No respite on weather front in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Visakhapatnam: The weak southwest monsoon would be creating problems across the country due to its directional changes. Meteorologists say the Bay of Bengal branch of the southwest monsoon has been moving over the sea resulting in scanty rainfall.

Normally, weather pattern involves winds blowing from the southwest direction on to the Indian landmass during June-September. These are generally rain-bearing winds, blowing from the sea to the land, and bring rains to the sub-continent. Theoretica-lly, they split into two branches, the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch near the southernmost tip of the Indian peninsula.

But, this year, both the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea branches have been weak and they failed to bring rains in most of the states. The Bay of Bengal branch has brought some rains to the North East. The Arabian Sea branch benefited states like Rajasthan and Punjab to some extent.

India is likely to have a below average monsoon this year. Though monsoon had set in over many parts of the country there was no significant rainfall last month. Prof. Ramakrishna of Andhra University said the situation would be better after July 10 when the monsoon gains strength.

It seems there will be no respite from the heat in both Telangana and AP. IMD says heat wave conditions would prevail over Adilabad, Karimnagar and Warangal districts. Severe heat wave is likely in some parts of Khammam and Medak. Already heat wave conditions exist in Krishna and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh.