Mumbai unlikely to receive heavy rains this weekend; lake levels at 97%

The water stock in seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai stood at 97 percent on Sunday.

Dark clouds gather over Worli. (Express photo by Pradip Das)

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Chances of heavy rainfall during the festive weekend of Ganesh Chaturthi appear to be very slim now, with the low pressure that had developed above the Konkan Belt of Maharashtra beginning to pass.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had last week said that between September 14 and 15, a low pressure may develop above Mumbai which may lead to heavy rains following September 16. The IMD, in its five day long forecast, had also issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, along with Thane, Palghar and Raigad.

As of Sunday, the alert was downgraded for Mumbai, but remains in place for the next 24 hours for Raigad, Thane and Palghar.

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“Initially we had given a yellow alert since there was a possibility of rains owing to a low pressure that had developed. However, the pressure has started to recede and we downgraded the warning as the chance of very heavy rains appear slim now and city may record light spell of rains in sporadic spells,” Sushma Nair, a scientist from IMD Mumbai, told The Indian Express on Sunday.

According to the IMD’s data, the city recorded 2 mm of rains in past 24 hours at the Santacruz and Colaba observatories.

Meanwhile, the water stock in all seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai stood at 97 percent on Sunday. At present, the water stock in Tulsi and Vehar Lakes stand at 100 percent, followed by 99 percent in Tansa, 98 percent in Bhatsa, 97 percent in Middle Vaitarna, 96 percent in Modak Sagar and 91 percent in Upper Vaitarna.

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