The vigorous monsoon current entered west Rajasthan, the last meteorological outpost on the northwest front, overnight on Thursday.
Elsewhere, it was active over east Rajasthan, Konkan-Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha during the 24 hours ending in the morning.
Mahabaleshwar throttled
The monsoon reserved its virulent best during the period for western Maharashtra, with popular hill station Mahabaleshwar recording 43 cm of rain.
Other centres receiving major rainfall were Dahanu-27 cm; Silvasa and Bhira-19 cm each; Shirali-14 cm; Phulbani, Honavar and Karwar-13 cm each; Ratnagiri-12 cm; Valsad-11 cm; and Goa-10 cm.
On Thursday, as expected, the rain-driving low-pressure area over northwest Bay of Bengal managed to wash over land but weakened in the process.
It lay as a conventional ‘low’ this morning over interior Odisha. It is expected to move further west-northwest during the next two days.
System weakens
The weakening came after an eye-to-eye duel with a cyclonic air circulation over west Madhya Pradesh in which the latter seemed to have come out unscathed.
It only moved a little west-northwest with one foot over adjoining Rajasthan, the India Meteorological Department update said.
The rainfall outlook for the rest of the day and two days that follow is as follows:
Today : Heavy to very heavy falls with isolated extremely heavy falls over Chhattisgarh, Vidarbha, and Konkan-Goa. It will be heavy to isolated very heavy over east Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kutch, Madhya Pradesh, coastal and south interior Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra, east Rajasthan, Telangana, north interior Karnataka and Kerala.
Heavy falls
Tomorrow, Friday, Aug 1: Heavy to very heavy falls over Chhattisgarh and Konkan-Goa. Heavy with isolated very heavy falls over Saurashtra and Kutch.
Heavy to very heavy rainfall over Madhya Pradesh, east Gujarat, coastal and south interior Karnataka, and Madhya Maharashtra.
Heavy falls over Vidarbha, Assam, Meghalaya, east Rajasthan, Telangana and Kerala.
Aug 2, Saturday: Heavy to very rainfall over Konkan-Goa, west Madhya Pradesh, east Gujarat, Saurashtra, Kutch and coastal and south interior Karnataka.
Heavy rainfall over Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, east Rajasthan, east Madhya Pradesh, Chhattishgarh, Assam, Meghalaya and Kerala.
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.