A monsoon depression has materialised over North-West and adjoining West-Central Bay of Bengal off the coast of North Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coasts this morning.
The prevailing active monsoon conditions over East India, Central India and adjoining North Peninsular India is expected to get a further boost as a result.
Already, heavy to very heavy rainfall has been reported overnight over Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Marathawada, Madhya Maharashtra, Konka and Goa.
India Met Department (IMD) expected the depression to cross between Gopalpur and Puri in Odisha tonight. It has initially forecast a west-northwest course for system movement into land.
It has forecast rain ranging from heavy to very heavy to extremely heavy at various places over South Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh coast today.
Heavy to very rain has also been forecast for Konkan, Goa, Chhattisgarh, North Odisha and Telangana while it will be heavy over Vidarbha, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, South Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka.
NO MAJOR CHANGE
Fishermen have been advised not to venture off and along the Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh coasts. Squally winds of up to 45 km/hr and gusting to 55 km/hr have been warned of here.
Weather outlook for tomorrow doesn't show any major change except that the heavy rain belt could enter East Madhya Pradesh and orient further towards Central and adjoining West India.
The initial track for movement of the system suggests that it could land up over Gujarat and South-West Rajasthan, bringing to bear the second consecutive round of heavy rain into the region.
The North-Eastern States as well as parts of the South Peninsula are expected to benefit, though the heavy rain belt is seen skipping Kerala and Tamil Nadu at least for the time being.