Mumbai’s ‘dry spell’ here to stay, but lake levels stand at 93%
Mumbai’s ‘dry spell’ here to stay, but lake levels stand at 93%
So far, Mumbai has recorded 2,237 mm rain since the onset of the monsoon in June
As Mumbai continues to witness little to no rain over the past week, IMD on Monday stipulated that Mumbai’s dry spell will stay. Issuing no warnings for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts, the IMD indicated that the city is in for a week of only light to moderate rain atleast until Friday.
As per data furnished by the weather bureau amid Sunday and Monday morning, the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded 2 mm rainfall whereas Colaba received 3 mm rain.
In the interim, as per Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s automatic weather station, the highest rain of 8.92 mm was observed in the eastern suburbs, followed by the island city division which received 7.21 mm and the western suburbs which registered 4.17 mm rain.
Sunil Kamble, Director, IMD (Mumbai), informs that for the next four days, the city is likely to receive only light to moderate rain… For later days, we are expecting a system to develop over Kerala after August 18 and 19. Thereafter only will be in a position to update their forecasts accordingly.
As for now, the city has recorded 2,237 mm rain since the onset of the monsoon in June, of which nearly 2,053 mm was recorded in June and July.
The Santacruz station has recorded 184 mm rain in August so far, which is about 30 per cent of its monthly average of 566.4 mm rain. August is the city’s second wettest month, after July which brings it the heaviest rain at an average of 856 mm.
For the record, after reeling under a rain deficit of 35 per cent in June, Mumbai received above-average rainfall in July by clocking in a surplus of nearly 50 per cent from its monthly average.
Notwithstanding, light showers, the total stock in the seven lakes catering to Mumbai’s water demands touched 92.55 per cent (13.39 lakh million litres) of the total capacity on Monday morning.
This is higher than the level recorded (83 per cent) on the same day last year. When 100 per cent full, the seven lakes have a holding capacity of 14.47 lakh million litres.
News Edit K.V.Raman
