According to the latest weather update by Skymet Meteorology Division in India, a well-marked low pressure area in the Arabian Sea is likely to intensify further into a depression in next 24 hours and then strengthen further into deep depression shortly afterwards. The system is moving in a north-northwestward direction and is seen lying over central Arabian Sea.
The weather system currently lies at latitude 14⁰E and longitude 68⁰N. As it strengthens further it is expected to give good amounts of rain over the Western Ghats below 18⁰N, i.e. below Ratnagiri, during the next 48 hours.
Forecasts suggest, good showers (mainly moderate, with isolated heavy) over north coastal Kerala and south coastal Karnataka in the next 24 hours. Parts of south Kerala and north Karnataka could receive mainly light rain during the same period.
At the time when the depression will be closest to the west coast, cities along coastal Maharashtra, such as Ratnagiri and Mumbai could start receiving significant rain from the 12th of June (+_ 2 days). Till then Ratnagiri could receive some light to very light showers during the next 24 hours. Mumbai on the other hand may witness some rain on Monday. This Monsoon surge may also help Southwest Monsoon to reach faster to the Maharashtra coast. Such Monsoon systems play a very crucial role, particularly during the initial days of the onset of Monsoon in India.
So far in the last 24 hours, weather in Mumbai remained dry, however heavy monsoon rainfall was recorded in Kerala. Places like Alappuzha, Kottayam and Thrissur received over 50 mm of rain. Idukki and Kozhikode witnessed rainfall between 30 to 40 mm. Mangalore in Karnataka on the other hand received 7 mm of rain. Karwar and Agumbe witnessed light showers.
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