The month of May remained parched for the capital of Maharashtra, Mumbai as the city failed to record any traces of rains throughout the month. However, June came and the ‘city of dreams’ finally witnessed 26 mm of moderate rains on June 3. In fact, yesterday was quite a rainy day for the commercial capital wherein heavy rains were recorded.
Within the last 24 hours, from 08:30 am on Monday, Mumbai's Santacruz Observatory recorded 51 mm of good rains, meanwhile, Colaba Observatory witnessed 15 mm of rainfall.
As per Skymet Weather, the average monthly rainfall for Mumbai stands at 493.1 mm and till date, the city has already recorded 77.3 mm of rains.
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As per Skymet Weather, the reason for these rains can be attributed to the cyclonic circulation that was persisting over South Konkan and Goa region. As the system is still prevailing, we expect Mumbai to continue to record some more good rains today as well.
Along with this, one or two moderate spells cannot be ruled out during the late afternoon and evening hours as well. The intensity of rains would keep on increasing over Mumbai and by June 8, we expect a significant increase in the rains leading to few heavy to very heavy spells.
These heavy rains may lead to flash floods and may cause traffic snarls and chaos in the day to day life. Thus, people are advised to take adequate measures and precautions to avoid struggling with the chaotic situation.
These spells would, in turn, be responsible for triggering the arrival of Southwest Monsoon which is anticipated by June 8.
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