23 August,2026 12:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai woke up to partly cloudy conditions on Sunday, August 23, with the city expected to experience light to moderate rainfall during the day, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The weather forecasting agency has predicted generally cloudy skies with light to moderate rain in Mumbai. Residents can expect intermittent spells of rainfall as monsoon conditions continue across the city and neighbouring areas.
The IMD has also forecast light rain in surrounding regions, including Thane, Palghar and Raigad, on Sunday.
As per IMD, Mumbai on Thursday is likely to record a maximum temperature of 31.7 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature is expected to remain around 25.5 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, rainfall recorded across Mumbai during the 24-hour period from 8 pm on August 22 to 8 am on August 23 remained comparatively low. The Island City recorded an average rainfall of 2.75 mm, while the Eastern Suburbs received 7.98 mm, whereas the Western Suburbs registered 5.90 mm of rainfall during the same period.
Mumbai recorded relatively low rainfall between 8 pm on August 22 and 8 am on August 23. The eastern suburbs recorded the highest average rainfall among the three regions during the period.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has also issued tide timings for Mumbai.
As per BMC, high tide is expected at 9:30 am, reaching a height of 3.33 metres. Another high tide is expected at 8:55 am on August 23, with a height of 2.84 metres.
The low tide is expected at 3:57 pm on Thursday, reaching 2.40 metres. Another low tide is forecast at 2:57 am on August 24, with a height of 1.48 metres.
Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 13,78,143 million litres of water, or 95.22 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Sunday, August 23, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.
The current stock now stands lower than in the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 13,85,750 million litres (95.74 per cent). However, the lake levels remained higher than in 2024, when the lakes had 13,714,617 million litres, accounting for 94.97 per cent of the total live storage.
Among the seven reservoirs, Vehar and Modak Sagar lakes remained at 100 per cent live storage. Whereas the water levels at Tulsi stood at 99.35, Tansa at 98.34 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 95.29 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir at 95.14 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 89.32 per cent.
