher air cyclonic circulations over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and a twin circulation over close by south-west Bay of Bengal adjoining south Tamil Nadu.
Ockhi clone seen?
These circulation on the Bay facet are being intently watched for indicators of additional origination and descent to decrease ranges of the ambiance for intensification as low-pressure space and onward motion throughout Sri Lanka and south Tamil Nadu a la cyclone Ockhi eight years in the past, alongside precisely related observe till the Lakshadweep Sea.
However comparisons seem to finish right here because the present system is seen propelling itself farther away to west from Lakshadweep Islands and out into the south and west Arabian Sea. Cyclone Ockhi had turned north from the islands alongside India’s West Coast in direction of Gujarat, leaving a path of demise and destruction. Additionally an Monday, west-central Arabian Sea hosted a remnant circulation from erstwhile extreme cyclone Shakthi.
N-E monsoon prospects
The IMD has predicted remoted heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu and Kerala and Mahe for seven days throughout when the north-east monsoon may set up. Related climate is forecast over South Inside Karnataka; Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam; and Rayalaseema for 4 days; and over Lakshadweep on Friday and Saturday.
Thunderstorms are anticipated to roam the bigger South Peninsula together with lightning and gusty winds for subsequent 4-5 days. The US Local weather Forecast System sees sustained moist climate prevailing over Central India and adjoining Peninsular India for per week and extra from October 22 at the same time as components of the South Peninsula might also slip underneath an envelope of heavy rain, thunderstorms and lightning to accompaniment of gusty winds.
Printed on October 13, 2025
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