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ISRO Satellite Images Show Strong Revival of Southwest Monsoon

Thursday, July 2, 2026
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ISRO Satellite Images Show Strong Revival of Southwest Monsoon

Satellite images from ISRO this Wednesday really showed something happening with the monsoon. There was a dramatic surge in cloud cover sweeping across northern India. It signals a strong revival of the southwest monsoon, especially after one of the driest Junes we've seen.

The thermal infrared pictures they captured were dense. Cloud bands stretched out from central India all the way into the Indo-Gangetic plains. This whole thing is being driven by active circulation and fresh weather systems over the Bay of Bengal.

The IMD, through ISRO’s INSAT-3DS imagery, saw this cloud mass spread across the central adjoining northern peninsula. Northwest coast, east coast, west coast it was everywhere.

We also saw moisture-laden winds converging. They were coming in from both the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal right over northern India. And that monsoon trough? It's finally starting to shift closer to where it should be. That’s setting up conditions for actual rainfall across the plains.

This enhanced cloud activity isn't just theoretical anymore. It’s already brought widespread rain. We’re talking about Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and several other places getting soaked already.

Earlier this week too, the imagery picked up something else. A continuous rain band nearly 1,500 kilometers long stretched from West Bengal right up to Jammu and Kashmir. It really highlights how active the monsoon is moving across a huge chunk of the country.

When you look at the satellite view, it’s clear. Tight rain-bearing clouds are stretching through eastern, central, and northern India. They aren't scattered thunderstorms; they look joined in one long line. Meteorologists are saying this really means an active monsoon circulation is kicking in. These massive clouds carry serious moisture. And they bring heavy rain to several states all at once.

The weather department noted that the southwest monsoon actually advanced into most of west Uttar Pradesh and some parts of east Haryana on July 1st, following those widespread rains and thunderstorms. Now, officials are expecting it keeps pushing north over the next twenty-four hours.

The forecasts point toward the monsoon officially setting in over Delhi-NCR, Chandigarh, and more areas in Haryana and Punjab sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday afternoon. Expect initial thunderstorms with gusty winds first. Then that’s just the start. More rainfall is expected as the whole system establishes itself across the region.

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