According to the IMD’s nowcast bulletin issued at 7:00 am, the alert — valid for the next three hours — covers Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik, Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Sangli, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, and Pune districts
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a 'yellow' alert for several districts in Maharashtra, warning of light spells of rain and thunderstorms with gusty winds over the next few hours.
According to the IMD’s nowcast bulletin issued at 7:00 am, the alert — valid for the next three hours — covers Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik, Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Sangli, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, and Pune districts.
Residents have been advised to exercise caution and avoid waterlogged areas during the rainfall spell.
The IMD also forecast light to moderate rain and thunderstorms at some locations with isolated heavy rainfall likely over Konkan & Goa and Marathwada on October 29, and over Madhya Maharashtra and the Gujarat region between October 29–31. Isolated very heavy rainfall is also expected over Saurashtra and Kutch during this period.
Additionally, the weather department warned of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds with speeds reaching 30–40 kmph across parts of western India over the next five days.
The IMD attributed these conditions to a depression over the east-central Arabian Sea, which has been moving northeastward at around 8 kmph over the past six hours.
As of 2:30 am on October 29, the depression was located approximately 440 km southwest of Veraval (Gujarat), 420 km west-southwest of Mumbai (Maharashtra), 570 km west-northwest of Panjim (Goa), 820 km northwest of Mangaluru (Karnataka), and 840 km north-northwest of Aminidivi (Lakshadweep), the IMD said in its update.
The system is expected to continue moving northeastward across the eastern-central Arabian Sea over the next 36 hours, potentially influencing coastal weather conditions along Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Meanwhile, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday said that Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Montha' has weakened into a Cyclonic Storm over the coastal Andhra Pradesh and will maintain the intensity of cyclonic storm during the next six hours.
As per the weather department, the Severe Cyclonic Storm "Montha" over coastal Andhra Pradesh moved nearly northwestwards with a speed of 10 kmph during past six hours, weakened into a Cyclonic Storm and lay centered at 0230 hrs IST of today, the 29th October 2025, near latitude 16.5degN & longitude 81.5degE, about 20 km west-northwest of Narsapur (Andhra Pradesh), 50 km northeast of Machilipatnam (Andhra Pradesh), 90 km west-southwest of Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh), 230 km southwest of Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) and 470 km southwest of Gopalpur (Odisha).
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