Delayed by ten days due to cyclone Biparjoy, the southwest monsoon is likely to progress further and hit Mumbai ♏between June 23-25, the India Meteorological Department said on Wednesday.
S G Kamble, head of the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) Mumbai💮, said the monsoon reached coastal Ratnagiri on June 11, but it was unable to make any further progress due to cyclone Biparjoy, w⛦hich made landfall near Jakhau on the Kutch coast of Gujarat last Thursday.
“Now cond🐠itions are becoming favourable for its further progress and it is likely to hit Mumbai over the weekend betwe💙en June 23-25,” Kamble said.
The onset date for monsoon over south K🍌onkan 🐼is June 10 and for Mumbai is June 11.
Several parts of Maharashtra, especially tꦑhe Vidarbha region, are reeling under a heatwave where temperatures have crossed over 40 degrees Celsius.
The southwest🌼 monsoon reached the Indian mainland on Jꩵune 8, a week later than its normal onset.
The southwest🌱 monsoon normally sets in over Kerala on June 1.
