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Informist, Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026

 

MUMBAI – The progress of the southwest monsoon over the interior of south and central India will remain sluggish, unless an active monsoon low-pressure area or a depression forms over the Arabian Sea or the Bay of Bengal, according to private weather forecasting agency Skymet. The prolonged absence of such weather systems across the Indian seas could lead to a temporary stall in the advancement of the monsoon trough, the weather agency said.

 

Storms have been largely absent from the Indian Seas since late last year, with no disturbances recorded over either the Arabian Sea or the Bay of Bengal, the private weather forecasting agency said. Cyclone Ditwah, the last recorded cyclonic storm over the Indian seas, occurred in December 2025, the weather agency said. Pre-monsoon storms have remained largely absent from these regions this season, the agency said. Weather systems on either side of the Indian coast are the main drivers of the monsoon trough over the Indian mainland. 

 

Currently, the monsoon trough has travelled in a parallel course along the western coastline and remains weak over the interior of South Peninsula India. The weather activity recorded so far over South India is more characteristic of pre-monsoon bursts, which occur before the onset of the monsoon, the weather agency said. Rainfall over the region has remained largely normal so far in June, the agency said.

 

The progress of the monsoon trough over the south and central parts of the country will remain sluggish if an active weather system does not develop over the Bay of Bengal, the weather agency said. Currently, there are no signs of the formation of any strong weather system over the Bay of Bengal in the next 10 days. As such, the further advancement of the monsoon trough over Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and West Bengal is likely to remain slow, the agency said. 

 

The southwest monsoon set in over Kerala on Jun. 4, three days behind its normal date of Jun. 1. The northern limit of the monsoon currently passes through Harnai and Solapur in Maharashtra, Kalaburagi in Karnataka, Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, and Siliguri in West Bengal. As of Jun. 10, the average rainfall in the country so far this season was 26?low normal, at 26.1 millimetres.  End

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Saji George Titus

 

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