The beginning of August 2014 saw the momentum of widespread rains carry forward from July 2014. This was mainly due to active trough on the west coast as well as due to the presence of an active BB6 travelling westwards.
However the rains reduced significantly after the 10th and break monsoon like situation prevailed by 15th August, due to absence of west coast trough and any other significant systems. Mid August saw plenty of sunshine and few isolated heavy showers all over Goa. Rains are expected to return by last week August.
The highlights so far have been:
1. The overall rainfall deficiency is hovering around 15%, with area weighted actual rainfall recorded of 2066.7 mm against normal of 2434.1 mm for this time. A good showing in late August and September can further reduce the deficiency.
2. Valpoi crossed the century marks in inches and Sanguem leapfrogged Margao to occupy the second place also with a century! In fact Sanguem recorded more rainfall in August till the 15th than Valpoi. Panaji recorded just about 50% of the rains received by Margao, just 34 kms away, during the same time period!
3. However the 15 days of August provided almost the same amount of rains than the entire month of June for most towns, indicating the significantly deficient rains received in June 2014 by the state.
4. The following chart presents comparatively the month-wise cumulative rains across Goa:
5. The top five wet places in Goa till August 15, 2014 are as follows (cumulative rainfall in Inches):
Valpoi - 117.06
Sanguem - 103.62
Margao - 95.31
Sankhali - 89.63
Canacona - 89.01
6. Margao daily rainfall chart shows the tapering of the rains by mid-August.
However the rains reduced significantly after the 10th and break monsoon like situation prevailed by 15th August, due to absence of west coast trough and any other significant systems. Mid August saw plenty of sunshine and few isolated heavy showers all over Goa. Rains are expected to return by last week August.
The highlights so far have been:
1. The overall rainfall deficiency is hovering around 15%, with area weighted actual rainfall recorded of 2066.7 mm against normal of 2434.1 mm for this time. A good showing in late August and September can further reduce the deficiency.
2. Valpoi crossed the century marks in inches and Sanguem leapfrogged Margao to occupy the second place also with a century! In fact Sanguem recorded more rainfall in August till the 15th than Valpoi. Panaji recorded just about 50% of the rains received by Margao, just 34 kms away, during the same time period!
3. However the 15 days of August provided almost the same amount of rains than the entire month of June for most towns, indicating the significantly deficient rains received in June 2014 by the state.
4. The following chart presents comparatively the month-wise cumulative rains across Goa:
5. The top five wet places in Goa till August 15, 2014 are as follows (cumulative rainfall in Inches):
Valpoi - 117.06
Sanguem - 103.62
Margao - 95.31
Sankhali - 89.63
Canacona - 89.01
6. Margao daily rainfall chart shows the tapering of the rains by mid-August.
