Monsoon to get delayed in Pune, to hit the city after June 17: IMD

Pune’s wait for the monsoon is expected to get longer as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has ruled out any advancement of the rains before June 17. At present, the monsoon, while having entered Maharashtra, is yet to make progress and cover other parts of the state, IMD officials have said. Interestingly, the IMD has in fact given out a heat wave warning in places, including the Vidarbha region.

The progress of monsoon to other parts of the state is halted mostly due to the extremely severe cyclonic storm Biparjoy which is expected to land on the Gujarat coast on June 15. Given the cyclone threat, the progress of the monsoon is slow in the peninsular and interior parts of the country, including Pune.

Dr Anupam Kashyapi, head of weather forecasting in the IMD, confirmed that monsoon activities in the city would happen only after June 17. Another official said that full-fledged rains will happen only next week.

“At present, the monsoon’s progress is almost halted due to cyclone Biparjoy. Once it passes the monsoon is expected to gain ground,” the official said. June, as per the initial forecast of IMD, was expected to be dry for Pune and Maharashtra at large.

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IMD, in its initial forecast, had talked about the onset of monsoon in Kerala on June 4. However, the onset happened only after four days, with the progress and rainfall being lower than expected.

Normally, Pune and other parts of Maharashtra report arrivals of monsoon seven days after its onset in Kerala. However this year, the monsoon entered the Konkan coast on June 10, just two days after its onset.

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The country as a whole reported a 54 per cent deficit rainfall with central India reporting 80 per cent deficit – the highest to be reported in the country.