Heavy rain from a resurgent monsoon may continue to lash Mumbai and its neighbourhood for at least a couple of days more, according to the India Met Department. The latest spell began last evening and has caused at least three deaths, besides flooding roads and rail tracks and disrupting traffic.
HEAVY RAIN FORECAST
The IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rain, with extremely heavy showers in isolated places over North Konkan (including Mumbai) and adjoining East Gujarat. Heavy to very heavy rain is also forecast for parts of East and North-East India today, with isolated places in Assam, Meghalaya, the hills of Bengal and Sikkim likely to bear the fury of the monsoon.
Slightly intense but heavy rain is forecast for Goa, Saurashtra, East Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Madhya Maharashtra, Coastal and South Interior Karnataka and Kerala, representing a broad-scale improvement in the monsoon circulation.
As for tomorrow, heavy to very heavy rain is forecast in isolated places over East Gujarat, as the rain bands move North along the West coast.
SUSTAINED SPELL
Heavy to very heavy rain is likely at isolated places over Konkan and Goa to the South. Meanwhile, parts of East and North-East India would also slip under heavy and sustained spells. Among the areas that would be affected are the hills of Bengal and Sikkim and the North-Eastern states of Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura.
Sharing the spoils in East India are Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, and East Madhya Pradesh, while in the South these would be coastal and South Interior Karnataka and Kerala.
On the third day on Wednesday, heavy to very heavy rain will return to Konkan and Goa, even while it will remain persistent over Assam, Meghalaya, the hills of Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura, coastal Karnataka and Kerala.
Heavy rain is also indicated for Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand,East Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Madhya Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and South Interior Karnataka.
DELHI, NEXT MILESTONE
In view of the expected steady progress of the monsoon, the IMD has also said the prevailing heat wave conditions over North-West India may abate from today. It added that seasonal rains may enter parts of North-West India, including Delhi, during June 29 to July 1, which is normal.
This would make for a qualitative change in the progress of the monsoon, which had lapsed into a weak phase for close to a week from June 13. The maximum temperature is expected to fall by 2-3 degrees Celsius over the region, though no significant change is likely for the rest of the country.
An extended outlook valid for June 30 to July 2 said widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls is likely along the West Coast, North-East and East India. Fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy falls is forecast for South India, Central and adjoining North-West India, while it would be scattered to fairly widespread for the rest of North-West India.