PANAJI: A day after the India meteorological department (IMD) issued an orange alert for June 11 to 13, it revised the alert dates to June 12 to 14.
However, the department warned that the possibility of heavy rainfall on June 11 remains.
The rain intensity will increase from June 12.
“For a region like Goa, if we even get heavy rain for a day, it is only from the second or third day that we find some impact.
The orange warning has now been issued for June 12 to 14,” IMD scientist Rahul M said.
He said that this was going to be a continuous event and IMD warnings will be frequently updated in the coming days.
“Numerical weather prediction models indicate that the intensity of rainfall will increase from June 12 onwards.
The possibility of very heavy rainfall is still there for June 11,” he said.
TOI had reported on Thursday that an orange alert was issued for Goa warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in the state.
The IMD attributed the reason for the phenomenon to the low pressure area formed over North Bay of Bengal and surrounding areas on June 7, which is likely to become “more marked”.