Weather Updates: This past month, Goa received torrential rainfall for over a fortnight, now the Indian meteorological department Panaji has recorded state average rainfall below 20mm for the last six days, including below 10mm during the last three days.
However, the meteorological department has forecast a subtle increase in rainfall on Sunday. “There will be a marginal increase, but monsoon activity is very likely to remain weak for about two weeks as per IMD’s extended range forecast,” said Rahul M, an IMD Panaji scientist.
The system forming over Northern Gujarat is unlikely to trigger a revival of the monsoon. The monsoon trough, a prominent feature of the southwest monsoon system, is likely to slowly shift northwards in the next three to four days, resulting in a lean monsoon activity.
“The marginal increase on Sunday may sustain for only one or two days, as the system is not in an ideal location and its intensity will not be significant, “ said the IMD scientist.
In a rainy month with extremely heavy rainfall of over 200 mm recorded at a few places, the 6% deficit of June was wiped off within a day. This season’s wettest 24-hour spell of 161.7 mm was also recorded this month on July 8.
On Saturday the season total touched 1981.2 mm as compared to a normal of 1699 mm. Despite the lean spell, the surplus is still reasonable at 16.6%.
During the 24-hour dry spell till Saturday morning, Pernem recorded the highest rainfall of 15.8mm and all other regions recorded rainfall below 10 mm.
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