Anupam Kashyapi, former head of weather forecasting at IMD, said the rain can help boost the groundwater table and maintain the fast-depleting levels in dams that supply water to Pune.
Moisture bearing winds from the Arabian Sea are wafting into Maharashtra and Pune via Gujarat which has made the city experience the present unpleasant and stifling sensation.
Pune may witness an increase in minimum temperature till February 14; Vidarbha, Madhya Maharashtra, north Maharashtra set to report light to medium rain accompanied by thunder and lightning.