Satara ghats, where a red alert was in place on Friday, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall at isolated places from August 2 to 4. Monsoon fury subsides: IMD downgrades rain alerts for Pune, Nashik and Satara ghats With the depression over central India expected to weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area over the next 24 hours, rainfall across the region is likely to ease. After a week of intense rainfall and successive red, orange and yellow alerts across Pune district and the ghats of Pune, Nashik and Satara, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a gradual easing of the monsoon from Saturday. While light to moderate rain is likely to continue in Pune district on Saturday, the intensity is expected to reduce further from August 2, with only light showers forecast thereafter. the ghats of Pune and Nashik, the red alert in force on Friday has been downgraded to an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on Saturday. From August 2, the alerts are expected to be eased further. The Pune ghats will remain under a yellow alert for heavy rainfall at isolated places, while no alert has been issued for the Nashik ghats, where only moderate rainfall is expected. In the Satara ghats, where a red alert was in place on Friday, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall at isolated places from August 2 to 4. The Kolhapur ghats will remain under a yellow alert till August 2 before rainfall returns to normal monsoon levels. On Friday, Shivajinagar, the city’s main weather observatory, recorded 29.8 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, with 18.2 mm falling by the afternoon. Pashan received 34 mm during the same period. Chinchwad, which had recorded around 7.5 mm till 2.30 pm, received 21 mm by the evening. Lohegaon recorded 19 mm, while Koregaon Park received 23 mm of rain. The widespread rainfall was triggered by a depression that lay over central Vidarbha and adjoining south Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning. At 5.30 am, the system was centred about 30 km north of Wardha, 60 km west-southwest of Nagpur, 90 km east of Amravati and 160 km east of Akola. By Friday afternoon, it had moved west-northwestwards at a speed of about 17 kmph. According to the IMD, rainfall over western Maharashtra is expected to reduce as the depression is “likely to move nearly west-northwestwards across west Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Madhya Maharashtra and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during the next 24 hours.”

Suvarna Jitendra Jadhav

Administrative attorney Pune City, Maharashtra•

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Satara ghats, where a red alert was in place on Friday, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall at isolated places from August 2 to 4. Monsoon fury subsides: IMD downgrades rain alerts for Pune, Nashik and Satara ghats With the depression over central India expected to weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area over the next 24 hours, rainfall across the region is likely to ease. After a week of intense rainfall and successive red, orange and yellow alerts across Pune district and the ghats of Pune, Nashik and Satara, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a gradual easing of the monsoon from Saturday. While light to moderate rain is likely to continue in Pune district on Saturday, the intensity is expected to reduce further from August 2, with only light showers forecast thereafter. the ghats of Pune and Nashik, the red alert in force on Friday has been downgraded to an orange alert for heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated places on Saturday. From August 2, the alerts are expected to be eased further. The Pune ghats will remain under a yellow alert for heavy rainfall at isolated places, while no alert has been issued for the Nashik ghats, where only moderate rainfall is expected. In the Satara ghats, where a red alert was in place on Friday, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall at isolated places from August 2 to 4. The Kolhapur ghats will remain under a yellow alert till August 2 before rainfall returns to normal monsoon levels. On Friday, Shivajinagar, the city’s main weather observatory, recorded 29.8 mm of rainfall between 8.30 am and 5.30 pm, with 18.2 mm falling by the afternoon. Pashan received 34 mm during the same period. Chinchwad, which had recorded around 7.5 mm till 2.30 pm, received 21 mm by the evening. Lohegaon recorded 19 mm, while Koregaon Park received 23 mm of rain. The widespread rainfall was triggered by a depression that lay over central Vidarbha and adjoining south Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning. At 5.30 am, the system was centred about 30 km north of Wardha, 60 km west-southwest of Nagpur, 90 km east of Amravati and 160 km east of Akola. By Friday afternoon, it had moved west-northwestwards at a speed of about 17 kmph. According to the IMD, rainfall over western Maharashtra is expected to reduce as the depression is “likely to move nearly west-northwestwards across west Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Madhya Maharashtra and weaken into a well-marked low-pressure area during the next 24 hours.”