Monsoon rains on way, will be bountiful, forecasts IMD
Owing to the interaction between an atmospheric trough extending from Bihar to the state, coupled with the influx of moisture from the Arabian Sea, the city on Tuesday experienced light to moderate showers, which were sparsely spread out.
Parts of the city in the eastern corridor were lashed by rain, accompanied by thunder. According to the Telangana State development planning society (TSDPS), the rain in the city was concentrated in the Alwal and Kapra zones.
The highest rainfall of
22.5mm was registered at the Kothabasti community hall in Alwal until
8pm. Nandigama PHC in Ranga Reddy district topped the state’s rainfall chart. It received
57.5mm of rainfall.
“The next 48 hours would be marked by interspersed light rainfall over the state until the monsoon arrives. The monsoon is expected to reach the state by June 10. The rains would begin in the city from around June 15,” Mahesh Palawat, from the private Skymet weather forecasting agency told Deccan Chronicle.
According to officials from the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the southwest monsoon forecast suggested that quantitatively, the monsoon rainfall is likely to be 101 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) with a model error of plus or minus four per cent. The LPA of the season’s rainfall over the country as a whole for the 1961-2010 period is 88cm.
“The spatial distribution suggests normal or above normal seasonal rainfall is most likely over many areas of north-west India, central India and eastern parts of the southern Peninsula. Below-normal seasonal rainfall is most likely over some areas of north, east and neighboring northeast parts of the country and western parts of the south peninsula,” it said.