The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday, June 21, has predicted the arrival of monsoon in Mumbai, which was delayed by nearly 10 days due to cyclone Biparjoy, between June 23-25.
Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Mumbai head S G Kamble stated that the monsoon reached coastal Ratnagiri on June 11, but it was unable to make any further progress due to cyclone Biparjoy, which made landfall near Jakhau on the Kutch coast of Gujarat last Thursday.
However, now conditions are becoming favourable for its further progress and it is likely to hit Mumbai over the weekend between June 23-25, Kamble said.
In its five-day forecast, the weather department has revealed possibility of light to moderate rainfall very likely in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar. The Mumbai rains are most likely pick up its pace from Sunday, June 25.
On Wednesday evening, June 21, parts of Vidarbha region witnessed rains giving a sigh of relief from the heatwave.
According to IMD's daily weather update, Santacruz and Colaba observatory today recorded a maximum temperature of 34.3 and 35 degrees Celsius respectively, whereas the minimum temperature was at 28.4 and 28 degrees Celsius respectively.
It is pertinent to note that the onset date for monsoon over south Konkan is June 10 and for Mumbai June 11.
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