Goa: Capital city records state’s wettest spell in 24 hours

The capital city witnessed some sharp showers right from Sunday morning, and was the wettest among all centres across the state in the 24-hour period from Monday 8.30am to Tuesday morning. Met department sources further said that the total rainfall received by Panaji up to 8.30pm on Tuesday (from 8.30am on Monday) totalled 66.4 mm. Met sources said the forecast for the next 24 hours is frequent spells of rain or thunder showers with heavy rains in some areas.

The season total, meanwhile, reached 2,760.6 mm up to 5.30pm on Tuesday. The 100-inch mark was crossed last Sunday, resulting in Panaji receiving 93% of expected rainfall during the monsoon by mid-August itself.

As for rainfall received at other centres for the 24-hour period up to 8.30am on Tuesday, Canacona received 8.2 mm, Margao 11.2 mm, Dabolim 22.0 mm, Sanguem 2.2 mm, Mormugao 11.6 mm, Ponda 5.1 mm, Valpoi 8.2 mm, Panaji 36.2 mm, Mapusa 14.0 mm and Pernem 21.2 mm.