01 September,2026 09:27 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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Mumbai and its suburbs are expected to witness partly cloudy skies with occasional light spells of rain on Tuesday, according to the weather forecast issued at 8 am.
The first high tide of the day is expected at 2.05 pm, reaching a height of 4.23 metres. The next high tide is forecast at 2.52 am on September 2, with a height of 4.13 metres.
The low tide is expected at 8.13 pm, measuring 0.61 metres. Another low tide is forecast at 8.26 am on September 2, with a height of 1.55 metres.
Rainfall recorded between 8 am on August 31 and 8 am on September 1 remained limited across the city and suburbs.
The city recorded an average rainfall of 1.17 mm during the 24-hour period, while the eastern suburbs received 2.65 mm. The western suburbs recorded 1.50 mm of rainfall.
Mumbai's seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 13,87,618 million litres of water, or 95.87 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Tuesday, September 1, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.
The current stock stands lower than in the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 13,92,756 million litres (96.23 per cent). Also, the lake levels remained lower than in 2024, when the lakes had 14,01,649 million litres, accounting for 96.84 per cent of the total live storage.
Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar lake remained at 100 per cent live storage. Whereas the water levels at Tulsi stood at 97.50, Tansa at 98.29 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 98.25 per cent, Bhatsa, the city's largest reservoir at 95.83 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 89.76 per cent.
The report stated that Vihar Lake has been overflowing since July 7. However, the capacity of Tansa Dam has decreased, which had been overflowing till August 22. On the other hand, the water level of Modak Sagar Dam has also decreased marginally on August 23.
Meanwhile, the Middle Vaitarna WSCPO gate remains closed, and the release of water from Upper Vaitarna has remained suspended since July 6, according to the Hydraulic Engineer's Department.
