Heavy rains coupled with strong winds and thunderstorm lashed several parts of Mumbai and its surrounding areas as citizens were caught surprised by the sudden outburst of showers in the month of October. India Meteorological Department's Deputy Director-General of Meteorology K S Hosalikar took to the micro-blogging site and said that loud thunder with lightning was heard as it rained over Mumbai and Thane.

Loud Thunder with lightning, rains over Mumbai,Thane frm last 15 min. Doppler radar indicating very intense convective clouds with Max height of clouds around 8-10 kms,Max intensity 40 dBz
Was forecasted today morning by @RMC_Mumbai .Phenomena is likely to continue for 2,3 hrs
TC pic.twitter.com/iYFRqIlxB0

— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) October 3, 2020

Earlier in the day, Hosalikar shared a tweet and said that intense convection was developed over North Konkan as seen from Mumbai Doppler Radar. "Parts of Raigad, Thane, NM, Palghar likely to experience TS with lightning and rains next 3,4 Hrs," Hosalikar tweeted.