\While moderate showers brought respite to the city during the weekend, Mumbai is unlikely to experience heavy rain this week with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting light rain in the district until the weekend. However, Mumbai and Thane are likely to witness thundershowers on Wednesday. Over the past few days, Mumbai has been receiving intermittent spells of light showers. Data from the weather bureau shows between Sunday and Monday morning, the Santacruz observatory recorded 30 mm rain, while the Colaba coastal observatory recorded 19 mm rainfall. Meanwhile, the BMC’s automatic weather station recorded the maximum showers in the western suburbs at an average of 27 mm rainfall. In the island city division, 26 mm average rain was received while the eastern suburbs received 21 mm rainfall. According to the weather bureau, Mumbai will continue to receive light showers between Tuesday and Friday, amid no active rain systems. On Wednesday, however, thundershowers may sweep Mumbai and Thane, ushering in some respite. Amid the absence of active weather systems, entire Maharashtra is witnessing a dry spell with no warnings issued for the state's districts in the ongoing week. September has been the driest monsoon month in the city, with an average 359 mm rain recorded in the month. So far, Mumbai's Santacruz station has received 165 mm rain in September while overall Mumbai has recorded 2,597 mm rain since the onset of monsoon in June. For the record, on an average, Mumbai's Santacruz station receives 2,319 mm rain in the four-month spanning monsoon while Colaba station registers 2,095 mm rain. Meanwhile, the total stock of the seven lakes soared to 98.7 per cent — which accounts to 14.47 lakh million litres — on Monday morning. Last year, on the same day, the lake levels reached 97 per cent while in 2022, the water stock had reached 98 per cent.
