The Marathi festival Ganesh Chaturthi brought the gift of good rains along with it for Mumbai city. The heavy Monsoon rains that Mumbai is famous for during the Southwest Monsoon season has remained in hiding for a long time. So much so that barring two to three days, otherwise Mumbai has mainly seen light to moderate rains during the entire month of August.
However, Mumbai rains revived and the city got to witness extremely heavy rains on August 20. Though these rains also did not stay for long and thereafter, the intensity of Mumbai rains reduced. In the last 24 hours also, only light rains paid a visit to the city.
Within a span of 24 hours from 08:30 am on Thursday, Mumbai’s Colaba Observatory recorded 19 mm of rains, while the Santa Cruz Observatory managed to record light traces of 3 mm only.
[yuzo_related]
As of now, Mumbai rains have paced up and are anticipated to continue lashing with an increased intensity. The increase in Monsoon showers in Mumbai will also bring issued pertaining to water logging and traffic snarls. Additionally, travel disruption is also anticipated.
Click above to see the live lightning and thunderstorm across Mumbai
As per Skymet Weather, the reason for increased rainfall activities over the entertainment hub of the country can be associated with the offshore trough running from South Konkan to Coastal Karnataka. This trough which was inactive has become active once again thus resulting in good rains.
Skymet Weather further reiterates that these rains will continue to keep lashing the city until August 29. Thus, the weather during the auspicious Ganesh Chaturthi will stay rainy which may create chaos for Mumbaikars to celebrate the divine festival in full swing.
Image Credit: Ganesh Chaturthi
Any information taken from here should be credited to skymetweather.com
