Mumbai wakes up to light showers, IMD says rain activity to continue in coming days

The showers continued into Friday with Mumbai and its neighbouring districts, like Thane, witnessing light showers. Forecasting rainfall, the IMD issued a yellow nowcast warning at 7 am on Friday for Mumbai and surrounding regions, followed by another yellow nowcast sounded at 10 am for a duration of three hours.

The light showers also spurred a dip in mercury, with the city registering 30.3 degree Celsius on Thursday, which is nearly 4.4 degrees below the normal, as well as a significant dip compared to Wednesday when the maximum temperatures had touched 34.5 degree Celsius.

Even as the IMD announced the withdrawal of the Southwest Monsoon on October 10, the city reeled under continuous showers throughout the month, making for an unusual October. Meteorologists attributed the ongoing spells of rain to a deep depression as well as a trough running along the upper air cyclonic circulation system associated with the depression.

This month, the Colaba coastal observatory clocked 165 mm of rainfall in the month of October, which is a positive departure of 91 mm above the normal. Meanwhile, the Santacruz observatory remained relatively dry, receiving 71 mm of rainfall during the month.

The rainy October comes after the city experienced a historic early onset of monsoon on May 26 this year as well as above normal spells of showers during the monsoon months from June to September.

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