City to get a breather from rain, no alert from IMD for next few days
Since June, the city has recorded 2,335.4 mm rain, which is a surplus from the average rain over the four months of monsoon.
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Water levels have receded at Maharashtra Nagar in Mankhurd (East), but remnants of the severe waterlogging from the past two days persist. (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty)After days of intense rainfall, Mumbai and neighbouring districts are slated to get some respite with no warnings from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) for the region over the next four-five days.
According to the weather bureau, only moderate rainfall is likely to sweep Mumbai, Thane and Palghar until at least August 25.
Data from the IMD shows that between Wednesday and Thursday morning, the suburban Santacruz station recorded merely 24.6 mm rain while the Colaba coastal observatory registered 23 mm.
In the past week, over 850 mm rain was recorded at the Santacruz observatory in five days. The city logged in 1,000 mm rain in August — twice the monthly average — and surpassed the seasonal monsoon average of 2,319 mm rainfall, even as a third of the monsoon season is left.
Since June, the city has recorded 2,335.4 mm rain, which is a surplus from the average rain over the four months of monsoon.
Athreya Shetty, an independent weather observer said, “There were two active systems — a depression over Odisha in the eastern India region and a vortex over Palghar and North Konkan — which had led to the surge in rainfall activity. Now the depression in the eastern region has dissipated while the vortex has moved further north to Gujarat and adjoining areas. Owing to this, the city may experience some spells of rain until Sunday.”
According to Shetty, rain activity is slated to further gather pace after Monday. “Next week, a fresh low pressure area is expected over the Bay of Bengal that can again lead to an influx of rain activity from Monday. However, the intensity will be much less,” he added.
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