Monsoon to arrive in city tomorrow

Some parts of Telangana likely to experience heavy rainfall

● The rains which would begin from the southern parts of the state would reach the city by Thursday. Despite the cloud cover, the city recorded a maximum of 38.4º Celsius

The much-awaited southwest monsoon is expected to enter the state in the next 24 hours, officials of the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Tuesday.

The state will experience rain after 48 hours, and heavy rainfall in isolated areas.

The rains which would begin from the southern parts of the state would reach the city by Thursday. Despite the cloud cover, the city recorded a maximum of 38.4º Celsius and a minimum of 26.5ºC.

“We predict that the showers that would be witnessed in the state from June 11 will be monsoon showers. These rains will start as light to moderate showers, but they would intensify as the week goes on,” Dr K. Nagaratna, director, IMD Hyderabad, told Deccan Chronicle.

“Initially, there would be rains in the southwestern and southeastern districts. These rains would be of light to moderate in intensity. From Thursday, we can see rain in most districts. These rains would be heavy and very heavy in certain parts,” an official of the department said.

“Conditions are becoming favourable for the further advance of the monsoon into some more parts of the Maharashtra, Karnataka and Rayalaseema, the remaining parts of Tamil Nadu, some parts of Telangana state and coastal Andhra Pradesh and some northeastern states during the next 48 hours,” the IMD said.