Signs of Early monsoon onset 2025

11th May 2025

After long break, rains are back. Coastal karnataka had poor pre-monsoon rains so far. It has been nearly 20 days without a drop of rain. Today, the heavy clouds streamed from west and engulfed our region. By night, we had light showers and monster shower at midnight. Even though the showers were fleeting, they gave hope that rains are alive. Its been protracted dry days so far. The humidity is soaring, the clouds are seen everywhere which are portending rains in early days. Unlike the ground strikes that occur during pre-monsoon time, the thunder we heard today was mild one which resembled atmosphere during monsoon onset. Lets see how rainfall pattern continues in a week of time. Here are the towering clouds captured on 12th morning. As wind speeds increase, these clouds easily make it to mainland from sea. Currently, wind speeds are not supportive to push them to mainland.

I don't like my vivo v40 pro blowing up highlights. They do not present monsoon vibe appropriately even though nature posed beautifully! Despite complaining them they seem to have no obligation to address customer issues.

Look how parched are the land below. Region is extremely desperate to have rains

Here is wide angle picture. You can see me shooting in shadows!

While west side is abuzz with clouds, the east is bone dry. The shine is smiling energetically jeering at rain deprived vegetation.

Towering clouds to conclude the post!

Met department also has predicted early monsoon and an above average rainfall for rest of May. Hopefully it materializes. Only desire is to witness a heavy rain spell before my stay concludes at home town. I am not hopeful of any further visits to native in near future during monsoon. Even though natural resources are declining, monsoon has been normal so far in our region. However, the trend has been awkward with gaps in between and sometimes monsoon extending beyond the duration. Weather pattern changes are real and can be conveniently concluded from past 5yrs track record.

Meanwhile, we did have early monsoon onset with stations clocking 300mm+ in 24hrs during May end itself. SO this time  the prediction has come true but farming community is highly confused