On Wednesday, Southwest Monsoon reached Mumbai and North Konkan area. Several areas of the coast together with Mumbai recorded 24 hours of rain, which ranged between 150 mm – 230 mm. Pune has obtained scanty rainfall at first of the season this 12 months, regardless of the monsoon arriving in Pune forward of schedule and three days forward of Mumbai. Between June 6 and 10, the town (Shivajinagar) recorded solely 3.7 mm.
Officials of India Meteorological Department (IMD), Pune have stated that reasonable depth (15.6 mm to 64.4 mm in 24 hours) rain will proceed within the metropolis until the center of subsequent week.
“Rainfall in Pune city and district will be of light intensity (2.5 mm to 15.5 mm in 24 hours) on Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, rain may intensify to moderate intensity (20 mm – 60 mm in 24 hours). There is a possibility of heavy rainfall in some parts of the city during June 14 to 16,” stated Anupam Kashyapi, head, IMD, climate forecasting division in Pune.
Importantly, these touring alongside the Ghat areas of Pune ought to notice that the IMD has warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall (64.4 mm to 204.4 mm in 24 hours) on the ghats until June 16.
On Friday, a low stress space developed over the Bay of Bengal and is anticipated to strengthen and transfer westwards by Sunday.
At current, an offshore trough is persisting between South Maharashtra and Kerala. With the formation of the primary low stress system of the monsoon season, westerly winds coming from the Arabian Sea are anticipated to strengthen from Friday. These three methods collectively will assist in vigorously remodeling Monsoon into Konkan and adjoining components of Madhya Maharashtra.
“There will be heavy to very heavy rains in the Ghats of Pune till June 16 due to strong winds,” Kashyapi stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
