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The citizens breathed a sigh of relief because after a delay of about a month, the southwest monsoon has finally reactivated, bringing much needed rain to most parts of the state, especially in Pune which received light to moderate rainfall. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that the monsoon will hit Pune and Mumbai on Sunday.
On Saturday, cloudy conditions gripped the city which quickly gave way to light to moderate rain. As of 8:49 pm, Shivajinagar received 13.5mm of rain, while Pashan (7mm) Chinchwad (15.2mm), Hadapsar (10mm) and Koregaon Park (2.5mm) also received moderate to light rain. The rainfall also resulted in slight waterlogging in some areas.
The maximum temperature has dropped to 28°C – a significant drop from the 34-35°C the city has been experiencing for the past few weeks while the minimum was 24°C.
The hill station in Lonavala recorded 31.5 mm of rain, the highest in the district, with the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting more rain in the next 24 hours.
This trend will continue into the weekend, said Dr. Anupam Kashyapi, head of weather forecasts at IMD.
The maximum temperature for Pune will be around 28°C while the minimum will be 24°C.
The drought in Pune, which has lowered water levels in dams and forced municipal authorities to cut water supplies, is likely to end soon once the International Institute for Management Development predicts that the monsoon will become active over the city and parts of the district from next week onwards.
Since Friday, the southwest monsoon, which reached Ratnagiri on June 11-12 and remained stagnant, has reactivated and moved to cover most parts of the state.
The monsoon, after appearing in Kerala on June 8, was very slow as Biparjoy – the cyclonic storm over the Arabian Sea – hindered the monsoon’s progress. However, since the cyclonic storm weakened to a low pressure area over Uttar Pradesh, the monsoon has reactivated again.
On Saturday, the IMD said the northern boundary of the monsoon had passed through Solapur, Udgir, Nagpur, Mandia, Sonbhadra and other districts. The monsoon has so far covered all parts of peninsular Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, along with the whole of Chhattisgarh, some parts of eastern Madhya Pradesh, most parts of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
IMD said conditions are favorable for the monsoon to advance over the remaining parts of Maharashtra, including Pune and Mumbai, as well as parts of Marathwada and Vidharbha. IMD has predicted that the monsoon is likely to get ahead of the remaining parts of the state in the next three to four days.
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