The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday said that Mumbai was likely to experience an early arrival of the monsoon this year and predicted that the city would witness seasonal rains in the next three days

The weather department said that Mumbai was likely to witness the onset of the southwest monsoon soon, as conditions continue to turn favourable for its further advance

The IMD confirmed that the monsoon has already arrived in parts of the country

Mumbai has been recently witnessing pre-monsoon showers since last week. The city experienced heavy rains that began on Saturday night and continued on Sunday morning

The southwest monsoon has advanced into more parts of the west central and east central Arabian Sea, parts of Karnataka, the entire state of Goa, portions of Maharashtra, parts of the west central and north Bay of Bengal, and regions of Mizoram, Manipur, and Nagaland. The Northern Limit of Monsoon (NLM) now passes through Devgad, Belagavi, Haveri, Mandya, Dharmapuri, Chennai, and further northeast through Aizawl and Kohima

“Conditions are favourable for further advance of the southwest monsoon into some more parts of the central Arabian Sea, more areas of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Karnataka including Bengaluru, parts of Andhra Pradesh, remaining regions of Tamil Nadu, additional parts of the Bay of Bengal, and more areas of the Northeast during the next three days,” the IMD stated