The west coast of peninsular India right from Gujarat to Kerala will continue to receive Monsoon rain with chances of increase in intensity over Konkan and Goa. But the intensity of rain will remain less over north coastal Maharashtra including Ratnagiri and south coastal Gujarat for the next 2 to 3 days. Rain will remain scattered over interiors of Maharashtra while, north interior Karnataka will receive isolated showers.
As the Southwest Monsoon is likely to cover most parts of Maharashtra within 48 hours, good showers are expected over Madhya Maharashtra and Marathwada with isolated heavy spells over Vidarbha.
Rain in Maharashtra
In a span of 24 hours from 8.30 am on Tuesday, Vidarbha received good showers –
Amravati recorded 61 mm, Wardha 46 mm, Yeotmal 73 mm, Chandrapur 30 mm and Ramagundam 52 mm.
According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, conditions seem favourable for Southwest Monsoon to quickly progress towards Chhattisgarh, parts of Jharkhand and Bihar along with Telangana in next couple of days.
Rain in Konkan, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala
The monsoon surge keeps on fluctuating and now seems more active over the west coast, particularly Konkan, Goa and Karnataka but reduced over north coastal Maharashtra. Rain has been less over Kerala, here’s a look -
Alappuzha 18 mm, Kozhikode received 10.4 mm of rain, Kochi 29 mm, Kottayam 17 mm, Thiruvananthapuram 2 mm and Kannaur 10 mm.
Other places on the west coast like Panaji in Goa received 14.3 mm of rain, Karwar 17 mm, Honnavar 16 mm and Mangalore 25 mm of rain.
Rain in South India has picked up considerably from the 11th of June. But this increase in rain still hasn't been able to make up for the deficit in South India.
Deficiency in the National Cumulative Average monsoon rain, from the 1st to the 17th of June, has been increasing and now stands at a whopping 49%. On a whole South India is facing a rain deficit of about 28% while the deficiency was 24% till the 14th. Deficiency over coastal Karnataka reduced from 46% to 32% in just one day, while in Konkan & Goa the deficit reduced from 52% to 35%.
Looking at the figures we can conclude that intensity of rain is increasing but deficiency seems to be overriding as the west coast of South India receives very heavy showers, especially in the initial phase of Southwest Monsoon.
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