Much awaited Southwest monsoon finally arrived today in Mumbai with a 14-day delay, while Delhi got the taste of monsoon 2 days earlier on 25 June.
The usual date for monsoon onset (1961-2019) over Mumbai is 11 June, and for Delhi, it is 27 June. However, this has made it a highly unusual monsoon year where both cities recorded an onset simultaneously. The simultaneous onset of monsoon is due to sudden activation of dormant western arm of monsoon.
The last time both cities were hit by monsoon at the same time was on 21 June 1961, informed India Meteorological Department (IMD) chief D. Sivananda Pai.
With the monsoon arrival, Mumbai and Delhi received 176 mm and 48 mm rainfall, respectively.
“Monsoon arrives over Delhi in style. Eastern arm progressed fast from east Uttar Pradesh to Delhi in 24 hours,” Mahesh Palawat, vice president meteorology and climate change at Skymet, said in a tweet.
Safdarjung and Mungeshpur recorded 48 mm rain each, Palam 30, Jafarpur 60, Ayanagar 54, Lodhi Road 59.6 and Pitampura 16 mm.
“It’s the most delayed onset of monsoon for Mumbai,” Palawat added. Mumbai recorded its first heavy rain of the season. Santacruz received 176 mm and Colaba got 86 mm rain. Rainy week ahead.”
The Southwest monsoon is in the process of resuming its trajectory post-Cyclone Biparjoy, the longest storm in the Arabian Sea.
“Conditions are favourable for further advance of Southwest monsoon into some more parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and reaming parts of Jammu and Kashmiri during next two days,” IMD said.
In view of the monsoon current strengthening, the weather office has issued yellow alert for Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha on Sunday.
Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi and East Uttar Pradesh on Sunday and Monday, Uttarakhand on Sunday, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh until Thursday, West Uttar Pradesh till Monday, and over East Rajasthan during Sunday-Wednesday are expected to get heavy to very heavy rainfall.
Similar rainfall pattern with thunderstorm and lightning is anticipated across Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Vidarbha till Thursday. Odisha is seen to receive heavy showers until Friday, said the Met department.
The progression of monsoon is also predicted to cause heavy rainfall over Gujarat from Sunday to Thursday and over Madhya Maharashtra today.
Meanwhile, the weather office predicts a fall of 4-6°C in maximum temperatures over northwest India in the next five days, and no significant change in maximum temperatures over the rest of the country until Friday. Therefore, it said no heatwave is likely to be in the country for the coming five days.
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Updated: 25 Jun 2023, 01:15 PM IST
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