Pune: Coastal and eastern parts of Maharashtra may expect the most rain in the coming week till Aug 8, while the rest of the state will experience varying monsoon activity, according to the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) forecast issued on Sunday.Continuous rain is predicted to cover almost the entire Konkan and Goa region throughout the week. In Madhya Maharashtra, showers will be light and spread out during the same period.Towards the eastern parts, Vidarbha will witness heavy, widespread rain at the start and end of the week, with lighter, scattered showers in the middle days and thunderstorms early in the timeframe; rain in Marathwada will remain light and patchy across the week, with brief thunderstorms during initial days, as per Met officials.For Monday, IMD has forecast that Pune city and its neighbourhood will experience partly cloudy skies that become generally cloudy towards afternoon or evening. While very light to light rain is very likely on the day, heavy rainfall is predicted for isolated places in the ghat areas. From Tuesday through Saturday, the Pune region will continue to see partly cloudy skies that become generally cloudy towards the latter half of the daytime.Pune city areas as well as ghats continued to record rainfall on Sunday. In the 24-hour period ending at 8.30am on Sunday, ghat and lake regions recorded intense spells of rain, surpassing amounts received in the plains. Koyna (Navja) logged the highest rainfall in ghat areas at 205mm, followed by Tamhini at 170mm and Shirgaon at 150mm. Among other prominent ghat locations, Dawdi recorded 111mm, Bhira 87mm, Khand 82mm, Ambone 69mm, Walvan 65mm, Dungerwadi 63mm, Lonavala (Tata) 54mm, Bhivpuri 52mm, and Lonavala (OFF) 51mm. Lower rainfall figures were observed in Wangaon and Khopoli (41mm each), Shirota (38mm), Koyna (Pophali) (23mm), Thakurwadi (16mm), and Dharavi (6.42mm).Across the district plains, precipitation remained moderate to light. Bhor recorded the highest rainfall in the district at 30mm, followed by Malin at 24.5mm, Talegaon 17.5mm, and Nimgiri 8.5mm.In key city areas and urban belts, Chinchwad received 4mm of rainfall, while NDA recorded 3.5mm and Girivan 2.5mm. Core city areas logged trace to light spells, with Shivajinagar, Hadapsar, and Shirur receiving 1.5mm each, followed by Dudulgaon at 1mm, Haveli and Koregaon Park at 0.5mm each, and Baramati 0.2mm.IMD officials said that a number of weather systems are present in and around the country, which will promote rainfall. “The western end of the monsoon trough lies south of its normal position and its eastern end north of its normal position at mean sea level,” a senior IMD official told TOI.
