The India Meteorological Department has forecast rain and strong winds across south, east and Northeast India from October 2 to 7, while the southwest monsoon continues to withdraw from north India.
In the south, Kerala and Mahe are expected to see fairly widespread to widespread rain from October 2 to 7, with heavy rain at isolated places on October 4 to 6. Coastal Karnataka may see fairly widespread rain on October 2, and South Interior Karnataka could see heavy rainfall on October 5.
Winds of 40 to 50 km/h are forecast over Kerala, Lakshadweep and Tamil Nadu on October 2. A strong surface wind warning is in place for coastal Andhra Pradesh and Rayalaseema from October 2 to 5.
In the Northeast, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are expected to get light to moderate rain from October 2 to 7, with isolated heavy rain possible in Arunachal Pradesh.
In eastern India, Odisha, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Gangetic West Bengal and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are expected to see light to moderate rain over the same period. Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim may see winds of 30 to 40 km/h, gusting to 50 km/h, on October 2 and 3. Chhattisgarh is expected to get rain from October 2 to 7, and East Madhya Pradesh on October 2 and 3.
In north India, isolated rain is expected around October 5 to 7 over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh. Delhi is forecast to stay dry, with a maximum of 33 to 35 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 21 to 23 degrees Celsius from October 5 onward.
The IMD said a low-pressure area over North Myanmar and Mizoram-Tripura has weakened but retains its cyclonic circulation. It said the line of withdrawal of the southwest monsoon continues to pass through Gurdaspur, Chandigarh, Muzaffarnagar, Aligarh, Dholpur, Udaipur, Deesa and Naliya, and that conditions are favourable for further withdrawal across northern regions.
Pilani in Rajasthan recorded the highest maximum temperature in the country, at 39.7 degrees Celsius.
Monsoon clouds in Bengal, India (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
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