Rains lash city, to continue today
Date :06-Jul-2020
Staff Reporter :
Good downpour on July 4-5 brought down the temperature by 2-3 degreeS Celsius all over Vidarbha. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), recently predicted good monsoon rains over Central India including Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh in the first week of July. In June month there was excess rainfall all over Vidarbha including Nagpur. However, a week-long dry spell in the last week of June raised the discomfort in Vidarbha. IMD predicted normal monsoon this year and there will be dry spells in July and August also.
“Nagpur received less amount of rains in these two days as compared to other places in Vidarbha. On July 6, Nagpur is likely to cover-up the difference as we are expecting more rains on Monday,” said a weather expert to The Hitavada. According to IMD data, Nagpur received 15 mm rainfall till 8.30 am on Sunday. While, good rains were witnessed throughout the day on Sunday with cloudy sky. Wardha recorded the highest 60.2 mm rainfall till Sunday morning in Vidarbha, while Chandrapur (45.5 mm) and Buldhana (40 mm) also received rains above 40 mm.
Akola (5.5 mm), Amravati (6.2 mm), Gadchiroli (10 mm), Gondia (0.6 mm) and Washim (4 mm) also received rains on Sunday. The cloudy weather with rains also dipped the maximum temperature in Vidarbha. On Sunday, Akola (33.4 degrees Celsius) recorded the highest maximum temperature while Amravati (31.0 degrees Celsius), Bramhapuri (31.9 degrees Celsius), Chandrapur (31.0 degrees Celsius), Gondia (31.4 degrees Celsius), Nagpur (31.5 degrees Celsius), Wardha (32.0 degrees Celsius) and Washim (31.0 degrees Celsius) also recorded maximum temperature below 32 degrees. Buldhana (29.3 degrees Celsius) and Gadchiroli (28.4 degrees Celsius) recorded the maximum temperature below 30 degrees on Sunday. Like maximum temperature, the minimums also dropped and most of the places recorded the minimum temperature below 23 degrees Celsius.
A cyclonic circulation is marked over South Gujarat and North Konkan and adjoining the Arabian Sea, more prominent in the medium levels of the atmosphere. This feature is going to become more organised and shift northward closer to the Saurashtra coast. Numerical models are displaying the potential of this system to strengthen to a possible depression between July 6 and 8. These weather changes brought rains in Central India and will continue till July 12. Good rains in the first week of July also raised the water level in major dams of Nagpur district. Totladoh dam which is the major source of drinking water for Nagpur city and adjoining areas have 77.46 per cent of water level on July 5. Similarly, Khindsi, Kamptee Khairy, Nand and Wadgaon dams are also have satisfactory water level on Sunday. In the first week of July, Wardha and Nagpur districts of Nagpur division received more than normal rainfall, while Chandrapur also experienced normal rainfall so far. Whereas, remaining Bhandara, Gondia and Gadchiroli have not yet received normal rainfall in the first week of July.