August 2, 2016: Monsoon Forecast Update

AUGUST 2, 2016, TUESDAY 

A low pressure system has formed in the Bay of Bengal. It will bring heavy rains to Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh. It will move onto Rajasthan on August 8.

Another low pressure system will form in the Bay of Bengal on August 9. Where it goes remains to be seen.

The upper air cyclonic circulation that is hovering over southeast Rajasthan will move to southern Sindh by August 4. The system will bring good rains to coastal Sindh on August 4, some districts of Saurashtra (Jamnagar, Dwarka, Porbandar, Kutch) on August 5, 6. There might be some showers in parts of North Gujarat and Kutch in the next 36 hours.

Intermittent heavy rains in Madhya Pradesh in next 5 days.

Heavy showers eastern Maharashtra (Beed, Yavatmal), Chattisgarh (Bhilai, Bilaspur), Telangana (Karimnagar, Warangal) till August 4 morning.

Heavy rains in Rajasthan, Kota-Udaipur area till morning of August 4.

Very heavy rains near Mumbai, Palghar, Ahmednagar, Thane, Nashik districts till Wednesday morning. Floods expected.

Some showers in parts of North Gujarat till tomorrow morning. Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Mehsana and Patan districts.

Isolated heavy rain in Kutch district of Gujarat on August 6

Heavy rains in coastal Sindh, Karachi on August 4, Thursday.

Heavy showers in parts of Saurashtra on August 5-6, Friday, Saturday. Especially Dwarka, Jamnagar, Porbandar districts.

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1230 IST, August 2: Raining heavily near Mumbai as we had predicted. Rains are tapering off in south Gujarat. Soon heavy rains in Rajasthan in Udaipur-Kota area. The rains will move to southern Sindh, including Karachi on Thursday.

Presently raining near Mumbai, South Gujarat, pockets of Madhya Pradesh and Telangana, Chattisgarh.