The South-West monsoon has managed to cover the entire country after it ran up the outer areas of Saurashtra, Kutch, Gujarat and west Rajasthan on Thursday.

It took only two extra days beyond the normal for it to complete the pan-India coverage despite having been delayed by days together, if not weeks, to report at crucial pit-stops along the way.

Procession of ‘low’s Meanwhile, international models signal that the Bay of Bengal would witness more than one low-pressure area before the month of July is out.

In what looks like the best piece of news for the monsoon, the ‘low’ expected off the Odisha coast on Sunday would be followed by another one a little to the south exactly a week later on July 27.

On Thursday, India Met Department said that the rains filtered into Saurashtra, Kutch, entire Gujarat and west Rajasthan with a ‘low’ over north-west Madhya Pradesh working away behind the scenes.

Heavy to very heavy rain lashed central India and adjoining west coast with Bhira (21 cm) and Mahabaleshwar (17cm) recording the highest recorded overnight on Thursday morning.

More rain forecast More rain is on the way in view of the formation the next ‘low’ over northwest Bay gifted by the northwest Pacific/South China Sea typhoon Rammasun.

Latest outlook indicated that the typhoon might not reach category-3 strength in the South China Sea; it would weaken into category-1 after exiting from Hainan Island and hit Vietnam on Friday evening.

By the time it would have sent in a remnant circulation into the Bay, which will convert into a ‘low’ there by Sunday.

It will roll into central India along nearly the same track as the predecessor located over north Madhya Pradesh on Thursday. Another spell of rain is for the asking for east and central India and the west coast.

International models indicated the Bay could host another ‘low’, third in the current series, by Sunday next.

Gift from pacific This too could be a ‘gift’ from across the territorial waters as a fresh disturbance takes shape in the northwest Pacific, drifts into South China Sea, and intensifies as a tropical depression.

But it would be able to set off a ‘flutter’ in the air to lob in a circulation into the Bay. This is expected to settle as a ‘low’ off the Andhra Pradesh coast.

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