Monsoon to pick up pace from next weekend in Mumbai

On the ongoing moderate spells, IMD officials said that Mumbai is currently experiencing ‘break monsoon conditions’ owing to the shift of the monsoon trough to the Himalayas.

Furthermore, according to meteorologists, besides isolated spells of heavy showers, the upcoming week will continue to receive light rain as no weather systems, which would normally bring a monsoon surge over the west coast, are developing over either the Bay of Bengal or the Arabian Sea.

In its bulletin forecast for the next five days (until August 16), the weather bureau has issued no alert for Mumbai and its neighbouring districts of Raigad, Thane and Palghar, stating the likelihood of light to moderate showers in the districts.

The data furnished by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) shows that in the past 24 hours ending Saturday morning, the eastern suburbs received 6.03 mm rain followed by the island city where 3.60 mm rainfall was recorded. Meanwhile, the western suburb received 2.26 mm rainfall.

On Saturday morning, the water stock in the seven lakes which supply water to the city rose to 82.33 per cent of the total capacity, registering a minimal rise in the lake levels. Last year, on the same date, the lake levels stood at 93.03 per cent while in 2021, the water stock touched 80.99 per cent during the same period. This year, the monsoon arrived in the bay on June 22, following a delay of two weeks from its official date of onset, June 11.

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While most of Maharashtra will remain dry over the course of the next week, the weather bureau has sounded a yellow alert for some districts of Vidarbha region indicating the possibility of thunderstorm accompanied by lightning in isolated pockets of the region.