Parts of Mumbai, neighbouring areas receive heavy rain

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Several parts of Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and Palghar witnessed heavy rain on Monday morning.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of light to intense spells of rain.

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The IMD's head SID, Climate Research & Services at Pune, K S Hosalikar, tweeted, "Nowcast Warning issued at 2200Hrs Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning & mod to intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40kmph is likely to occur at isol places in districts of Mumbai & Palghar during next 3 hours. Take precautions while moving out."

On Monday morning, IMD's Santacruz observatory recorded the maximum temperature at 33.9 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 27.2 degrees Celsius, while the Colaba observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 33.2 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius.