Panaji: Heavy rainfall in Canacona and moderate showers in many places over Goa during the last 24 hours till Saturday morning logged a daily average of 27.1mm for the state, making it the wettest spell during the post-monsoon season.Three good 24-hour spells on the morning of Oct 17, 20 and 24 after a poor season have helped reduce the deficit during this fortnight, as it was edging towards the century mark. Overnight, the thundershowers brought down the deficit from 75.5% to 57.3%. During the first fortnight, hardly 3mm of rainfall had been recorded.On Saturday, the total touched 60.3mm as compared to the normal value of 141.4mm at this stage.A deep depression forming over Bay of Bengal may have some impact on rainfall activity in Goa, said M R Ramesh Kumar, chief scientist (retired) at NIO and meteorologist. “If this deep depression forming as part of Northeast monsoon intensifies into a cyclone by early next week, it may have a positive impact on rainfall activity in Goa,” Kumar stated.A huge cloud cluster over the Southeastern Arabian Sea is also impacting rainfall activity.In 24 hours till Saturday morning, Canacona recorded a heavy downpour of 101.6mm, while a few other places received moderate rainfall. Dharbandora logged 46.2mm, Old Goa 53.3mm, Mapusa 23.2mm, Dabolim and Panaji 22mm each and Ponda 20.8mm.Sanguem recorded light rainfall of 15.4mm, Sanquelim 11.8mm, Quepem 10.2mm, Pernem 2.8mm, while Mormugao received very light rainfall of 0.6mm.India Meteorological Department (IMD), Panaji, has forecast light rainfall or thundershowers for two more days on Monday and Tuesday in addition to light to moderate rainfall or thundershowers on Sunday.
