Monsoon delayed by three days
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, JUNE 9
Monsoon continue playing hide and seek in Goa. The Met department has now predicted that the south-west monsoon arrival has delayed by three more days.
Indian Meteorological Observatory in-charge K V Singh today told Herald that the monsoon currents have remained subdued over Karwar and there has been no further advancement.
“The monsoon currents have moved away from the west coast thus restricting the development of more currents. Goa will have to wait for three more days to receive rainfall,” Singh said.
On June 6, monsoon had reached Karwar and the Met Department had said that the monsoon is speedily approaching Goa.
Meanwhile, the Met Department expects pre-monsoon showers for the state tonight. “Fairly widespread rains and thundershowers may occur over Goa and Karwar in next few hours,” Singh said.
Monsoon showers had lashed Kerala on May 31 but the cyclone Phet, that originated in the Arabian Sea last week, halted further development of monsoon current for few days.
The maximum temperature continued to remain 32 degree Celsius, while the minimum temperature increased to 25 degree Celsius.
“The rise in minimum temperature is basically due to cloudy weather in the morning. Once we receive showers, the temperature will dip down,” he explained.
