Daily Crop Weather Information on 23 October 2020

Abstract

The withdrawal line of the Southwest Monsoon continues to pass through Lat. 27°N/Long.90°E, Cooch Behar, Sriniketan, Ranchi, Pendra Road, Mandla, Narsinghpur, Indore, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Porbandar, Lat.21°N/Long.65°E and Lat.21°N/Long.60°E. • Conditions continue to be favourable for further withdrawal of Southwest Monsoon from remaining parts of Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and North & Central Arabian Sea; some parts of Odisha and north Maharashtra during next 2-days and from remaining parts of West Bengal, Sikkim, Odisha, Telengana, parts of north-eastern states, Andhra Pradesh and most parts of Maharashtra during subsequent 2 days. • With likely setting in of northeasterly winds in the lower tropospheric levels over Bay of Bengal and extreme south peninsular India, the southwest monsoon is likely to withdraw from entire country around 28 October, 2020. Simultaneously, the Northeast Monsoon rains are also likely to commence over Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and adjoining areas of Karnataka and Kerala around 28 Oct, 2020. • The Depression over Northwest Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast moved northnortheastwards with a speed of 24 kmph during past 06 hours and lay centred at 0830 hrs IST of today, the 23rd October, 2020 near Latitude 21.3°N & Longitude 88.4°E over Northwest Bay of Bengal off West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts, about 50 km southeast of Sagar Islands (West Bengal) and 200 km west-southwest of Khepupara (Bangladesh). It is very likely to move north-northeastwards and cross West Bengal & adjoining Bangladesh coasts between Sagar Islands (West Bengal) and Khepupara (Bangladesh) over Sundarbans around noon of today, the 23rd October, 2020. Under the influence of above system: • Light to moderate rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy falls at a few places and extremely heavy falls at isolated places very likely over Tripura; heavy to very heavy falls at a few places over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and south 2 Assam & Meghalaya. Light to moderate rainfall at many places with heavy falls at isolated places likely over remaining districts of Assam on 23rd October, 2020. • Sea Condition will be rough to very rough over North Bay of Bengal and along & off north Odisha-West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas during next 24 hours.