Northeast Monsoon may trigger wet spell in Andhra Pradesh till October 19

Dark clouds hover over the skyline of Visakhapatnam on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: K.R. DEEPAK

Andhra Pradesh is likely to witness a wet spell from October 14 to 19, with the Northeast Monsoon setting in over South Peninsular India from October 15.

Earlier this week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast that a low-pressure system is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal around October 13. However, weather experts have now pointed out that the system does not have the required strength to develop into a low-pressure zone.

Andhra Pradesh will experience a wet spell not because of the low pressure over Bay of Bengal but because of the onset of Northeast Monsoon and monsoon troughs, experts said.