Mumbai rains were in hiding for quite some time now. So much so that the city had been witnessing almost dry weather conditions until 48 hours ago. However, rain gods have finally made a comeback over the maximum city.
While rains were moderate in nature about a day ago, Monsoon showers have picked up even more pace in the past 24 hours.
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In fact, in a span of 24 hours, the Santa Cruz observatory witnessed a whopping 68 mm of rainfall. Not only this, the Colaba observatory recorded some moderate showers amounting to 24 mm as well.
Check out the latest lightning and thunderstorm status across Mumbai
These Mumbai rains can be attributed to the presence of a well-marked low-pressure area which is presently over West Madhya Pradesh and adjoining East Rajasthan.
Also, the off shore trough along the West Coast has been activated and is presently running from Maharashtra up to Kerala region. With this, moisture incursion due to strong southwesterly winds have increased resulting in good rains.
As per weathermen at Skymet, more Mumbai rains are expected to continue. In fact, the showers will remain between moderate to heavy only. Also, there are chances of a few sharp spells of rain also in some parts of the city.
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