As reiterated by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, rain has shifted gear from North to Central India. A series of Monsoon systems forming in the Bay of Bengal have been dominating weather in India in last few days.
The cyclonic circulation over Odisha, north Andhra Pradesh and Bay of Bengal brought good showers over the area from the 4th of September. Pulbani and Koraput recorded 92 mm and 42 mm of rain respectively. The system moved inland bringing widespread heavy rains in parts of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh on the 6th of September. Ramagundam received 153 mm of rain, Koraput 87 mm and Titlagarh 174 mm.
The Monsoon system quickly vacated from there and is presently situated over Vidarbha, Marathwada and adjoining areas as a well-marked low pressure area.
In a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Sunday, Maharashtra witnessed good Monsoon rain where Akola received 72 mm, Nagpur 65 mm, Chandrapur 76 mm and Amravati 60 mm of rain.
In Madhya Pradesh, Betul received 61.7 mm, Indore 91.4 mm and Bhopal 26.8 mm.
The low pressure area will bring widespread, light to good amount of rain, with heavy in pockets, over west Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, south east Rajasthan, north Maharashtra and Konkan & Goa for next 48 hours. Unlike the last system, it will not travel till west Rajasthan as Southwest Monsoon seems to reaching the withdrawal phase. The system will gradually shift north/northeastwards, showing signs of weakening. Thereafter, the rain belt will also shift to cover parts of Uttar Pradesh.
Rain in rest of India
Entire North India will hardly receive any Monsoon showers in next few days. Southwest Monsoon will remain subdued over Peninsular India, while Northeast could receive scattered rain.
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