The India Meteorological Department (IMD) warned against cyclonic circulation, near Karnataka, over Arabian Sea from May 21 onwards. IMD predicted that the cyclonic activity would intensify further and would form a low-pressure area at the region around May 22.
“An upper air cyclonic circulation is likely to form over eastcentral Arabian Sea off Karnataka coast around 21st May. Under its influence, a Low-pressure area is likely to form over the same region around 22nd May. Thereafter, it is likely to move northwards and intensify further,” IMD said in its weather forecast dated May 19.
On Monday, heavy showers lashed over most of peninsular region, including Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Goa, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. This rainfall activity occurred due to the prevailing weather systems which are most likely to bring pre-monsoon downpour in the coming days. Other places where cyclonic circulation was noted include Haryana and Rajasthan, Assam, Maharashtra and Bay of Bengal.
Notably, Bengaluru and other parts of Karnataka received very heavy pre-monsoon showers on May 19 that resulted in waterlogging and flooding at several places.
As per Bengaluru Meteorological Centre’s nowcast warning, precipitation is likely in Kalaburagi, Shivamogga, Vijayapura, Devanagari, Raichur, Yadgir, Ballari, Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru Urban, Uttara Kannada, Udupi and Dakshina Kannada. Light to moderate rain, thundershowers, lightning and gusty wind speed of 30-40 kmph is likely at isolated places in the next 3 hours, the Meteorological Department said.
It forecasted very heavy to heavy rains until May 26 and predicted thunderstorms and lightning with extremely heavy rain until May 21.
IMD Senior Scientist RK Jenamani, “We have issued the orange warning for Karnataka for May 20 and 21. We have issued a red warning for North Interior Karnataka, South Interior Karnataka and coastal Karnataka and adjoining areas of Tamil Nadu… Konkan, Goa and Madhya Maharashtra to get very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall on the night of May 20 or 21st to 22nd,” ANI reported.
The IMD official further noted that moderate to heavy rainfall is likely in Mumbai from May 21.
Heatwave alert
The IMD Senior Scientist on May 19 said, “For North India, there is no chance of a heat wave intensifying… Heat wave warning is only confined to Rajasthan… Parts of South Haryana may have a heat wave… For Delhi, there is no heatwave warning.”
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