MAPUSA
In more bad news, the private weather agency, Skymet has said that the monsoon in India will remain weak until the first week of July.
“Extended Range Prediction System (ERPS) is projecting a dismal outlook for the next four weeks, until July 6,” predicted Skymet Weather, a private forecasting agency.
According to Skymet, cyclone Biparjoy has delayed the monsoon onset over Kerala and is further obstructing the advance of monsoon in other parts of the country.
The southwest monsoon reached Kerala on June 8, a week after the usual date of June 1.
The private agency also said that there were no signs of weather systems emerging over the Bay of Bengal in the near future.
Meanwhile, despite the IMD prediction of light to moderate rainfall in most places in the State, the southwest monsoon continued to be weak.
For the last two days, dry conditions prevailed in the State as the sun shone bright for the better part of the day even as very few places reported scanty rainfall on Tuesday.
Although all centres received rain during the last 24 hours only the Canacona and Sanquelim centres reported double digit rainfall at 16.4 mm and 12.4 mm respectively.
While Mapusa reported nil, the capital city received just 0.2 mm rainfall.
The average cumulative rainfall in the State from June 1 to 13 was 83.2 mm as opposed to the normal average of 104.3 mm indicating a deficit of 20.2 mm rainfall so far.
Goa continued to simmer with Panaji recording maximum temperature of 34 degree Celsius even as humidity stood at 81 per cent.
“Weak monsoon condition prevails over Goa thanks to the Biparjoy cyclone and less moisture availability. The El Nino phenomenon also hampers the progress of the southwest monsoon,” said Dr Ramesh Kumar, Meteorologist.
While the IMD has predicted light to moderate rain/thundershowers at many places for next four days, no specific weather warning has been sounded.
However, the Met department has issued a warning for South Maharashtra-Goa coasts with squally wind speed reaching 40 to 45 kmph and gusting to 55 kmph.
Fishermen are advised not to venture into the sea as conditions are likely to be rough.
INCOIS has also maintained its high wave warning along the coast of Goa.
