South-west monsoon keeps date with Pune

PUNE: The south-west monsoons kept their date with Pune and arrived in the city on Thursday, keeping with the met department''s prediction.
Dr N Jayanthi, deputy director-general of meteorology (weather forecasting), said the monsoons had covered Pune, Mumbai, central Arabian Sea, northern Konkan, parts of central Maharashtra, Marathwada and Andhra Pradesh.The northern limit of the monsoon lay in Dahanu and Parbhani (Maharashtra) and Ramagundam and Kalingapatnam (Andhra Pradesh).
Attributing the movement of the monsoons to a low pressure area over the east central Arabian Sea, Jayanthi said the low pressure area had concentrated in a depression.
She said this weather system was moving in a north-west direction and causing improve-ment in the monsoon activity over the Konkan region. Jayanthi said Gujarat, Konkan and central Maharashtra regions were likely to witness rain on Friday.
Dr S K Prasad, director, Indian Ocean and South Hemispheric Analysis Centre, said the devel-opment of a low pressure area in the Bay of Bengal and the adjoining Andaman Sea was likely to become more prominent. He added that this system would move in a north-west direction, bringing moisture and rainfall in coastal Orissa and Andhra Pradesh in the next three days.
On Sunday, the south- west monsoons had covered parts of Konkan, Goa and central Ma-harashtra and had advanced up to Ratnagiri, Satara and Solapur. The monsoons have also covered Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and parts of the Arabian Sea.
On Thursday, Ratnagiri received 50 mm of rain and Jalgaon, Solapur and Satara received 10 mm, 3 mm and 2 mm of rain respectively.
The monsoons had hit the mainland early in mid-May due to weather systems in the Bay of Bengal instead of June 1, when they normally advance to Kerala.