The southwest monsoon has begun its withdrawal from some areas of west Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Division (IMD) mentioned Sunday.
“The southwest monsoon has withdrawn from some elements of west Rajasthan on September 14 towards the traditional date of September 17,” mentioned IMD in its assertion Sunday.
This yr, the southwest monsoon onset over Kerala was realised on Could 24. Just like some standards important on the time of monsoon onset, the IMD mentioned that the factors for the monsoon withdrawal was realised on Sunday. These embrace the event of an anti-cyclonic circulation over west Rajasthan at 1.5 km above imply sea-level, dry or no rainfall over the area for 5 days and discount in moisture over the area as much as the mid-troposphere.
In keeping with the Met division, the road of withdrawal of the southwest monsoon handed by Sri Ganganagar, Nagaur, Jodhpur and Barmer.
Over the following two to a few days, the monsoon is anticipated to additional withdraw from extra areas of Rajasthan, some areas of Gujarat and Punjab.
Throughout the subsequent three days, the IMD has warned of heavy rain over northeast areas and Maharashtra.