Karnataka Rain Update: Coastal and Inland Districts Set for Rains as Low-Pressure Area Shifts

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Mangaluru : While rainfall had largely subsided in Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod, good rains were recorded across Ankola, Karwar, Honnavar, Kumta, Bhatkal, and Siddapur in Uttara Kannada, alongside Byndoor and Kundapura in Udupi district. Moderate scattered rains hit Tirthahalli, Hosanagara, and Sagara in Shivamogga, while several areas in Belagavi, Dharwad, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Raichur, and Ballari experienced good showers, even as Southern Interior districts saw reduced activity. As per today’s forecast, coastal regions will see fresh rain, with widespread precipitation predicted across all districts until Saturday morning. Kasaragod and Dakshina Kannada are expected to have partly cloudy skies with continuous drizzles or periodic light-to-moderate showers starting in the afternoon, whereas coastal taluks of Udupi and Uttara Kannada are primed for good rainfall today before wet spells ease around September 26 as the low-pressure system weakens.

In the Malnad belt, Shivamogga and Chikkamagaluru will remain cloudy with normal rains, while the Western Ghats section could see heavier spells. Kodagu will witness scattered light showers, and the ghat areas adjoining Kodagu and Hassan are likely to receive moderate rainfall, with eastern thunderstorm activity expected toward the end of September. Meanwhile, South Interior districts will remain partly cloudy, with drizzles to moderate showers likely across Davanagere, Vijayanagara, Chitradurga, Tumakuru, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapura, and Kolar. Although rainfall will taper off after tomorrow, another round of thunderstorms is forecast from September 29. Across North Interior Karnataka, overcast conditions will prevail today, bringing light drizzles and thunderstorm-backed moderate rains to Bidar, Kalaburagi, Belagavi, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Bagalkote, Vijayapura, Yadgir, Raichur, and Ballari, followed by clearer, sunnier weather from September 26.

At the national level, the low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal has crossed the Odisha-Andhra Pradesh border and is moving northward toward the Himalayas, triggering heavy rainfall in East India and the Himalayan foothills. India’s western coast will witness good rainfall for the next two to three days before it weakens, leading to a significant reduction in rain across Karnataka from September 26, until eastern thunderstorm showers return to Southern Karnataka around September 29.