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Rain-bearing clouds have taken up positions along and off the West Coast, the East Coast and parts of Central India this morning as a resurgent monsoon continues its run over the country.
The entire coast stretching from North Konkan, Mumbai and Valsad, Surat and Vadodara in adjoining South Gujarat are direct in the line of sight of huge masses of clouds.
Heavy weather alert
So are the southern-most fringes of Saurashtra and Kutch, extending from Diu into Junagadh and Porbandar, according to satellite pictures this morning.
India Met Department (IMD) has already issued a heavy weather alert for entire Konkan-Mumbai and South Gujarat for today.
Along the East Coast, clouds have already entered Nellore, Ongole, Narasapuram, Kakinada, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam in Coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Over Central India, Amravati and Achalpur in Maharashtra; and Timarni, Soghapur, Bhopal, Sagar, Jabalpur and Mandla in Madhya Pradesh are witnessing overcast skies.
So too, places in East-Central India in Odisha, Jharkhand and Bengal such as Bhadrak, Deogarh, Rourkela, Biramitrapur, Jamshedpur, Bardhaman and Asansol.
A US Climate Prediction Centre outlook said that most of the West Coast and adjoining interior peninsula would witness normal to excess showers until the month-end (12 days more).
Active Bay of Bengal
Its weather tracker that scans the landscape for signals for emerging heavy weather projects that the Bay of Bengal would remain unstable for some time, meaning presence of active weather systems.
It depicts a scenario where activity in the Bay peaks from September 26, subjecting East India and adjoining North-West India to another round of heavy rain.
This would have ramifications for adjoining Central India and peninsular India, which is something that is captured in the weather outlook maps until September 30.
Meanwhile, an IMD update said that the monsoon was 'vigorous' over Saurahstra & Kutch, Coastal Karnataka and Kerala yesterday.
It was 'active' over West Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Rayalaseema, North and South Interior Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
IMD has forecast rain at most places along the West Coast , Central and East India until September 25 while it will be isolated to scattered over the rest of the country during the period.
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