Monsoon rains have been playing the game of hide and seek for the past many days over the state of Maharashtra. In a way, the state has been experiencing reduced rainfall activities for the last many days.
The Monsoon rains have been mainly confined to Konkan region along with a few parts of Vidarbha and isolated pockets of North Madhya Maharashtra.
On the last day as well, scattered light to moderate rains continued over Konkan region, with isolated heavy spells over South Konkan. Meanwhile, scattered light rains were observed in parts of Madhya Maharashtra and Vidarbha.
Interestingly, parts of Marathwada also received rains after a long-time lap. However, the central districts of Maharashtra were dry.
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In the last 24 hours from 08:30 am on Wednesday, Mahabaleshwar recorded 49 mm of rains, Udgir 30 mm, Alibag 8 mm, Washim 7 mm, Harnai 7 mm, Ratnagiri 6 mm, Gondia 4 mm, Parbhani 1 mm, Mumbai’s Colaba observatory recorded 6 mm of rains meanwhile, Santa Cruz observed 2 mm of light spells, Pune witnessed 0.2 mm of rains.
As of now, we expect, scattered rains to continue over Konkan, and Vidarbha region. Meanwhile, isolated showers over Madhya Maharashtra cannot be ruled out as well. The remaining parts of the state are likely to mainly remain dry.
At this stage, let us see the impact of this weather on the agriculture belt of Maharashtra:
Due to dry weather conditions over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha; farmers are advised to complete intercultural operations. If irrigation source is available then, farmers are suggested to irrigate cotton, Soybean, Maize, Sugarcane and other crops. In the Konkan region, farmers are suggested to complete top dressing with required fertilizers
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