21 August,2026 10:01 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai is likely to see partly cloudy skies with occasional light spells of rain in the city and suburbs, according to the latest weather forecast issued at 8 am on Friday.
No major spell of rainfall has been reported in the city during the past 24 hours, with average rainfall remaining below 2 mm across Mumbai's three administrative regions.
Between 8 am on August 20 and 8 am on August 21, the city recorded an average rainfall of 0.37 mm.
The eastern suburbs received an average of 1.92 mm of rain during the same period, while the western suburbs recorded 1.42 mm.
The figures indicate relatively light rainfall across Mumbai compared with periods of heavier monsoon activity.
Mumbai is expected to witness a high tide of 2.87 metres at 5.10 pm on Friday.
Another high tide of 3.12 metres is forecast at 8.26 am on August 22.
The city is expected to experience a low tide of 1.75 metres at 12.12 am on August 22. A further low tide of 2.61 metres is forecast at 2.55 am on the same day.
Residents, particularly those in low-lying areas and near the coastline, are advised to remain alert during periods of rain and high tide.
Meanwhile, Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 13,64,385 million litres of water, or 94.27 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Friday, August 21, 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 13,76,875 million litres (95.13 per cent). Furthermore, the lake levels remained higher than in 2024, when the lakes had 13,67,683 million litres, accounting for 94.49 per cent of the total live storage.
Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar, Tulsi and Modak Sagar lakes remained at 100 per cent live storage. Whereas the water levels at Tansa stood at 98.77 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 94.03 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir, was at 94.22 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 87.57 per cent.
