Monsoon Advances Deeper into India's Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) reported on Monday that the southwest monsoon has extended its reach deeper into Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana. This marks a steady northward progression of the rainy season across the country.

The monsoon system arrived over mainland India on June 4, only three days later than its usual onset date. Despite the slight delay, it has covered large areas of southern India at a consistent pace. The IMD forecasts that monsoon clouds will soon cover additional parts of these states, along with areas in Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal, and Sikkim, within the next two to three days.

Private weather agencies corroborated the IMD's forecast. Mahesh Palawat, vice president of climate and meteorology at Skymet, noted the monsoon's good progress, predicting its expansion into northeastern India, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, parts of central India, east Bihar, and Jharkhand within the same timeframe. He also anticipates the monsoon reaching south Gujarat between June 16-17.

The IMD has issued warnings for isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall, potentially ranging from 7cm to 20cm, over Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, northeast India, and sub-Himalayan West Bengal throughout the coming week. Karnataka and Kerala could experience extremely heavy rainfall on June 8 and 9. Meanwhile, some parts of the east coast, Maharashtra, Telangana, and the northeast recorded temperatures 2°C to 4°C above normal on Monday.

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Monsoon is showing good progress for now. It will cover all of north-eastern India, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, parts of central India, east Bihar and parts of Jharkhand in the next two to three days. We can also expect the monsoon will reach south Gujarat by June 16-17. In the meantime, pre-monsoon activity will increase over west and northwest India in the next few days.