“A strong monsoon surge may cause heavy rain along the entire Maharashtra coast till Friday. Mumbai, Thane, Ratnagiri, Raigarh and some parts of Konkan and Goa could receive heavy downpour. Mumbai and Goa could receive up to 100mm of rain in the next 48 hours”, confirms Mahesh Palawat, Forecasting Head at Skymet Weather.
This year monsoon has been more than active in Maharashtra. Records show, rainfall along the Konkan, Goa and Maharashtra coast are already in excess by about 142%. Therefore, more spells in the near future will add up to the excess rainfall figures. While on the other hand, Mumbai has already seen three days of more than 100mm of rain.
June 9th- 181mm of rain
June 14th- 101mm
June 16th- 161mm.
This week too, the rain figures in Mumbai may get drenched and could cross the 100mm mark, leading to waterlogging and overflowing of manholes and drains. Heavy vehicles could break down on the roads and poor visibility will make bike riders rely on their headlights even during the day hours. Here’s the amount of rainfall expected in Mumbai this week.
Wednesday, June 26th- 80mm
Thursday, June 27th- 100mm
Friday, June 28th-60mm
Sat & Sun – up to 40mm of rain
“Goa could receive 40 to 50mm of rain, Ratnagiri could be close to 100mm and Raigarh may get 70 to 80mm of rain this week, informs another senior weather forecaster at Skymet.
“As the surge will weaken, rainfall will reduce significantly in Mumbai over the weekend but will still be up to 40mm in many places”, adds Palawat.
“Weather of Maharashtra and rain in Mumbai is one of the major topics of study and research at Skymet. Our focus is to analyze the weather models and accurately predict the rain for Mumbai so people could plan well before they step out of their houses. “Be weather wise” is our motto, talks Jatin Singh, CEO of Skymet Weather.
The month of June will end on a good note and rain may again become heavy to very heavy from 3rd July onwards putting the city into a deluge.
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