19 September,2026 11:04 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Partly cloudy skies, light to moderate rain is likely on Saturday. File Pic
Mumbai woke up to partly cloudy skies on Saturday, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting a few spells of light to moderate rain or thundershowers across the city and suburbs through the day.
The maximum temperature is likely to settle at around 33 degrees Celsius, while the minimum temperature is expected to be around 26 degrees Celsius, according to the IMD's 8 am weather bulletin.
Between 8 am on Friday, September 18 and 8 am on Saturday, September 19, Mumbai recorded an average rainfall of 22.16 mm in the Island City (CT), 23.13 mm in the Eastern Suburbs (ES) and 24.39 mm in the Western Suburbs (WS).
The city is expected to witness a high tide at 4:28 pm, reaching 2.75 metres. The next high tide is forecast at 6:58 am on Sunday, September 20, reaching 3.05 metres.
A low tide is expected at 11:07 pm, when the water level is likely to fall to 1.86 metres. Another low tide is forecast at 2:31 pm on September 20, reaching 2.56 metres.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has issued a yellow alert for 11 districts in Maharashtra, forecasting thunderstorms with lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds of 30 - 40 kmph at isolated places.
The districts under the alert are Raigad, Ratnagiri, Dhule, Nandurbar, Jalgaon, Nashik, the Ghats of Nashik, Satara, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Hingoli and Latur.
The weather department has also extended the yellow alert into next week for the Ghats of Nashik, Ahilyanagar, Pune, the Ghats of Pune, the Ghats of Kolhapur, Satara, the Ghats of Satara, Hingoli, Nanded and Latur.
Similar weather conditions, including thunderstorms with lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph, are expected at isolated places in these areas.
The IMD has advised residents in the affected districts to follow weather updates and exercise caution during thunderstorms. People are particularly advised to avoid open fields, tall trees and water bodies when lightning activity is reported.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's seven lakes supplying water to the city were collectively holding 97.72 per cent of their useful storage capacity as of 6 am on Saturday, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department's daily lake-level report.
The combined useful water stock stood at 14,14,356 million litres (ML) against the total useful storage capacity of 14,47,363 ML. At the same time last year, the lakes held 14,37,539 ML, or 99.32 per cent of their useful storage capacity. In 2024, the combined stock was 14,27,275 ML, equivalent to 98.61 per cent.
