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Respite from heat: Light showers return to Mumbai over weekend
In its forecast bulletin, the IMD has stated that rain intensity is likely to gather pace with the city recording moderate rainfall.
Mumbai IMD weather alert: The city is under yellow alert until Friday; Thane, Palghar and Raigad likely to witness extremely heavy rain
Mumbai and its neighbouring districts are slated to experience an uptick in rain activity with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting the possibility of moderate rainfall across the region, from the weekend.
After recording drizzle of negligible proportions over the past one week, the city experienced light rain activity on Saturday morning. Records from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s weather stations showed the eastern suburbs recorded the heaviest rain at an average 15.27 mm, followed by 7.31 mm rain in the western suburbs and 1.67 mm rainfall in the island city division, between Friday and Saturday morning. During the same period, IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded over 3 mm rainfall.
Throughout Saturday, the city experienced overcast skies with spells of light showers – in much contrast to the sunny days over the past few days which left the temperatures soaring above the normal levels.
In its forecast bulletin, the IMD stated rain intensity is likely to gather pace with the city recording moderate rainfall.
While the weather bureau did not issue any warnings for Mumbai on Saturday afternoon while placing Thane, Raigad as well as Palghar districts under a yellow, the IMD sounded a yellow warning in Mumbai by Saturday evening owing to the possibility of heavy rainfall in isolated pockets. No alerts have been issued from Sunday, despite the possibility of further increase in rain activity.
According to meteorologists, there is an upper air cyclonic circulation and a low pressure area system, which will usher in moisture and induce some rainfall.
Even as heavy downpour eludes the region, Mumbai has already surpassed its average monthly rainfall of 920 mm. So far, the suburbs have clocked in 1,159 mm until Saturday spurred by unabated rainfall that lashed Mumbai and its neighbouring districts between July 1 and July 8. Despite a delayed onset of southwest monsoon in Mumbai, the city has recorded a positive departure of 47 percent above the normal from the seasonal average rainfall.
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