Rainfall Forecast and Weather Warnings based on 0830 hours IST of today:

♦ An off-shore trough at mean sea level runs from north Maharashtra coast to north Kerala coast. The east-west shear zone runs roughly along 15°N across the peninsular India in mid tropospheric levels and likely to persist during next 3-4 days. Under their influence:

i) Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls, thunderstorm & lightning very likely over Peninsular India during

next 5 days.

ii) Heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places very likely over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Konkan & Goa and Coastal

Karnataka on 12th September, 2020.

♦ The monsoon trough lies to the north of its normal position. The monsoon trough very likely to shift further southward due to formation of a low pressure area over Westcentral Bay of Bengal off Andhra Pradesh coast around 13th September. Under their influence:

i) Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated thunderstorm & lightning very likely over Northeast and adjoining East India. Heavy rainfall at

isolated places also very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and northeast India (mainly Assam & Meghalaya) during next 3-4 days.

♦ Rainfall distribution and intensity very likely to increase over Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana, Maharashtra and Gujarat State from 12th September onwards. Isolated heavy falls also very likely over these regions during next 3-4 days.

♦ Moderate thunderstorm with lightning very likely at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, South Rajasthan, Gujarat state, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Vidarbha, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Assam & Meghalaya, Telangana, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Rayalseema and Konkan & Goa during next 12 hours

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Vineesh V
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Directorate of Education,
Government of Kerala.
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