A deep depression is expected to linger over Central India through Wednesday, bringing heavy to very heavy rainfall to key agricultural and industrial zones including Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, and eastern Madhya Pradesh.
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has highlighted these regions in its latest models, indicating that the weather system is not moving out as quickly as anticipated.
The prolonged stay of the depression extends the period of severe monsoon rains previously forecast for West and Central India.
This intensification adds to the disruption risks for logistics and agricultural harvesting in the region, which have been under pressure from earlier heavy downpours.
The weather system is expected to drive severe precipitation before eventually shifting northward toward the Himalayan foothills.
For markets, the persistence of the depression keeps uncertainty around regional supply chains and agricultural output elevated.