Southwest Monsoon Reaches Southern Coastal Saurashtra & South Gujarat

Current Weather Conditions On 9th June 2013 @ 3.00 pm.

From IMD:

Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of central Arabian Sea, Konkan, Marathawada and Telangana; some parts of north Arabian Sea, southern parts of Saurashtra & Gujarat region and Vidarbha; most parts of Madhya Maharashtra and some more parts of south Chhattisgarh.

The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) passes through Lat. 21.0°N / Long. 60.0°E, Lat. 21.0° N/ Long. 65.0°E, Veraval, Surat, Jalgoan, Amraoti, Chandrapur, Jagdalpur, Puri Lat. 21.0° N/ Long. 88.0°E, Kolkata, Jalpaiguri and Gangtok.

Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of north Arabian Sea, Gujarat state, Chhattisgarh and Odisha; remaining parts of Madhya Maharashtra, Vidarbha, northwest Bay of Bengal, West Bengal & Sikkim and some parts of south Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Bihar during next 2-3 days.

IMD Map of Advance of Southwest Monsoon 2013 on 9th June 2013

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Forecast: 9th June to 11th June

Saurashtra, Gujarat & Kutch:

Conditions are improving for onset of Southwest Monsoon over rest of Saurashtra, rest of Gujarat & Kutch.  There has been rainfall over Southern Coastal parts of Saurashtra on 8th June.  Scattered rainfall expected over Saurashtra, South & Central Gujarat during the forecast period.  Southwest Monsoon expected to set in over some more parts of Saurashtra & Gujarat during next 2 to 3 days.