Monsoon to hit Mumbai in next 24 hours, says IMD

As the Southwest monsoon is moving towards South India at its own pace, it has advanced into some more parts of Maharashtra on Saturday (June 13, 2020). According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the Southwest monsoon is the onset line now from 18°N AS, Harnai, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Gondia, Champa, Ranchi. 

Monsoon to hit Mumbai in next 24 hours, says IMD

The India Meteorological Department on Saturday (June 13, 2020) said that south-west monsoon has reached into some parts of Maharashtra, adding that the monsoon is currently moving towards different parts of South India as predicted. The IMD said in a bulletin that conditions are favorable for the movement of monsoon in Maharashtra, including Mumbai, and parts of Southern Gujarat in the next 24 hours.

IMD has issued a warning for the low-pressure area lies over north Coastal Andhra Pradesh, adjoining Coastal Odisha and neighborhood. 

The weather forecast stated that conditions are also becoming favorable for further advance of Southwest monsoon into some more parts of the Central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Maharashtra (including Mumbai), Odisha, and West Bengal, some more parts of Chhattisgarh. 

The weather forecast further predicts scattered heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall of 20 cm likely over Konkan and Goa and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Madhya Maharashtra, Marathawada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, North Interior Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Vidarbha, Assam & Meghalaya during next 24 hours; 

In the next 24 hours, Scattered heavy to very heavy with isolated extremely heavy rainfall is predicted over Vidarbha and isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Coastal Karnataka, Madhya Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Assam, and Meghalaya. 

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