IMD predicts relief for Mumbai from heavy rains; Thane Raigad put on alert
IMD predicts relief for Mumbai from heavy rains; Thane Raigad put on alert
According to the weather bureau, IMD, Mumbai will witness low-keyed showers from Tuesday, no heavy rains.This announcement comes after Mumbai was witness to heavy rains in the metropolis. The intensity
of showers is slated to recede in the coming days.
While no warnings have been issued for Mumbai, the neighbouring districts of Thane and Raigad have been placed on a yellow alert and an orange warning respectively on Tuesday.
Amid a yellow alert sounded for Mumbai, on Monday, light showers continued to sweep the city with the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recording 10 mm of rainfall amid Sunday and Monday morning, followed by 20 mm of rain recorded in IMD’s coastal observatory at Colaba.
Automated Weather System (AWS) showed an average of 16.04 mm rainfall recorded in the island city amidst the same period, followed by 14.12 mm in eastern suburbs and 10.48 mm in the western suburbs.
Meanwhile, between 8.30 am to 5.30 pm on Monday, the Santacruz station received only 0.9 mm rain.
Owing to the likelihood of only moderate showers on cards, the IMD has downgraded the yellow warning for Mumbai to a green alert between Tuesday and Friday.
With the city receiving heavy rains over the weekend, Mumbai surpassed its seasonal average rainfall quota on Saturday evening. While the suburbs receive an average of 2,319 mm rain over the four months of monsoon, Mumbai’s Santacruz station has logged 2,408 mm rain so far since the onset of monsoon. Even the Colaba coastal observatory — which has clocked 2155.3 mm rain since June — has crossed its seasonal average rainfall quota which is 2,095 mm.
Of the total rain recorded, Mumbai has received 355 mm rain in the month of August, which is a shortfall of over 35 per cent from its monthly average rainfall.
Meanwhile, amid heavy showers, the total stock in the seven lakes supplying Mumbai its potable water soared to 95.36 per cent – 13.80 lakh million litres – of the total capacity on Monday morning. Last year, on the same day, the lake levels had remained at 86 per cent.
News Edit K.V.Raman
