Monsoon Watch -5...
Cross Equatorial Flow has picked up considerably in the Bay and Arabian Sea. Winds over 40 knts are seen gushing Northwards off the Somali Coast, and upto 40 knts winds, rushing towards NE,  are also seen in the Bay.
Winds off the Sri Lanka coast have picked up considerably.

Today's SST map is reproduced here to show the Sea temperature falling sufficiently along the Somali coast. It is presently around 18/20c.....
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RT @AxPn:  8:23pm, heavy rains lashing #Bengaluru now !

8:20pm, scattered rain along Karnataka coast and Kerala coast.

T showers over NW Tamilnadu into S Karnataka... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/jQ4Yt.jpg

8pm, Line of T showers seen along coast from NE Andhra to Odisha to S,E Bengal ... https://d2jhuj1whasmze.cloudfront.net/photos/normal/jQ5B1.jpg