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Hindustan Times
9 hours ago
- Climate
- Hindustan Times
Monsoon breaks pattern, enters UP from southern districts, again
The southwest monsoon finally made its first appearance in the state this year on Wednesday. However, it, yet again, defied the trends by entering the state from Jhansi, Lalitpur and Sonbhadra districts in the south for the second year in a row. Last year, it arrived in the state through Lalitpur, which borders Madhya Pradesh, on June 25, as the Arabian Sea branch of monsoon was more active, which was quite unusual. As such, weathermen anticipate that the weather system may make a reentry in two to three days, but this time from the eastern districts of the state. Normally, the monsoon enters UP through Ballia and Gorakhpur from Bihar and Jharkhand. 'The monsoon has advanced into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Gujarat, some parts of Rajasthan, some more parts of Madhya Pradesh, southern parts of eastern UP, remaining parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and some more parts of Bihar,' the meteorological centre in Lucknow said in its bulletin. 'The monsoon's northern limit is passing through Barmer, Jodhpur, Jaipur, Gwalior, Khajuraho, Sonbhar and Gaya. Conditions are favourable for its further advancement into some more parts of UP over the next 2 to 3 days,' said Mohd Danish, a senior scientist at the Lucknow Met. Due to a low-pressure area formed around Gangetic West Bengal, it will move further in the west-northwest direction over the next 24 hours, the Met said. Deficit down to 27% Meanwhile, the rain on Wednesday brought down the rain deficit to 27% from 46% on Monday. While Ayodhya received 25.8 mm of rain, Churk and Sultanpur experienced 5.6 mm and 5.2 mm of rain. There is a possibility of a widespread increase in rainfall, along with thunderstorms and lightning, in the state from Thursday and heavy to very heavy rainfall at some places from June 19 to 22. The state forecast is rain/thundershower very likely at many places over West UP and rain/thundershower very likely at most places over East UP. IMD issued a warning of thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning/gusty winds (speed 40-50 kmph) at isolated places in the state. Heavy rain was very likely at isolated places in West UP. Heavy to very heavy rain was very likely at isolated places in East UP. The maximum temperature in all meteorological stations of UP dropped below 40 degrees Celsius. Orai was hottest in the state at 38.4 degrees, followed by 38 degrees each at Fatehgarh and Lakhimpur Kheri. In the state capital, mercury hovered between 36.4 and 26.8 degrees Celsius. On Thursday, the city may experience cloudy skies with a few spells of rain/thundershower with temperatures between 34 and 26 degrees. How monsoon usually progresses in UP: it is scheduled to reach Gorakhpur on June 18; Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur and Prayagraj on June 23; Jhansi, Bareilly on June 24; Mainpuri on June 25; Agra and Bijnor on June 27. Several villages cut off after pontoon bridge washes away Several remote villages in Kushinagar and Maharajganj districts were cut off from their tehsil headquarters after a pontoon bridge over the Narayani river washed away on Wednesday due to sharp rise in water levels, reportedly following heavy rainfall and water discharge from Nepal. Over 30,000 residents from 17 revenue villages under Kushinagar's Khadda tehsil and seven revenue villages in Maharajganj have been affected by the disruption. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Mohd Zafar stated that flood posts had been activated and shelter houses equipped with reserve grains set up. If Nepal discharges more than 3 lakh cusecs of water, the situation may become even more serious,' he said.
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Climate
- Hindustan Times
Monsoon to hit UP after Tuesday; rains to pick up from Wed, says Met
As the state capital experienced a brief spell of sporadic pre-monsoon showers in the early hours of Sunday, the Lucknow meteorological office is hopeful that the southwest monsoon may enter the eastern parts of the state anytime between Tuesday and Friday. Even the normal date for monsoon onset in Uttar Pradesh, which is through Gorakhpur, is June 18, weathermen said. The sporadic pre-monsoon rainfall activities are signs that conditions are favourable for the southwest monsoon's onset between June 17 and 20. There is a possibility of a gradual increase in rainfall activities, which will be accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, from Wednesday. 'Temperatures may plummet by 3 to 5 degrees over the next three to four days, resulting in a significant decrease in the heat index. A complete relief from the humid conditions is expected after June 16,' said Atul Kumar Singh, a senior scientist at the Lucknow Met. 'The northern limit of monsoon is currently passing through major places, such as Mumbai, Ahilyanagar, Adilabad, Puri and Balurghat; and favourable conditions are developing for the advancement of monsoon into some parts of Gujarat, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and eastern Uttar Pradesh in the coming 3 to 4 days,' he said. The widespread fall in temperature is due to pre-monsoon rains over the last 24 hours. This has happened due to the upper atmospheric cyclonic circulation forming in the lower troposphere over eastern Uttar Pradesh, and an active western disturbance in the middle and upper tropospheric westerly winds. Heatwave conditions in the state have become limited to south-eastern Uttar Pradesh (Varanasi and Ghazipur). Varanasi 'hottest' in country At 43.2 degrees Celsius, Varanasi (BHU) was the hottest city, not just in UP but across the country. At Varanasi (airport), mercury rose to a high of 41.9 degrees, followed by 41.5 in Ghazipur, 41.3 in Sultanpur, 41.2 in Churk and 41.1 in Prayagraj. Predicting rain/thundershower, the weathermen thunderstorm, accompanied by lightning/gusty winds (speed 40-50 kmph), were very likely at isolated places in West UP and in a few places in East UP. In the state capital, the maximum and minimum temperatures were recorded at 39.9 and 26.2 degrees Celsius, respectively. On Monday, it may experience partly cloudy skies with one or two spells of rain/thundershowers.
