Southwest monsoon likely to hit Goa in two to three days

PANAJI: With the southwest monsoon advancing over some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, conditions are favourable for parts of the Konkan belt, including Goa, to receive monsoon rainfall in next two to three days.
“The monsoon isn’t in a vigorous stage when it’s making its onset. We are therefore nor expecting any vigorous or severe rainfall activity, even if it makes progress to parts of Konkan in coming the two to three days,” India meteorological department (IMD) Goa scientist Rahul M, said.
As per the IMD, the monsoon has reached Karwar, which is close to the Goa border.
The IMD has forecast moderate rainfall of 2-6cm during the first 24 hours, with an increased spatial distribution over Goa in the coming few days. A warning has also been issued for lightning at isolated places on June 1. With changes in the weather, a change in the maximum temperature is also anticipated.
The mean maximum temperature at Panaji was 33.1°C in May. According to the IMD, the maximum temperature was never above 35°C at Panaji in this month.
The southwest monsoon has advanced over some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, some parts of Karnataka, entire Kerala, some more parts of Tamil Nadu, entire southeast Bay of Bengal, some more parts of southwest Bay of Bengal, most parts of the east central Bay of Bengal, and over some parts of west central and northeast Bay of Bengal.
Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Karnataka, some parts of Konkan and Goa, some more parts of Tamil Nadu, the remaining parts of the southwest Bay of Bengal, some more parts of the west central Bay of Bengal, the north east Bay of Bengal, north-eastern states, and subHimalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during next few days. The IMD has also forecast that the seasonal rainfall over the country which lasts from June to September is likely to be 103% of the long period average (LPA), with a model error of plus or minus 4%. The LPA of the seasonal rainfall over the country as a whole based on data of 1971-2020 is 87 cm.