MAPUSA
Apart from light rainfall reported at some places, the State has not received any major showers for the last more than a week even as the days are turning warm.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that a weak monsoon condition is prevailing over Goa and it may continue for another seven to ten days.
However, the monsoon is expected to revive in the early second week of August.
“There are no systems to enhance the rainfall activity near Goa region and as such the monsoon currents are weak. There are indications that the ‘monsoon trough’ (a rainfall indicating pattern) is expected to move further northward which will further reduce the rainfall activity,” said Rahul Mohan, a senior IMD official.
The monsoon which got off to a delayed start saw a weak pattern in the first 20 days of June but picked up speed in the last week of the month and first two weeks of July.
In fact, in the first 15 days of July, the recorded average rainfall in the State was 30 percent higher than normal while from July 16 to 26 it was less than normal by 46 percent, the IMD official informed.
“It may not be totally dry. Light to moderate rain may continue in certain pockets. But compared to general monsoon conditions it will be weak,” Mohan said.
With rains taking a break the temperatures have soared and the days have become warm.
According to the IMD, maximum and minimum temperatures are 1.5-°C higher than normal these days and the trend is expected to continue.
The good news is that the monsoon activity is expected to rejuvenate by the end of the first week of August.
“Monsoon may get back to its normal strength by around early second week of August,” the IMD official informed.
