Despite the late arrival, Southwest Monsoon has been giving vigorous rainfall activities over North Konkan and Goa and adjoining parts of Gujarat. Very heavy Monsoon rains have been going on right from Surat in Gujarat up to Mahabaleshwar in Maharashtra. In fact, rains have remained unstoppable over Dahanu as the city has recorded extremely heavy rains to the tune of 299 millimeter in the span of just 24 hours, thus being the rainiest place in the country within the last 24 hours. Moreover, more heavy showers are coming up for the city and we expect Dahanu will surpass its daunting monthly rainfall target in the next three days.
According to our meteorologists, the monthly average rainfall of Dahanu for the month of July is 650.7 mm and the city has been lucky enough to cover half of its monthly target on the first day of July itself. All thanks to the extremely heavy downpour, making a frequent appearance over the city now.
Record:
The highest amount of rainfall over Dahanu in a span of 24 hours was recorded on July 1 in 1958, wherein the city observed extremely heavy rains to the tune of 431 millimeter.
Forecast:
Looking at the ongoing conditions, we expect that Dahanu will surpass its monthly rainfall target in the first week of July itself, as more moderate to heavy showers are in store for the city.
The reason for these heavy showers goes to the Cyclonic Circulation over South Gujarat and adjoining North Konkan and Goa. The system will result in good rains over the entire region of North Konkan and Goa including Dahanu for the next three to four days.
In addition to this system, another major weather system, i.e a Low-Pressure Area is present over North Odisha. This system will intensify further and start moving towards Central India. Further, by July 4, its effect will extend up to North Konkan and Goa and adjoining South Gujarat, thus leading to heavy rains here. Thus, we can say that the first week of July is going to be the rainiest one for the entire North Konkan and Goa region.
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