Pune sees significant rainfall deficit till September 15
Hindustan TimesWith 21.3 mm recorded till September 15 at Shivajinagar, Pune city has experienced significant rainfall deficit till mid-September amid the India Meteorological Department’s model forecast suggesting that there is no chance of significant rainfall at least for the next five days. After experiencing ‘above normal’ rainfall for three months this rainy season, Pune city is experiencing a significant rainfall deficiency during the first half of September considered the last month of the monsoon season. S D Sanap, senior meteorologist, weater and forecasting division, IMD Pune, reasoned, “The weather system that develops in the central or southern part of the Bay of Bengal brings good rainfall in Maharashtra but during the last two weeks, systems have mainly developed in the northern part of the Bay of Bengal and moved towards the northwest. In Maharashtra, only a few districts in Vidarbha received significant rainfall while other met sub-divisions including Konkan and Goa, central Maharashtra, and Marathwada did not receive a good amount of rainfall as in the earlier months.” About the rainfall ahead, Sanap said, “The IMD forecast model suggests that there is not much rainfall activity in Pune in the next seven days starting September 15.