Indore remains rain deficient, strong monsoon systems bring hope for recovery

Time of India

6 days ago

Indore: With only a week left in July, Indore district continues to face a significant rainfall deficit. The district recorded just 199 mm of rainfall so far this season, against the normal average of 309.8 mm for this period, marking a 36% shortfall.
Several other districts including, Shajapur, Burhanpur, Khandwa, Ujjain, Agar-Malwa, Khargone and Barwani in Indore-Ujjain division are rain deficit.
Rain activity in Indore has remained subdued, with only 0.1 mm recorded in the past 24 hours. On Wednesday, the city logged a maximum temperature of 27.6 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal, and a minimum of 23.4 degrees Celsius, one degree above average. Humidity remained high throughout the day, with morning readings at 95% and evening at 80%.
Weather systems are aligning to potentially break this dry spell. Met department has forecast that a strong monsoon system would became active over Madhya Pradesh. A cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the north Bay of Bengal in the next 24 hours, followed by the development of a low-pressure area that could bring enhanced rainfall across the state. The monsoon trough at mean sea level currently stretches from Firozpur to the east-central Bay of Bengal, and upper-air cyclonic circulations persist over south-west Rajasthan and west-central Bay of Bengal.
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A trough line running from the north-east Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal system across central India is also expected to contribute to rainfall activity.
Senior meteorologist Dr Divya E Surendran said current systems are likely to result in widespread showers across the state. A favourable spell of rainfall is particularly forecast for July 26–27 in the Indore-Ujjain division, which may help reduce the rainfall gap if the system moves over the Malwa region.
In the past 24 hours, Jharda in Ujjain district 122 mm received highest rainfall in the region, followed by Barod in Agar-Malwa (100 mm) Moman Badodiya in Shajapur (71 mm), Neemuch (48 mm) and Tarana in Ujjain (47 mm). While eastern Madhya Pradesh is experiencing surplus rainfall, western parts, including Indore, remain significantly below normal.