Weather Forecast Update: Wet Rajasthan Ahead, Low Heads For Bengal

AUGUST 9, 2016, TUESDAY

The cyclonic circulation over southern Rajasthan will flare up for 24 hours bringing very heavy rains over the region. It will move away from the adjoining north Gujarat, hence rainfall activity there will gradually cease.

Under the influence of this system heavy rains will continue in entire Rajasthan till August 12, Friday.

The storm system hovering off the coast of  West Bengal will bring moderate to heavy rainfall in Bangladesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Meghalaya and Tripura in the coming days.

Meanwhile another Bay of Bengal low pressure area will form August 15. As a result monsoon activity will dramatically increase in eastern India, in Odisha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Chattisgarh.

Forecast models are hinting at the formation of a big typhoon on August 13, 2016, in west Pacific Ocean. The tropical cyclone, which will probably be named CHANTHU, will be formed north of the Luzon coast, in Philippines and may go onto hit the Chinese province of Guangdong at Hong Kong-Macau on August 17-18, 2016. Let us see how things develop.

Very heavy rains in southern Rajasthan (Abu, Sirohi, Rajsamand, Chittorgarh) till Wednesday morning. Rains will move to Jodhpur by Wednesday noon, to Nagaur, Bikaner by Wednesday evening.

Moderate to heavy rainfall to continue in central, northern Rajasthan (Ajmer, Jaipur) till Friday, August 12, 2016.

Very heavy rains in West Bengal, Bangladesh, Tripura, Meghalaya in next 48 hours, till Thursday morning.

Heavy rains in Jharkhand (Ranchi, Jamshedpur) on Friday-Saturday.

Heavy showers in parts of Gujarat:  Bhavnagar, Palanpur, Deesa, Bharuch, Ankleshwar today evening.

RELATED: NOAA Forecast Maps, August 9, 2016

The currently existing rain systems/cyclonic circulations over India. One over NW Madhya Pradesh-Rajasthan, one in Arabian Sea off Saurashtra coast and the newly formed low off West Bengal.

The cyclonic system over Rajasthan will bring rains to the state till Friday 

The low pressure system off the Odisha-West Bengal coast is drenching coastal Odisha and West Bengal.