Low pressure off AP coast to result in heavy rainfall; Telangana to miss rains
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Hyderabad: The Met department has sounded a heavy rainfall warning at isolated places in the areas around Coastal Andhra Pradesh for the next 72 hours.
“Heavy rains would occur at isolated places in the districts of Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam and Nellore of Coastal Andhra Pradesh and in the districts of Anantapur, Kadapa, Chittoor and Kurnool of Rayalaseema,” stated the IMD.
“The rains are due to the trough of low pressure from Odisha to South Tamil Nadu across Coastal Andhra Pradesh. A low pressure trough runs from Rayalaseema to the Gulf of Mannar across Tamil Nadu,” said IMD Hyderabad’s assistant meteorologist, N. Narasimha Rao.
On Wednesday, a few places in Telangana and Coastal Andhra Pradesh received rains while dry weather prevailed in Rayalaseema. In the last 24 hours, in Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Balajipeta of Vizianagaram district received six cm of rains followed by Pusapatirega mandal of Vizianagaram at five cm and Bheemunipatnam in Vishakhapatnam received four cm. In Telangana, Palawancha mandal of Khammam recorded five cm followed by Manuguru of Khammam district at three cm.
The lowest cumulative rainfall recorded till now this season was in Telangana. The region has received 26 per cent less rains followed by Rayalaseema, which received 21 per cent deficit rains. Coastal Andhra Pradesh meanwhile has received 11 per cent more than normal rains.
Medak district of Telangana has topped the list of deficit rainfall areas among the two states this Monsoon season. The district has recorded 58 per cent less than normal rainfall till date. This is followed by Kurnool in Rayalaseema, which recorded 48 per cent less than normal rains.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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