Large-scale waterlogging was witnessed on Paud Road near Bhusari Colony after heavy rain lashed Pune on Monday evening
Official meteorological data showed that NDA region registered the highest rainfall during the day at 15.0 mm, followed closely by Shivajinagar with 12.7 mm and Purandar with 12.5 mm. Other monitoring locations recorded lighter precipitation, with Pashan reporting 2.0 mm, Ambegaon receiving 1.5 mm and Hadapsar logging 1.0 mm of rainfall.
A number of weather systems are present across the country, which are causing showers in different parts of several states, including Maharashtra , according to IMD officials. This is leading to convective activity and causing thunderstorms,” said a senior official from IMD. These include a western disturbance seen as a trough in the middle and upper tropospheric westerlies at the middle tropospheric level. An upper-air cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh and its neighbourhood at the lower tropospheric level. Apart from this, a trough runs from North Interior Karnataka to Tamil Nadu at the lower tropospheric level. “Along with these conditions, local weather factors are also contributing to the rains.