PANAJI: People received some respite from the dreary weather as the sun shone on Sunday after nearly a fortnight of furious rain. The low pressure area weather system has shifted to Madhya Pradesh owing to which there is going to be no significant impact over Goa, the India meteorological department (IMD) said.
“Though there were occasional spells of rain, it was still sunnier and the temperature was two to three degrees higher than what it was in the last week’s overcast conditions. This weather will continue for a few days,” IMD scientist Rahul M said.
There is, however, an offshore trough running from Karnataka to Kerala, which could extend up to the Maharashtra-Goa coast. This may bring some isolated heavy rainfall over Goa.
There is a low pressure area expected to form over the North Bay of Bengal by July 28. “The location of this low pressure area is going to determine how the rainfall activity is going to increase after July 28,” Rahul said.
There are initial indications that this weather system may not have as significant an impact as the previous low pressure area, he said.
So far, the wettest day as per the state average rainfall was July 18, with 132.9mm of rainfall received within 24 hours.
