A monsoon low will crawl up the western coast of India over the next severaldays, likely becoming a tropical cyclone by early next week.More than 12 inches of rain are expected to fall across parts of western Indiathrough the early part of the upcoming week. Widespread, heavy rainfall willaffect the cities of Goa and Mumbai.
The monsoon low will track over very warm water, and is set to develop into atropical cyclone by early next week.
Landfall of this tropical system is expected during the Tuesday throughThursday time period, and could impact coastal locations from Mumbai, India, toperhaps as far north as Karachi, Pakistan.
This most recent tropical development could be the fourth named system of thetropical season in the Indian Ocean.
The region continues to clean up from last week's Tropical Cyclone Phet, whichinundated the region with heavy rain of over a foot and killed several peoplein Oman, northwestern India, and southern Pakistan. Thousands of people arestill displaced from their homes.
This low pressure system is good news for India, which relies on monsoonrainfall for agriculture and irrigation.
Story by Rob Miller, AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist and Carly Porter,AccuWeather.com Staff Writer.
