Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: With the continuation of pre-monsoon showers, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Goa has issued a Yellow Alert, predicting light to very light rainfall over the next two days.
Despite the rain, heat persisted in Goa, with Panaji registering a maximum temperature of 34.2°C on Tuesday. The feels-like temperature reached 44°C, while Mormugao recorded a slightly lower maximum temperature of 33.4°C. The minimum temperatures across both districts fell to around 26°C.
Ponda experienced approximately 9 mm of light rainfall, while Sanquelim and Panaji recorded 1.8 mm and 1.2 mm, respectively, classified as very light rain.
The IMD anticipates widespread rainfall throughout Goa on April 2, which will be accompanied by thunderstorms and wind gusts of 40-50 km/h in isolated areas, with scattered rainfall expected on April 3.
These current weather conditions are linked to a cyclonic circulation that has moved from Marathwada to Madhya Maharashtra, located at 0.9 km above mean sea level.
According to the IMD, “A trough runs from south Chhattisgarh to this cyclonic circulation, traversing through Vidarbha and Marathwada at the same altitude. Additionally, another north-south trough extends from the cyclonic circulation over Madhya Maharashtra to the Comorin area, passing through Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.”
