NEW DELHI: The southwest monsoon is making a steady advance into Maharashtra and West Bengal and the weatherman has predicted a “good week” ahead.
India Meteorological Department director general K J Ramesh said monsoon is in an “active phase” and has reached Mumbai, Mahabaleshwar (in Maharashtra) and several parts of the Konkan region, apart from the Bijapur district in north Karnataka.
“There is also a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal and this will take the monsoon to several parts of West Bengal.
“The coming week will be very good for the advance of monsoon on the western side and east India,” Ramesh said.
However, there will be no significant change in maximum temperatures over most part of the country during the next 24 hours and mercury is likely to rise by 2-3 degrees celcius over plains of northwest India thereafter.
The IMD last week upgraded its initial monsoon forecast from 96 per cent of the Long Period Average (LPA) to 98 per cent, which comes in the range of “normal” rainfall.
“Favourable conditions are developing for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, Konkan, Madhya Maharashtra.
