Mumbai witnessed heavy showers along with thunder and lightning on Wednesday evening hinting toward the development of a new monsoonal system over the city which is likely to intensify over the weekend. According to the Indian Metrological Department (IMD), a new system has been developed which will result in rainfall over the entire state, including the Konkan belt and parts of Goa.
The IMD has given Mumbai a yellow alert from today (Thursday). “A yellow alert means heavy rains along with intense spells at isolated places,” said IMD Colaba official Sushma Nair.
“The thunderstorm activities which we are experiencing currently will decrease and a new monsoon system is getting formed which will increase the intensity of the rainfall over the state including Mumbai. A cyclonic circulation lies over east-central and adjoining south-east Bay of Bengal and extends up to 5.8 km above mean sea level. Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over the west-central Bay of Bengal during the next 24 hours,” added the official.
Other districts which also have been given yellow alerts by the IMD include Palghar, Thane, Sindhudurg, Nasik, Ahmednagar, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Jalna, Nanded and Latur. Moreover, Raigad and Ratnagiri have been given an orange alert for the weekend.
The IMD has also given a fishermen warning for the Maharashtra coast, in which they have advised them not to venture into deep waters during the next five days.
Nair also added saying that, looking at the thunderstorm activities the citizens might feel that the monsoon is retreating but the IMD assures that September has been predicted to have more rainfall than August this year. Last year the monsoon retreat date was 12th Oct 2021.
According to the IMD data for Mumbai this year, July has been the wettest month so far with 1244mm rainfall which was 10% above normal, while June received a maximum of 325.5 mm and August received 551.8 mm rainfall.
On Wednesday, the minimum temperature recorded in Santacruz was 26.2°C and the maximum was 31.6°C, also the relative humidity was 89%. While Colaba experienced a minimum temperature of 27.0°C and a maximum temperature of 30.8°C with a relative humidity of 86%.
