Southwest Monsoon advances, low-pressure area to form on June 9

Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 7

Southwest Monsoon further advanced into interior parts of South Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Northwest and West-central and Northeast Bay of Bengal, even as it hit nearly all of Tamil Nadu, Southwest Bay of Bengal and East-central Bay of Bengal, the IMD said on Sunday.

The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) now passes through Lat.14°N/Long.60°E, Lat.14°N/Long.70°E, Karwar, Shimogha, Tumukuru, Chittoor, Chennai, 16°N/Long.85°E, Lat.20°N/Long. 90°E and Lat.22°N/Long.93°E.

Conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into more parts of central Arabian Sea, Goa, Konkan, Karnataka, Rayalaseema, coastal Andhra Pradesh, Central and North Bay of Bengal, Northeast and the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu in the during next two to three days.

Conditions are likely to become favourable subsequently for further advance of Southwest monsoon into some more parts of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Gangetic West Bengal and the remaining parts of Bay of Bengal, Northeastern states, Sikkim, some parts of Odisha and Gangetic during the next two days.

A low-pressure area is likely to form over the east-central Bay of Bengal during next 48 hours, by 9 June.  It is likely to move west northwestwards and become more marked during the subsequent 24 hours, by June 10.