240mm rainfall within a day makes Koyna wettest place in India
The rainfall in Koyna was higher than the wettest locations in Konkan.
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Pune, July 8: Koyna in Maharashtra was the wettest location in India on Thursday with extremely heavy rainfall of up to 240mm in the 24-hour period from 8.30 am on Wednesday, to 8.30 am on Thursday.
Kashyapi said that with the latest spell, Maharashtra's monsoon rainfall quantum now stands at -7%, the actual being 250.6mm as against a normal of 268.4mm. The deficiency is normal. Rainfall deficiencies are fast reducing in the districts due to the recent spells.
Reportedly, the rainfall in Koyna was higher than the wettest locations in Konkan. Just 18 days ago, poor rainfall in June had reduced the water stock in Koyna dam, one of the biggest in the state, to 15 TMC as against 39 TMC last year.
Anupam Kashyapi - head of weather forecasting division at IMD, Pune said there is a red warning alert for Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra ghats till Saturday and citizens should avoid visiting ghat sections of Pune, Kolhapur and Satara. He said the low pressure over Kutch has moved away, but it has been raining as westerly winds from Arabian Sea are strong enough. "The shear zone is at around 20°N and a strong offshore trough persists over Arabian Sea, off the Maharashtra-Goa coast. There is one more upper air cyclonic circulation from Odisha likely to approach Chattisgarh/Vidarbha, making monsoon vigorous over Maharashtra on Friday and Saturday," he added.
Thursday was the wettest day this season so far for Pune too. With cloud amount over Pune city increasing considerably, IMD upgraded its warning for Thursday to moderate rain with isolated heavy rain for the city areas with a few intense spells.
Kashyapi said that with the latest spell, Maharashtra's monsoon rainfall quantum now stands at -7%, the actual being 250.6mm as against a normal of 268.4mm. The deficiency is normal. Rainfall deficiencies are fast reducing in the districts due to the recent spells.
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