The city of dreams Mumbai has been witnessing hefty Monsoon showers from the past few days. On August 27 Mumbai witnessed heavy rain of 60 mm of heavy rains. As predicted by Skymet Weather, in the past day the city and adjoining regions recorded heavy two to three digit Monsoon rains.
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In the past 24 hours from 8.30 am on Monday, Colaba Observatory in Mumbai recorded extremely heavy rain of 152 mm, Santacruz Observatory 152 mm and Alibag 161 mm of rain. In the same span of time the adjoining regions such as Dahanu and Harnai also received three digit rains.
These rains can be attributed to the cyclonic circulation which was over northern parts of Marathwada and adjoining region, this weather system moved westwards and merged with the off shore trough leading to hefty rains across the Konkan coast and adjoining South Gujarat.
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The Mumbaikars are celebrating Ganpati Mahotsav and these heavy rains have made the weather pleasant which has infused more zeal the people. However, these heavy rains can lead to traffic jams also. As per Skymet Weather, the weather system is likely to persist along the West Coast and thus heavy to extremely heavy rains will continue over Mumbai and adjoining regions.
Another Low-Pressure area is moving towards Konkan Coast which is at present over South Madhya Pradesh and adjoining Vidarbha region. These hefty showers are likely to continue over Mumbai for the next two to three days thereafter also moderate showers will continue.
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