The low-pressure area persisted over east-central Arabian Sea on Tuesday but seemed to have lost some steam from overnight even as the monsoon entered into some more parts of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and the Bay of Bengal besides parts of the Northeastern States. The US Navy's Joint Typhoon Warning Centre has temporarily removed the storm intensification watch in the Arabian Sea.

The offshore trough persisted along the west coast from Konkan to Kerala, representing active monsoon conditions.

India Meteorological Department (IMD) traced the northern limit of monsoon stuck to Dahanu on the west coast but as having expanded coverage over the interior to Nasik, Gulbarga, Rentachintala and Narsapur, and Aizawal and Imphal to the northeast.

Conditions are favourable for its further advance more parts of Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and the Northeastern States, remaining parts of Karnataka and Bay of Bengal by the weekend.

Satellite pictures revealed the presence of convective (rain-driving) clouds over parts of east-central Arabian Sea.

BAY WHIRL?

Meanwhile on Tuesday, the Bay whipped up some interest as an upper air cyclonic circulation revealed itself. A counterpart hung in close proximity over land in Jharkhand.

Associated convective clouds were strewn all over along north coastal Andhra Pradesh, coastal Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand, the larger Bay of Bengal and south Andaman Sea.

The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) maintained a watch for the monsoon to come under a fresh invigorating spell through the week and into the next (until June 17).

It expected to see a helpful westerly trough from across the northwest dipping into northwest Bay of Bengal and emerging with what looks like a low-pressure area.

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