Mumbai: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday said that the Southwest Monsoon has advanced further into several parts of Maharashtra and is likely to progress into additional areas, including Mumbai, over the next 48 hours.
According to a press release issued by the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), the monsoon has advanced into more parts of the central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra and Telangana, while covering the remaining parts of Karnataka and extending into parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar.
The weather department said conditions are favourable for the further advance of the southwest monsoon into the remaining parts of the central Arabian Sea, some more parts of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, the remaining parts of Telangana and Odisha, and additional areas of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar during the next 48 hours.
With strengthening westerly winds and the advancement of the monsoon, the IMD has forecast widespread to fairly widespread rainfall activity accompanied by thunderstorms across parts of Maharashtra over the next few days.
Heavy rainfall at isolated places is expected over the Konkan region between June 22 and June 26. Thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, gusty winds and moderate to heavy rainfall are also likely over parts of Madhya Maharashtra during the same period.
For the Marathwada region, thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, gusty winds and light to moderate rainfall are expected between June 22 and June 24.
The IMD has issued a fishermen’s warning for the South Maharashtra-Goa coast, advising fishermen not to venture into the sea from June 22 to June 26 due to squally weather conditions and wind speeds of 40-50 kmph, gusting up to 60 kmph.
The weather office warned that heavy rainfall may lead to localised flooding in low-lying and urban areas, flash floods, disruption to transport services, damage to standing crops and rough sea conditions along the coast.
Residents have been advised to follow traffic advisories, avoid vulnerable structures, stay away from water bodies during thunderstorms and seek shelter in safe locations during adverse weather conditions.
Earlier on Monday, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), citing the IMD, issued an Orange warning for Mumbai, forecasting thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, moderate to intense rainfall and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph at isolated places over the next three hours.
Several parts of Mumbai, including Bandra East, witnessed pre-monsoon showers accompanied by lightning and thunderstorms on Monday morning, bringing relief from the heat while causing waterlogging and traffic disruptions in some areas.
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