Monsoon Forecast for June 26, 2018: Heavy Monsoon rain in Coastal Karnataka,Mumbai, Goa

After remaining sluggish for a while, Monsoon has advanced into some more parts of Odisha, most parts of West Bengal and some parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. With this, the Northern Limit of Monsoon passes through Veraval, Amreli, Ahmedabad, Khandwa, Amravati, Gondia, Titlagarh, Angul, Jamshedpur and Supaul.

During the last 24 hours, Monsoon remained vigorous over South Gujarat and Konkan & Goa; while active Monsoon conditions were witnessed over West Bengal, Sikkim, North Odisha and Coastal Karnataka.

Major rainfall contribution came from Santa Cruz(Mumbai) that recorded extremely heavy rains to the tune of 231 mm, followed by Dahanu 226 mm, Matheran 155 mm and Colaba(Mumbai) 99 mm.

As of June 24, the countrywide cumulative rainfall is deficient by 11%. Division-wise, South India is surplus by 25%, while East & Northeast, Northwest and Central India remained deficit by 29, 27 and 8%, respectively.

During the next 24 hours; Gujarat and North Konkan & Goa including Mumbai and Ahmedabad would observe active to vigorous Monsoon conditions that could give moderate to heavy rains, with few very heavy spells.

Monsoon will remain active over South Konkan & Goa, Coastal Karnataka, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim that would see moderate to heavy showers. Meanwhile, Madhya Maharashtra, West Madhya Pradesh, Gangetic West Bengal, parts of Odisha, Northeastern states and Kerala would witness normal Monsoon rains. 

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