Regional Weekly Weather Report 12
Government of India Ministry of Earth Sciences India Meteorological Department Regional Weather Forecasting Centre Nagpur REGIONAL WEEKLY WEATHER REPORT 12 - 18 JULY 2018 SIGNIFICANT WEATHER FEATURES Monsoon Activity • A low pressure area formed over the North-West Bay of Bengal in the beginning of the week and has moved westnorthwestwards across the central parts of the country. A mid troposphere cyclonic circulation lay over Gujarat and neighbourhood throughout the week. The monsoon trough had been very active and has remained south of its normal position tilting southwards with height on many days during the week. Under the influence of these systems, intense rainfall activity has been observed over central India and along the west coast. • Southwest monsoon had been vigorous over Saurashtra & Kutch for three days and over Kerala and Odisha on one day each. It had been active over Gujarat Region and South Interior Karnataka and Madhya Maharashtra on most of the days; over Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Saurashtra & Kutch, Odisha and Vidarbha on three to four days;over Telangana, Marathwada, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Konkan & Goa on one or two days during the week. Heavy Rainfall Activity • Heavy to very heavy rain with extremely heavy falls at one or two places had been reported from Gujarat Region and Saurashtra & Kutch on four days each, from Odisha, Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and Kerala on one or two days each during the week. • Heavy to Very heavy rain had been reported from South Interior Karnataka on five days, from Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, East and West Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat Region on three to four days, from Kerala, East Rajasthan and East Uttar Pradesh on two days each and from Saurashtra & Kutch, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgargh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Vidarbha, Odisha and Chattisgarh on one day each during the week.
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