DEEP CONVECTION OVER THE BAY OF BENGAL EARLIER TODAY! (credit: @IMD_Weather)

6/14/2016

DISCUSSION: As the beginnings of the Indian Monsoon gets into action over the last 5 to 10 days or so, there has been increasing amounts of deep tropical convection blossoming over central and eastern portions of the Bay of Bengal! Note how in the image below (courtesy of the IMD Weather Prodigy Twitter page) you can clearly see the large area of deep thunderstorm activity centered across the Eastern Bay of Bengal. This is a tell-tale sign that the Indian Monsoon is beginning to likely kick into full-throttle in the near future with very persistent, heavy rainfall producing widespread flooding across much of the Southern and Central India as well as some nearby areas outside of those regions of the Subcontinent! Additionally, attached below is another graphic which helps to visually illustrate the typical timeline associated with the onset of the Indian Monsoon Circulation! To learn more about other high-impact weather content from across the rest of Asia, be sure to click here!