Karnataka awaits imminent Monsoon landfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds predicted: Week's forecast here

Amid drought prevailing over rrn and Central parts of Karnataka owing to extreme dry conditions, South-West monsoon is finally predicted to make landfall this week beginning from Tuesday. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds at speed of 30 - 40 km per hour are forecast for Karnataka beginning from June 4.

With trough of low at mean sea level over South-East Arabian sea off Kerala-Karnataka coast persisting, showers are predicted for both Karnataka and Kerala:

forecast for current week begins with thunderstorms accompanied by gusty winds(30 - 40 km per hour) over isolated areas in interior Karnataka, as on June 4. As monsoon sets in, isolated places in interior Karnataka joining with Kerala are expected to receive thunderstorms with gusty winds starting from June 5.

June 6 Onwards:

South interior Karnataka is said to receive its share of monsoon from June 6 onwards following which heavy rainfall is expected to continue until June 11 in different regions of South interior Karnataka. rth interior Karnataka, however, is predicted to have thunderstorms with gusty winds beginning from June 7.

current situation:

South-Western parts of Karnataka including Bengaluru have received a good share of pre-monsoon showers as some districts have recorded rainfall above 40mm. Maximum and minimum temperatures will range between 33 and 21 degrees Celsius, lasting through week.   

rrn and Central parts of Karnataka are looking forward to monsoon rains as y have remained extremely dry, leing to acute short of water for both irrigation and consumption purposes. Furr, farmers' woes are compounded due to lack of rainfall in interior regions of rth Karnataka.

state has received actual rainfall of 22.1 mm from June 1 until June 4 which is above rmal level(17.3 mm) and as on June 4, state has received 3.6 mm of rain as opposed to rmal level of 4.7 mm.