The southwest monsoon is expected to advance further into Maharashtra and surrounding regions over the next two to three days, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The monsoon made landfall in Kerala on June 4, three days after its normal onset date of June 1 and nearly a week later than the IMD’s earlier forecast of around May 26.
Conditions are favourable for further advance of southwest monsoon into some more parts of central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, remaining parts of Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal, some more parts of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bihar, and some parts of Chhattisgarh “during next 2-3 days.”
The IMD's northern limit of monsoon currently passes through Harnai in coastal Maharashtra and Solapur in the state's interior, indicating that the monsoon is edging closer to Mumbai and adjoining areas.
Even before the formal onset, parts of Maharashtra are likely to witness rain activity over the coming week.
The IMD has forecast "isolated to scattered rainfall" over Konkan, region where Maharashtra's Mumbai, Thane etc., fall and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra and Marathawada during June 12-18.
