Drizzles likely till next week, says IMD

“At present, there are no strong westerlies that are blowing past Mumbai. Also, the low pressure has moved towards Uttar Pradesh. This has brought some respite from the heavy rains as the western coast of Konkan belt will record only light to moderate rains for the next few days. This is an absolutely normal situation since during August, there is usually a monsoon break that takes place,” Sushma Nair, scientist from IMD, Mumbai told Express on Friday.

Meanwhile, in the past 24 hours, the Santacruz observatory recorded 4 mm of rains, while the coastal observatory at Colaba recorded 2 mm of rains.

According to the BMC’s automatic weather system, the island city recorded 1.04 mm of rain between 8 am and 6 pm, while the eastern and western suburbs recorded 1.24 mm and 0.63 mm respectively.

The overall waterstock in all the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai stood at 79.25% on Friday. So far, the Tansa, Vihar, Tulsi and Modak Sagar lakes have reached their full capacity.