Monday 2 March 2015

March 2, 2015 Update - Rains recede

The rains in Goa under the influence of the current weather system in Central Arabian Sea, which began with thunderstorm in the early hours of March 1, and which were covered in this post, continued to provide isolated rains in many parts of Goa particularly on 1st evening. The maximum Day temperature recorded at Panaji on March 1, came down to 30.6C compared to 32.3C on Feb 28!

Following rainfall amounts were recorded by various IMD rain centres across Goa:


However resumption of NW and W winds heralds sunny and clear skies over Goa, again from March 2 onwards as seen in the IR satellite image below



Will the summer onset be far behind now?