Extraordinary Desert Rain !!
And the Rains continue to lash Gujarat !
Sure, I did mention yesterday that there is 1 more day of rains there, but least imagined it would be with such vigour !
Kutch and Jamnagar districts bore the brunt.
Heaviest amonst the Gujarat rains as on Tuesday morning ( 24 hrs) were:
Kutch : Abdasa:103 mms, Anjar: 190 mms, Bhachau: 173 mms, Bhuj: 73 mms, Gandhidham: 100 mms,
Mandvi*: 449 mms, Mundra:116 mms,Nakhatrana: 95 mms, Rapar:104 mms
* Mandvi we discussed yesterday had recieved 124 % of its seasonal rain. But with another whopping 449mms, its got more than 250 %, with all the season's rain in a day yesterday !!
These are phenomenal for a day's rain. C'mon, this is desert territory, not a coastal region.
Kutch, has by now measured 97 % of its season's rain till Tuesday morning.
And another rain battered region,Jamnagar:
The 24 hrs rainfall as on Tuesday morning:
Jamnagar city: 466 mms,Jodia: 212 mms, Khambhalia:208 mms,Lalpur:164 mms,Kalyanpur:155 mms and Dwarka :97 mms
This district has by Tuesday recieved 97% of its season's rainfall !
Now, with Mumbai Colaba having reached its season's total, it can afford to adhere to our estimate of 2/3 days of "rest period". Required for "cleaning up" and restoring roads !
Today (Tuesday) morning, the Colaba rains for this season totalled 1923 mms. And the season's normal quota till Setember end is 1920 mms.
So, all in excess now ! I'm not talking about the lakes, mind well !
Seems deserts will now become fertile lands. Past 3-4 years, low pressure over north bay is ending its fury in Gujrat/Rajasthan deserts.
ReplyDeleteWhat is happening to Coastal karnataka and south interior Karnataka. No rain since 01/june/2010. Sun is bright shining in Bangalore instead of rains. Will this become drought effected desert?
sset, relax. No panic as such.B'Lore gets most of its rains during the NE monsoon. And thats the period when its water reserves are supposed to actually fill.
ReplyDeleteTill now B'lore has received 150 mms, just 23 mms below. And see the rainfall in karnatak last 24 hrs.
Sringeri (Chickmagalur t), Madapura (Kodagu dt) and Madikeri 6 each, Subramanya (Dakshina Kannada dt), Ankola and Bhatkal (Both Uttara Kannada dt), Jayapura (Chickmagalur dt), Sakleshpura (Hassan dt) and Ponnampet (Kodagu dt) 5 each, Kozhikode Airport, Puttur (Dakshina Kannada dt), Gerusoppa and Jagalbet (both Uttara Kannada dt), Virajpet (Kodagu dt), Humchadakatte and Linganamakki (both Shimoga dt) 4 each, Kannur, Kudulu (Kasargod dt), Kozhikode, Mananthavady and Kuppady (both Wayanad dt), Manjeri (Malapuram dt), Parambikulam (Palakkad dt), Cherthala (Alapuzha dt), Panambur, Mangalore Airport, Mani and Mulki (both Dakshina Kannada dt), Kota (Udupi dt), Honavar, Sankeshwar (Belgaum dt), N.R.Pura (Chikmagalur dt), Ballupet (Hassan dt), Valparai, Chinna Kallar (Coimbatore dt) and Naduvattam (Nilgiris dt) 3 each,