Rains brought life to a standstill in Mumbai
Heavy rains on Friday lashed parts of the western coast, especially Mumbai and Konkan areas, even as the Southwest Monsoon showed no signs of advancement over the past six days.
The Southwest monsoon has been "vigorous" over Telangana and "active" over Konkan and Goa, Vidarbha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and South?Interior Karnataka, the India Meteorological Department(IMD) said and "heavy" to "very heavy" rainfall is expected in many parts of this region over the next 48-72 hours.
According to Skymet, a private weather forecasting agency, the offshore trough running from south Gujarat coast up to Kerala is causing rain in the region.
Since last 24 hours, Mumbai has recorded a whopping 283 mm of rain, which pushes the total rainfall received so far in the month of June to 537 mm. This is more than the monthly average of 523 mm. High tide of 4.60 metres is also expected around 2 pm.
The India Meteorological Department said, "Heavy to very heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places in the districts of Konkan region and Goa during the next 72 hours, starting from the morning of June 20".
"Heavy rainfall would occur at isolated places in districts of Marathwada during the next 24 hours," it said.
Ratnagiri received 104 mm of rain, while Goa observed 101 mm of rain. Honavar (coastal Karnataka) and Kochi also witnessed 51 mm and 46 mm of rain respectively. Heavy rain is also being observed along the east coast. Machilipatnam in a span of 24 hours, from 8.30 am on Thursday, has received 70 mm of rain. Kakinada and Visakhapatnam have recorded 33 mm and 27 mm of rain respectively, the Skymet said.
South Odisha will also receive some good amount of rain. The interior parts of Maharashtra, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh will also have rains during the next 24 hours.
Meanwhile, despite the heavy rainfall in parts of the country, the Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) has not made any advancement for the sixth consecutive day.
It continues to pass through Veraval, Surat, Ujjain, Narsinghpur, Raipur, Phulbani, Cuttak, Digha, Kalingapatnam, Krishnanagar and Darjeeling, IMD said in its bulletin.
Overall, the country has so far received 10 per cent rains more than the normal limit. The Southern peninsula has received rains 10 per cent more than the normal limit while Central India got 20 per cent more rainfall.
Heavy rainfall over the past two days has led to recording of normal rainfall in Konkan and Goa region from June 1 until now. The Vidarbha region has received 48 per cent more rainfall than its normal limit.
Similar is the case with the north and northeast region which has witnessed 10 per cent more rainfall than its normal limit. However, it is the north west India including Delhi and the National Capital Region, which is witnessing deficient rainfall with the MET department recording 10 per cent less rainfall than its normal limit.
Incidentally, the east and west Uttar Pradesh has recorded "scanty" rainfall whereas east and west Rajasthan has witnessed excess rainfall from June 1 til date.