There is a warning of heavy to extremely heavy rains, measuring more than 20 centimeters (cm), over Konkan, Goa, parts of the Karnataka coast, central Maharashtra and southern Gujarat for Thursday, according to the Meteorological Department of India (IMD).
The depression over the northern interior of Karnataka and adjacent areas of Maharashtra has moved to the west-northwest and has weakened into a well-marked low pressure zone over south-central Maharashtra.
The depression is likely to intensify after it merges with the Arabian Sea, moving west-northwest and emerging east-central from the Arabian Sea off the coast of Maharashtra on Friday (October 16) morning. . The depression is likely to intensify over the next 24 hours over the central-east and northeast of the adjacent Arabian Sea off Maharashtra towards the southern shores of Gujarat.
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Gradually, it will move from west to northwest and intensify even more.
Sea conditions will be rough to very rough in the east-central and northeastern Arabian Sea and along and off the coasts of Maharashtra and Gujarat between Friday and Sunday (October 16-18).
IMD has advised fishermen not to go out to sea from Friday for the next three days.
Flash flooding, waterlogging, and traffic disruption are likely to occur in areas that will experience heavy or extremely heavy rainfall.
Colaba and Santracruz of Mumbai recorded 107 millimeters (mm) and 82.5 mm of rain, respectively, on Wednesday. The other parts of Maharashtra also experienced very heavy rains. Mahabaleshwar recorded 118mm, Chinchwad (113mm) and Magarpatta (131.5mm).
Between October 1 and 14, the country registered 6% excess rainfall.
Officially, the monsoon season comes to an end on September 30, but it has yet to be retired, according to IMD.
The monsoon retreat is stalled due to heavy rains associated with a depression that has formed over the Bay of Bengal.
So far, the coast of Andhra Pradesh, Yaman, Rayalaseema, the northern interior of Karnataka, Odisha and Chhattisgarh have all recorded excess rainfall (60% or more than normal) in October.
The monsoon is generally expected to fully withdraw from the country by October 15.
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