BIG WEATHER ALERT! Southwest monsoon hits Kerala, IMD informs

The southwest monsoon hits the coast of Kerala on Thursday, June 3, against the normal date of June 1, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The monsoon is behind its regular schedule. 

“The Southwest monsoon has advanced into some parts of south Arabian Sea, south Kerala, Lakshadweep and southern Tamil Nadu. The monsoon will make further advance over some more parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, coastal Karnataka, and Rayalaseema during the next two days,” the IMD has informed.

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More than 60 per cent of the 14 rainfall monitoring stations reported rainfall 2.5 mm or more on the past 2 days consecutively. Also, the spatial distribution of rainfall over Kerala remained to be fairly widespread during the past 2 days. 

Westerly winds have strengthened in the lower levels (wind speed up to 20 knots) and Satellite-derived winds suggest that 15-20 knots westerly winds prevail up to 600 hPa as on June 2, the Meteorological department said. 

"There is persistent convection (cloudiness indicated by Outgoing Longwave Radiation values <200 Wm-2) from satellite imagery and coastal Doppler Weather Radars over Lakshadweep and adjoining the southeast Arabian Sea along and off Kerala coast and Maldives area," IMD added. 

The IMD has alerted that due to the strengthening of lower-level south-westerly winds, widespread rainfall activity very likely over North-eastern states in the next 5 days. Isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Arunachala Pradesh during 4 to 6 June, Assam and Meghalaya during 3-7 June, and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on 5 and 6 June.