Pune to get light rainfall during the week: IMD

PUNE: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast very light rainfall over the city this week from June 22 to June 24.
From June 24 onwards, the city was likely to get moderate rain that would last till June 27, an official from the met department said.
The city would mainly experience overcast sky conditions, but it would bring only sporadic rainfall at isolated places, the IMD said.
On Sunday, the city experienced overcast conditions throughout the day. It had also received some spells of rain in isolated areas, the IMD official said.
“With the weakening of monsoon currents, there would be light rainfall till June 26. Rainfall will pick up thereafter,” stated the IMD’s forecast issued on Sunday evening.
Since June 1, 151.6mm rainfall has been recorded in the city, which has been above normal for the season, so far.
The city’s temperature during the week would remain below normal, the IMD official said. On Sunday, the Shivajinagar and Lohegaon observatories recorded the day temperature as 29.7°C and 29.5°C, which were below normal by 0.5 and 1.5 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The Shivajinagar observatory recorded 3mm rainfall, while the Lohegaon observatory registered nil rainfall.
During the weekend, good rain spell was recorded in Konkan, Marathwada and Vidarbha, which would continue during this week, the IMD forecast added.
“There is trough running between Punjab and interior Odisha, which was expected to shift southward. As a result, the monsoon would strengthen bringing moderate spells over Vidarbha and Marathwada, due to which strong westerly winds would blow from the Arabian Sea, causing heavy rain over Konkan and Goa this week,” the met official said.