The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has officially announced the withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon from several regions across India including the remaining parts of Northwest India, More parts of Central India and remaining parts of Gujarat and some parts of Maharashtra.
As of Friday, the monsoon has retreated from the following regions: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, West Madhya Pradesh, and the entire state of Gujarat.
Additionally, it has also withdrawn from some parts of East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Marathwada, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan, and the entire North Arabian Sea. Furthermore, it has retreated from some areas in the Central Arabian Sea.
The IMD predicts that conditions are favourable for the Southwest Monsoon to withdraw further from East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, some parts of Bihar, Jharkhand,
Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and some more regions in Maharashtra and the Central Arabian Sea over the next two to three days.
In the Northeast, residents can expect light to moderate rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning, with isolated heavy rainfall in Assam and Meghalaya from October 6 to 7. Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura will also experience these weather conditions on October 6. Isolated very heavy rainfall is anticipated in Assam, while isolated extremely heavy rainfall is expected in Meghalaya on October 6.
Moving towards the eastern part of the country, East India, specifically the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is likely to experience light to moderate fairly widespread rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall from October 7 to 8.
In South India, light to moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall, thunderstorms, and lightning with isolated heavy rainfall are expected over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal,
Kerala, and Mahe from October 8 to 9.
However, residents in Northwest, Central, and West India can look forward to stable weather conditions, as no significant weather events are predicted in these regions for the next five days.
