Maharashtra Monsoon Forecast: Heavy Rainfall to Lash Parts of State, IMD Predicts Enhanced Rainfall Activity This Week

Mumbai, August 30: Maharashtra is set to experience enhanced rainfall activity over the next few days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. KS Hosalikar, Deputy Director-General of Meteorology, IMD, Mumbai took to Twitter to inform that due to the change in the weather system, rainfall activity is likely over Maharashtra with the possibility of occasional intense spells in isolated places over the next few days. The rainfall activity is due to a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal which is likely to move across Central & West India in the next 3-4 days.

The IMD official said that the monsoon trough very likely to be South of its normal position in the next 4-5 days. In a series of tweets, Hosalikar informed the amount of rainfall in several regions across Maharashtra.  "Isolated very heavy falls are also very likely over Konkan & Goa and Gujarat Region on 01st September and Gujarat state on 02nd September", the IMD said.  Monsoon Forecast 2021: Fresh Spell of Rain Expected in Delhi, Adjoining Areas in Northwest India From August 29.

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The IMD said that heavy rainfall is very likely over Vidarbha, Konkan and Goa till September 1, over  Chhattisgarh and Telangana today, over Saurashtra & Kutch in Gujarat till September 1. In the all-India weather bulletin, the IMD forecast stated that rainfall is likely to enhance over Northeast India, West Bengal & Sikkim from September 2 onwards. Meanwhile, widespread rainfall activity with isolated heavy rainfall is likely over the southern Peninsula during the next 24 hours.

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