There have been extensive rains in the past months, but now the season comes to an end. Monsoon season officially comes to an end on Wednesday. Rainfall in India was 109% of the long period average (LPA) until Tuesday. The numbers are higher than 102% of LPA with an error margin of +/-4%, which the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had projected in June. The final monsoon rainfall data will be issued by the IMD authorities on Thursday. A nationwide break-up shows that southern peninsular India; central; and east and the north-eastern parts of the country have received 29%, 15%, and 7% excess rainfall, respectively, to date since June 1 while north-west India reported a 16% deficiency in rainfall during the corresponding period.

Massive Rainfall to lash parts of Assam and Meghalaya on these days

Usually, monsoon is supposed to switch from the country by October 15. However, IMD declares the end of monsoon on September 30. Monsoon months extended from June to September. The conditions are becoming favorable for further withdrawal of monsoon from most parts of Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, the western Himalayan region and some parts of Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Madhya Pradesh (MP) during the next two days, as per the IMD’s bulletin on Tuesday night.

Met department issues heavy rain and storm alert

A cyclonic circulation is lying over the west-central Bay of Bengal off the Andhra Pradesh (AP) coast between the lower and upper troposphere. Under its control, widespread rainfall with moderate thunderstorm and lightning is likely to occur over southern peninsular India during the next two days, IMD’s bulletin said. There is a prediction for heavy to very heavy rainfall over Tamil Nadu (TN), Puducherry, Karaikal, AP, Telangana, Kerala and southern interior Karnataka until Wednesday. Rainfall activity is likely to increase over the north-eastern states from Thursday. Widespread and heavy rainfall is expected over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura between Thursday and Saturday.

Indian Meteorological Department predicts post-monsoon rains in these areas