Visakhapatnam: The tropical depression close to Philippines and the Korean Peninsula is affecting the monsoon surge in the Bay of Bengal.
Several tropical storms in the western Pacific, which have led to the weakening of southwest monsoon, continue to intensify and gain strength as per skymet weather wise.
After a weeklong considerable downpour over Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in June, the monsoon has stopped in its tracks, triggering concerns over less rainfall in the ongoing season.
According to Skymet, depressions developing into typhoons are not allowing any weather system to sustain energy and the wind pattern in the Indian subcontinent is being affected, thereby, no weather system is likely to come into the Bay of Bengal in the coming days.
The southwest monsoon had entered and spread all over Andhra Pradesh in mid June. After a few days of heavy rains in Vizag, Vijayawada and a few other towns and areas in the state, monsoon activity took a backseat and its activity will be restored only after the typhoons move away and become insignificant.
The month of June received a countrywide surplus of 16 per cent. Admitting that monsoon activity in AP and Telangana have slowed down, Cyclone Warning Centre director Visakhapatnam, K. Ramachandar Rao said that due to dry weather, presence of strong westerly, north westerly winds and few other combined factors have affected monsoon activity in July. Normal monsoon like scenario could be restored by a synoptic situation over Bay of Bengal.
Either low pressure or cyclonic circulation can push the monsoon over the two states. But, there has been no such development over the past one week and it seems the states have to wait some more days for skies to open up and pour gallons of waters, he added.
IMD officials said that many parts in the country received 16 per cent more rainfall than normal in June, 2015. But, July and August will receive around 10 per cent less rainfall and also predicted a deficient rainfall this year.
