May 2 Was Wettest Day Recorded In Pune After 2011: IMD
Pune May 3, 2021: The first Sunday of the summer month was cloudy and wet as it recorded 26.8 mm rainfall in a few hours. Apparently, according to the India meteorological department (IMD) for the first time after 2011 the city experienced the wettest day.
Puneites wake up to a humid and cloudy Sunday and by afternoon gusty winds along with heavy rain lashed the several parts of the city especially Pashan and Shivajinagar. While the rest of the city received cloudy weather and light rain.
According to IMD this was a very unusual rainfall in the city especially in the beginning of the summer month. The all time 24 hour rainfall recorded for the entire month was 102.8 in 2015.
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Anupam Kashyapi, head of the weather forecasting division at IMD, Pune said, “Currently, there is a trough line running between Northeast Madhya Pradesh and Vidarbha, another trough between Vidarbha and South Tamil Nadu along with the presence of an upper air cyclonic circulation over southern Madhya Maharashtra region and surrounding area. Due to all of this, moisture is brought over to the state leading to instability in local weather resulting in localised thunderstorm activity and rain towards afternoon hours.”
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