Southwest monsoon to withdraw from Odisha in next 2-3 days: IMD

Conditions are favourable for the withdrawal of southwest monsoon from several parts of the country including Odisha, informed the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday.

As per the IMD, the southwest monsoon is likely to withdraw from the remaining parts of East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh; some parts of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana; and some more parts of Maharashtra and Central Arabian Sea during the next 2-3 days.

Today, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from the remaining parts of Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

Weather Forecast

Northeast India: Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Assam & Meghalaya during 06th to 07th; over Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on October 6.

East India: Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall/thunderstorm and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Andaman & Nicobar Islands during 7th to 8th October.

South India: Light/moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/thunderstorm & lightning with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal and Kerala & Mahe during 8th to 9th October.