Monsoon withdraws from parts of Rajasthan; heavy rains likely in Maharashtra

The Southwest Monsoon has started to withdraw from parts of Rajasthan on Sunday according to the India Meteorological Department IMDThe weather department said on Sunday that the conditions were favourable for further withdrawal from other areas of Rajasthan as well as parts of Punjab and Gujarat over the next two to three daysHeavy to very heavy rainfall is expected to continue across northeastern states and Maharashtra for the next three days a weather bulletin saidIn the past 24 hours till 830 am on 14th September several states experienced intense rainfall it saidExtremely heavy rainfall was reported in Bihar SubHimalayan West Bengal and Sikkim and Himachal Pradesh Very heavy rainfall 12ndash20 cm occurred in Telangana Konkan and Goa Assam and Meghalaya Nagaland Manipur Mizoram and Tripura and Marathwada the weather departments bulletin saidHeavy rainfall 7ndash11 cm was observed in parts of Tamil Nadu Coastal Andhra Pradesh Gangetic West Bengal Gujarat Region Uttarakhand East Madhya Pradesh and Madhya Maharashtra the bulletin further statedA low Pressure area over north Telangana and adjoining Vidarbha persisted at 0830 hrs on Sunday the September 14 The associated cyclonic circulation now extends up to 45 km above mean sea level tilting southwestwards with height It is likely to move westnorthwestwards towards central parts of Vidarbha and neighbourhood Thereafter it is likely to move nearly northwards as a remanent upper air cyclonic circulation the IMD bulletin saidIt said that a lowpressure area persists over north Telangana and adjoining Vidarbha It is likely to move westnorthwestwards and then shift northwards as an upper air cyclonic circulationA trough extends from this lowpressure area to the south Maharashtra coast affecting weather across North Interior KarnatakaCyclonic circulations are also present over Central AssamSoutheast Bay of Bengal andWestcentral and Northwest Arabian SeaLightmoderate rainthunderstorm at mostmany places with isolated heavy rainfall likely over Arunachal Pradesh on September 14 and 17 Assam and Meghalaya Nagaland Manipur Mizoram and Tripura on September 15 and 16 and during 18th 20th September with very heavy rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh on 15th and 16th Nagaland Manipur Mizoram and Tripura the weather departments bulletin saidFishermen warningThe IMD said that fFishermen are advised not to venture into the following areasArabian Sea Westcentral and adjoining southwest along and off Somalia coast during September 14 to 19 Along and off OmanYemen coasts during September 1618 Along and off Oman coast on September 14 and 18Northwest and adjoining Westcentral Arabian Sea Adjoining sea area on September 16Eastcentral Arabian Sea Along and off Konkan and Goa coast on September 15Bay of Bengal Gulf of Mannar and adjoining Comorin area over few parts of southwest Bay of Bengal and adjoining sea areas along and off Sri Lanka coast during September 14 and 19