‘April Showers Bring May Flowers!’- City saw Early Monsoon Rain
Mangaluru: The proverb “March winds and April showers bring forth May flowers”, or the shorter, trochaic version “April showers bring May flowers” are common expressions in English speaking countries. Whatever the versions are, monsoon seemed like it came a few weeks earlier than the expected time which starts in June. Although it didn’t pour down heavily, but the rain was quite enough to dampen the soil, created some cool temperature, was a relief for plants and trees, etc etc. While most of the citizens were still in bed, the rain came down heavily for a while during the wee hours of 4- 4.30 am on 3 April. Usually, the pre-monsoon is expected sometime in the third week of May followed by South West monsoons in the first week of June.”Probably it rained due to Global Warming? say a few people.
Around 4 am or so I heard dogs barking, and woke up to see what was going on- and to my surprise is was raining. Cool breeze spread a blanket of pleasant weather around bringing down the summer heat considerably. The breeze was accompanied by steady drizzle, few thunders that continued for a short time. The drizzle gave some respite from the dryness the city had endured for over last few months. Although it didn’t rain heavily, but it was enough to wet some of the items or clothes left out to dry.
Maximum temperatures have changed little over the State. They were appreciably above normal at most places over North Interior Karnataka; above normal at most places over Coastal Karnataka and at a few places over South Interior Karnataka. During the weekend, the temperature in Mangaluru is 34-36 degree Celcius, and this morning it is around 29-30 degrees- chances are the temperature could go up to 36 degrees in the later hours. The forecast for the next 48 hours says rain/thundershowers would occur at most places over Coastal Karnataka and at many places over interior Karnataka. But you can’t always rely on the weatherman -it could rain or it could be sunny. Until then let’s keep our fingers crossed, and hope for a sunny bright weather rather than a gloomy wet weather during the week.