As was expected, a low-pressure area that has been presiding over a productive rain session in the East has weakened this afternoon.
India Met Department officially made known the status of the 'low' perched over North Bangladesh and adjoining West Bengal.
In one stroke, the weakening cut down a trough extending from it and spread over the plains of Northwest and East India to nearly a half.
The truncated feature now extends from from West Uttar Pradesh to Mizoram in the Northeast. It brings under its footprint east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
In its earlier avatar, it had extended coverage to Punjab and Rajasthan to the Northwest.
The remnant cyclonic circulation in the place of the 'low' will still continue to bring in heavy to very heavy rain in the Northeast.
Moisture feed
This is because the circulation is still capable of pulling in the moisture from the Bay of Bengal and dump it as rain locally.
Meanwhile, fresh clouding has begun to build in the North Bay in what is a promising signal of initiation of another cyclonic circulation/low-pressure area in the waters.
Monsoon watchers have shifted their focus to the Head Bay around which the clouds are converging.