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Parts of Kerala are apt to acquisition wide dense rainfall, particularly successful confederate Kerala, implicit the adjacent fewer days arsenic atmospheric conditions change. The strengthening of pre-monsoon-like conditions is expected to trigger wide rainfall crossed the State, though aggravated spells of rainfall are apt lone successful the 2nd fractional of the month.
According to a upwind bulletin issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) connected Thursday (May 7, 2026), an precocious aerial cyclonic circulation formed implicit the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep disconnected the southbound Kerala coast, extending up to 1.5 km supra mean oversea level. In addition, a trough/wind discontinuity present runs from this cyclonic circulation to southwest Madhya Pradesh crossed interior Karnataka and Maharashtra astatine 0.9 km supra mean oversea level.
The strategy is expected to powerfulness isolated dense rainfall successful confederate Kerala successful the coming days. A yellowish alert has been issued for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, and Kannur connected Friday (May 8, 2026), informing of rains successful the scope of 64.5 mm to 115.5 mm successful 24 hours. As galore arsenic 9 districts successful confederate and cardinal Kerala are enactment connected yellowish alert connected Saturday (May 9, 2026) and 7 districts connected Sunday (May 10, 2026).
Meanwhile, parts of Kerala besides started to grounds dense rainfall. Koyilandy successful Kozhikode recorded the highest rainfall of 100 mm during the past 24 hours ending astatine 8.30 a.m. connected Thursday, followed by Thattathumala successful Thiruvananthapuram with 80 mm, Vellanikkara successful Thrissur, Taliparamba successful Kannur, and the Malampuzha dam country successful Palakkad with 70 mm each.
