SkymetWeather agency has predicted heavy to very heavy rains from June 15 to June 18 in several parts of the city as monsoon arrives in Maharashtra
A family enjoys rains at Carter road in Bandra. Picture/Pradeep Dhivar
After having a more or less dry spell on Sunday, several places across Mumbai received moderate to heavy rainfall on Monday. Although the southwest monsoon made a steady progress, the India Meteorological Department IMD on Sunday said that the monsoon has now covered the entire state of Maharashtra. The progress of the monsoon has so far been normal and on the expected lines, an IMD official had said.
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— K S Hosalikar @Hosalikar_KS June 14, 2020
SW Monsoon covered over entire
Maharashtra state today.
IMD pic.twitter.com/qrS6jONEfW
On Sunday, Shubhangi Bhute, scientist, IMD Mumbai said that the monsoon has covered all of Maharashtra. She further said, "Over the next five days, Konkan, Central Maharashtra and Vidarbha are expected to receive rainfall." She also predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in some parts.
Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall very likely to continue over Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh,
— India Met. Dept. @Indiametdept June 15, 2020
West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar during next 2-3 days; Scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely
heavy falls over Konkan & Goa.
The India Meteorological Department also issued a multi hazard warning from June 15 to June 19. In another tweet, the weather agency said that scattered heavy to very heavy falls and isolated extremely heavy rainfalls falls is expected over Konkan and Goa.
Mumbai Rains in western sub and Haji Ali, Dadar side started since last 1 hr.
— K S Hosalikar @Hosalikar_KS June 15, 2020
Eastern suburbs sky turing darker. pic.twitter.com/ouAlehwrUU
IMD-s Mumbai centre deputy director general K S Hosalikar on Monday took to the micro-blogging site and said that the city didn-t receive much expected rains after its monsoon onset. He said, "Was a soft onset, not in Mumbai-s dynamics may be."
Forecast of rains in next five days pic.twitter.com/rjxFCOEQB6
— Nikhil Deshmukh @Nikhaiel June 14, 2020
Talking about Mumbai rains, Hosalikar said that several places across the city received moderate to heavy rainfall, and the sky in the Eastern suburbs were turning darker. Places such as Andheri, Bandra, Haji Ali, Dadar, and Navi Mumbai were some of the places which received rainfall today.
Check out my latest article: Monsoon2020 Alert: With the onset over Mumbai the city should expect heavy to very heavy rains between the 15th and 18th of June. https://t.co/VKIV0EU7eL
— Jatin Singh @JATINSKYMET June 15, 2020
SkymetWeather agency director Jatin Singh said that heavy showers were experienced at Juhu, Andheri East, Santacruz, Jogeshwari in the last hour. He also said that with the onset of monsoon over Mumbai, the city should expect heavy to very heavy rains from June 15 to June 18.
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