Goa may see very heavy rain next 4 days, says IMD

PANAJI: A circulation in the Bay of Bengal is likely to trigger a low pressure area within 48 hours and enhance rainfall even as the seasonal total is set to cross the 2,000mm mark, a 24% surplus, on Wednesday.
Also, an offshore trough at mean sea level from southern Gujarat to Karnataka will also influence the state’ weather in tandem with the low pressure area.
It will trigger enhanced rainfall activity and India meteorological department (IMD) has forecast very heavy rain which may touch 110mm in 24 hour spells with isolated and scattered spatial distribution over both districts during next four days.
Though the rainfall activity showed a slight decrease on Wednesday, a few centres received heavy rainfall. Sanguem recorded the highest of 88.3mm, Sakhali recorded 77.2mm, Old Goa 66.7mm, Quepem 57.6mm, Ponda 5mm, Pernem 41.8mm and other centres on a lesser scale.
The seasonal total on Wednesday had touched 1,998.3mm, as compared to the normal of 1,612.7mm, and a huge surplus after 10 days of often very heavy rainfall.
Fishermen have been warned not to venture out to sea even as winds are likely to be gusty, peaking from 40 to 50 km per hour to 60km per hour.
While the monsoon had commenced on schedule on June 5, the rainfall activity had been consistent and there was a surplus of 6% at the end of the month. After a short phase of a weak monsoon, precipitation intensified since July 12.