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Rainfall to increase in Mumbai in next 2-3 days
Updated On: 23 June, 2019 10:14 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
A feeble offshore trough from south Maharashtra to Kerala, and a low-pressure area over interior Odisha will lead to enhanced rainfall activity over the west coast, including Mumbai, central Maharashtra and Vidarbha from June 23 or 24 onwards

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Rainfall activity in the Konkan, including Mumbai, south-central Maharashtra and Marathwada, is expected to increase within the next two days, stated the weather bureau. The onset of monsoon has been delayed in Mumbai this year and Maharashtra and is currently facing a 71 per cent rainfall deficiency and depleted water stock.
Monsoon onset declared in parts of south Konkan and parts of south Madhya Maharashtra today.
— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) June 20, 2019
The monsoon northern limit is passing from 17 N, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Shimoga, Salem, Cuddalore,.. Gangtok
Conditions are favourable for some more parts of Maharashtra in next 2,3 days.
The southwest monsoon advanced further into parts of central Maharashtra, Vidarbha and Marathwada on Saturday. It is yet to cover Mumbai and other areas of north Konkan. KS Hosalikar, deputy director general, western region, India Meteorological Department (IMD) stated, "Conditions are favourable for the southwest monsoon to cover the north Konkan coast over the next two to three days. Two weather systems – a feeble offshore trough from south Maharashtra to Kerala, and a low-pressure area over interior Odisha, adjoining parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, will lead to enhanced rainfall activity over the west coast, including Mumbai, central Maharashtra and Vidarbha from June 23 or 24 onwards."
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