New Delhi: India’s southwest monsoon is expected to remain active and strengthen further during the first half of August, offering hope after an uneven
start to the rainy season. The latest rainfall data from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) shows that the country’s overall monsoon rainfall deficit has reduced to 14%, marking a clear improvement compared to earlier weeks.
Weather experts say the revival has been triggered by the strongest weather system of this monsoon season so far, a deep depression moving across Maharashtra. The system has significantly boosted rainfall across large parts of the country over the past few days.
The deep depression is embedded within the active monsoon trough and has drawn large amounts of moisture from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. The weather system has also been strengthened by the Somali Jet, a powerful low-level wind current that carries moisture from the Arabian Sea towards the Indian subcontinent.
The combined effect of these weather systems has created favourable conditions for widespread and heavy rainfall across central and western India.
