Goa receives last season’s total rainfall week earlier

PANAJI: Rainfall in Goa has crossed last year’s seasonal total as of September 24. This is almost a week prior to the month-end.
Last year, from June 1 to September 30, the state received 155.2 inches of rainfall. This year, the rainfall up to 8.30am on September 24 stood at 160.8 inches — an excess of 5.5 inches over last year’s rainfall so far.
“The state has received an excess of 40% of the normal rainfall this season,” former NIO scientist M R Ramesh Kumar said.
While almost all parts of the country have received good rainfall or higher than normal rainfall this season, there are several reasons for this increase of rainfall in Goa, he said.
Cyclone Nisarga resulted in good rainfall over Goa in the first week of June. The position of the monsoon trough resulted in several cases of active monsoon conditions over Goa.
The presence of an offshore trough from Mumbai to Thiruvananthapuram also resulted in vigorous monsoon conditions over Goa.
In addition, the formation of convective systems such as low-pressure regions in both Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal resulted in good rainfall over Goa. The atmospheric formations also resulted in active monsoon conditions over the state.
“The La Nina conditions over the Pacific Ocean also favoured rainfall over most parts of India, including Goa,” Kumar said.