Heavy rains make a come back; Sunday witnessed 71.5mm rainfall

THANE: After two weeks of fluctuation bursts of rains and

heat

spells, the city witnessed

heavy

and continuous

rainfall

and cloudy skies from over the past two days. While the city has been receiving around 7 to 8 mm of rainfall on an average last week, the rainfall increased to 26.5 mm on Saturday and 71.5 mm on Sunday.

These continuous rain showers have brought about mixed feelings of delight and dread amongst lake-city denizens.

“It is interesting that no matter how late or scattered the monsoons are it always rains on and around Janmashtami. These heavy showers will help make participating in the Dahi Handi celebrations on Tuesday much more fun and less tiring as there will be less heat and

humidity

,” said Jagdish Chorge (22), a Wagle Estate resident.

Meanwhile Amrita Sharma, a 28-year-old Hiranandani Estate resident, said, “The past few weeks have witnessed lesser accidents and the traffic has been smooth flowing, which I believe is mainly because of the less rains, which has made commuting to work so much easier.”

Weathermen predict that this wet spell will be short lived and the intensity of the monsoon will reduce once again within 48 hours.

“Over the past few weeks there have been fluctuating bouts of showers because of the weakening of the offshore trough which was moving towards Kerala and Goa from Gujarat and the low atmospheric pressure over Gujrat, were the key factors for the heavy rain showers over the past few weeks. This also reduced the wind,” said Mahesh Palawat, chief meteorologist at skymetweather.com.

“While the situation is still the same, the Thane, Dahanu and the north western coast is witnessing rainfall because of a new cyclonic circulation over the Arabian Sea. Once this circulation subsides, the short and scattered bursts of rains will continue. This phase of heavy showers should come to an end by August 16, after which the heavy rains will move to the south Konkan and Goa belt,” he added.


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