After occasional showers in many areas of Mumbai on Sunday, Skymet Meteorology Division in India has forecast heavy showers in isolated pockets of the city on Monday. According to the latest weather update, the Monsoon surge is strong over the Arabian Sea and continues to feed moisture to the entire west coast of peninsular India, including Mumbai. The next three days, till the 19th of June the city will observe intermittent rain.
Light to moderate showers occurred in Mumbai at Santa Cruz and Colaba on Sunday morning where 15 mm and 21 mm of rain was recorded respectively. Parts of Dadar witnessed drizzle around 3 pm which was then followed by another spell of light rain at around 8 pm. Similar pattern of rain was reported at night at Navi Mumbai, Charkop and Vikhroli.
“Many areas continued to receive intermittent rain the entire day and the skies remained cloudy and dull. Mumbai has been receiving rain but we are still waiting for some good Monsoon showers to get soaked in”, says Yogesh Patil, a resident of Dadar.
“Rain in Mumbai is likely to be heavy in isolated pockets today due to an influx of moisture laden winds from the Arabian Sea. We were observing the weather in the morning today and the radar was indicating some light showers at around 10:10 am”, says Samar Chaudhury. “However, it looks like rain could reduce in the next 72 hours as the monsoon surge may weaken a little”, he added further.
Cloudy weather in Mumbai accompanied by occasional thundershowers, since the last few days has led to a drop in the mercury by 2 to 4 degrees. The maximum temperature in the city which was seen recording around 37⁰C last week has now dropped to settle around 33⁰C. Wednesday, 11th June was the hottest day (38⁰C) of the month in Mumbai in a decade. As of now, the city of dreams could witness a further drop in the day temperatures in the next 24 hours. For Monday, the maximum temperature is expected to settle around 31⁰C, whereas on Sunday it recorded 33.7⁰C.
The average rainfall for Mumbai in June is a whopping 523 mm and whether the rain amounts in Mumbai will be anywhere close to these figures is yet to be seen.
