Mumbai to get reprieve from chill

New Delhi, The fall in minimum temperature over the commercial capital Mumbai is expected to come to a gradual halt during the next 48 hours. This would certainly provide relief to Mumbaikars who were reeling under the effect of high maximum temperatures and low minimums. The maximum temperature over Mumbai is recorded to be around 33 degrees while the minimum nosedived by almost four degrees (from 20 to 16) during the last few days.

The winds (easterly) associated with the low pressure area (in the Bay of Bengal) are expected to send moisture and clouds that would impact the prevailing minimum and the maximum temperatures. The cloudiness will block radiation (heat) received from the sun while the same reason would not let the maximum temperatures not rise much.

So, from tomorrow onwards, the fall in the minimum temperature would be arrested and an increasing trend would be witnessed. There would be incursion of moisture from the easterly winds from November 23.

Mumbai is hosting the second test match between England and India between November 23 and November 27 and the weather is expected to be perfect during the first three days of the match. But the players would have to sweat more on the fourth and the fifth days of the match due to the arrival of more moisture and consequent spike in humidity.