Team Herald
PANJIM: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Goa on Tuesday forecast heavy rainfall at isolated places over Goa on August 30, and light to moderate thundershowers in the next four days.
“Heavy to very heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places over all districts of Goa on August 29. Heavy rainfall is likely to occur at isolated places on August 30. No weather warning on August 31 and on September 1 and 2,” says the IMD forecast.
Meanwhile, IMD has also advised fishermen not to venture into the sea as winds will be westerly to north-westerly with speed of 45-50 kmph, temporarily reaching 60 kmph in gusts.
“Sea will be rough with north-westerly waves. Fishermen are advised not to go out in the sea during the next 24 hours,” IMD said.
However, the late arrival of the monsoon and scarce rainfall has left the State with a deficit of 20 percent in the average seasonal rainfall for the period from June 1 to August 29.
IMD on Tuesday recorded temperatures of 30.4 degrees Celsius. The weather report states that in the past 24 hours Pernem Sankhali and Sanquelim recorded 2 cms rainfall while Panjim, Margao, Valpoi, Ponda, Mapusa and Sanguem received 1 cm each.
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Mumbai rains delay all flights to Goa
VASCO: Due to heavy rains in Mumbai, all incoming and outgoing flights to Goa from Mumbai airport got delayed by one to two hours on Tuesday.
According to Airport authority of India (AAI) Goa Airport officials, the runways at the Mumbai airport were intermittently closed at different intervals of the day due to poor visibility, affecting flight schedules as heavy rains lashed Mumbai and its adjoining areas.
“The impact of heavy rains in Mumbai led to delay by one to two hours in the arrival of all flights from Mumbai to Goa. However, no airline suspended their operations. Similarly, all flights to Mumbai from Goa airport also got delayed due to same reason. With regards to the passengers at Goa airport, there was no inconvenience to the passengers as concerned airline companies provided all the facilities to them. Now, since the Mumbai Air Traffic Control permitted flights to operate from Mumbai airport, all incoming flights to Goa from Mumbai started arriving in the evening. Similarly, the outgoing flights to Mumbai from Goa also commenced with delay of one-two hours,” said AAI Director BCH Negi.
