In another example of a weak Monsoon in India this year, the interiors of South India and almost entire Maharashtra have been dry in the last 24 hours. And according to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, barring Karnataka and Kerala coast and isolated parts of Telangana, weather in South India is expected to be mainly dry for 48 hours.
On Saturday, Monsoon rain in South India was once again confined mainly to Kerala and Karnataka coast, while the interiors continued to reel under dry weather conditions Maharashtra also remained dry and the capital city Mumbai recorded no rain.
Here’s a look at rain figures from Saturday:
Rain at Karnataka: Agumbe 102.2 mm, Honavar 35 mm, Karwar 78.3 mm, Madikeri 70 mm, Mangalore 4 mm, Belgaum 0.3 mm and Chitradurga recorded traces of rain.
Rain in Kerala: Kozhikode 31 mm, Kottayam 23 mm, Kannur 10 mm, Punalur 9.4 mm, Alappuzha 4 mm, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram 3 mm each.
While capital cities of Bangalore and Hyderabad, lying in the interiors of South India remained dry, Chennai in north coastal Tamil Nadu recorded 10 mm of rain due to formation of a feeble trough.
In Andhra Pradesh, rain was recorded at Ongole, Visakhapatnam and Anantpur due to the same trough which gave rain over Chennai.
Meanwhile, weather in Mahrashtra remained dry with very light and isolated rain recorded at Mahabaleshwar (5 mm), Dahanu (0.8 mm) and Ratnagiri (1.9 mm).
“Monsoon surge will continue to be weak, bringing moderate to heavy rain only at Karnataka and Kerala coast. Mumbai may get some isolated showers on Sunday but after 24 hours the weather in Maharashtra, particularly over north coastal Maharashtra and south coastal Gujarat, will be dry for the next three to four days”, says meteorologist Mahesh Palawat.
Currently, the National Cumulative Average Monsoon rainfall is facing a deficit of 37%. Rain deficit in South India on a whole is about 20% with highest deficit being faced by coastal Andhra Pradesh of about 68%.
Till 21st June, rain deficit figures in different sub divisions of Mahrashtra were: Konkon & Goa 36%, Vidarbha 37%, Madhya Maharashtra 51% and Marathwada 69%.
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