New Delhi (NVI): The southwest monsoon, which hit Maharashtra four days back, has now covered the entire state including its capital Mumbai, the Indian Meteorological Department said today.
The weather department in a release said that the monsoon has advanced over entire Maharashtra including Mumbai, parts of south Gujarat and some more parts of central and East India.
“The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into remaining parts of Central Arabian Sea, some parts of northeast Arabian Sea, Gujarat state, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, remaining parts of Maharashtra (including Mumbai), some parts of Madhya Pradesh, most parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and some more parts of Bihar,” the Ministry of Earth Science said.
“The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) now passes through Lat.20°N/Long.60°E, Lat.20°N/Long.70°E, Surat, Nandurbar, Betul, Seoni, Pendra Road, Ambikapur, Gaya, Patna and Lat.27°N/Long.85°E,” it added.
IMD in its latest report said that conditions are becoming favourable for further advance of Southwest Monsoon into some more parts of North Arabian Sea, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, remaining parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar and some parts of East Uttar Pradesh during next 48 hours.
Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is very likely to continue over Maharashtra, Gujarat, most parts of central and east India during next 4-5 days with isolated heavy to very heavy falls over Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat and isolated heavy over south Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Marathwada during next 2-3 days, it added.
