Southwest Monsoon arrives in Telangana, says IMD as it issues ‘orange' alert in state from Wednesday
The region is, meanwhile, expected to witness very heavy to heavy rainfall in two days as a low-pressure system is taking shape in the Arabian Sea, officials said.
The Hyderabad centre of IMD said that light to moderate rain or thundershowers are very likely at a few places in the state on Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places in Adilabad, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad, Mancherial, Nirmal, Nizamabad, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Vikarabad, and Sangareddy districts.
On Thursday, heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely at a few isolated places in the northern districts of Adilabad, Nirmal, Kumuram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall will continue in central, east and southern districts, the IMD stated.
'These are not pre-monsoon showers but proper monsoon showers. We will see heavy rainfall for the next five days and very heavy rainfall on the third and fourth day in some districts,' Dr K Nagaratna, director of IMD, Hyderabad, told indianexpress.com. A low-pressure area is likely to form over west-central and adjoining north Bay of Bengal around May 27.
With good monsoon conditions predicted for central India, scientists have forecast a normal monsoon in Telangana. As the state sits on the Deccan plateau, it can expect normal rainfall. Last year, Telangana recorded normal rainfall.
According to the weather bulletin, the Southwest Monsoon on Monday further advanced into more parts of the central Arabian Sea, further into Maharashtra, Karnataka, and the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh. It has also advanced to more parts of west-central and north Bay of Bengal, the remaining parts of Mizoram, entire Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, and Arunachal Pradesh, and some parts of Assam and Meghalaya.
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