Mumbai Rains: Parts of city, neighbouring areas receive light showers

Light showers in Mumbai

For the fourth day in a row, Mumbai and its neighbouring areas received light to moderate showers on Monday. Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli, Palghar, and Raigad regions have been receiving rain.

KS Hosalikar, head of India Meteorological Department (Mumbai), tweeted, "Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai received light rains in the last six hours at most places as seen from rainfall monitoring networks with yellow and green spots."

"Cloudy sky over Mumbai and around, expected to open up in later part of the day," he added.

Hosalikar further said that movement of clouds towards the coast along with intensification as seen from radar. "Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar Raigad recd moderate rains in last 3,4 hrs," he tweeted.

According to the IMD forecast, the weather will be cloudy with thunderstorms for the next 48 hours.

"Due to a combination of North Westerly and South Easterly wind forming lower level confluence is formed over central India and moisture feed from the Arabian sea has resulted into formation of thick clouds and the rainfall," IMD said.

Mahesh Palawat, vice-president meteorology and climate change, tweeted, "A confluence zone and shallow trough along north Maharashtra coast and south Gujarat is causing scattered rain over Mumbai. Intensity will be more in southern suburbs. May clear up by evening."

IMD's Colaba observatory recorded 13.8 mm rainfall, while the Santacruz observatory recorded 4.8 mm rainfall till 8:30 am on Monday. According to weathermen, this unseasonal rainy spell will stop from tomorrow.

(With inputs from Gaurav Sarkar)

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