Mumbai Rains: City and suburbs to see heavy rainfall

As Mumbai gears up for Ganesh Chaurthi celebrations it is experiencing short spelled but intense rainfall due to which many lowlying areas across the city have reported waterloggingSantacruz and Colaba offices of Skymet recorded 32mm and 63 mm of rains respectively in the last 24 hours coupled gusty winds The situation may not entirely improve any time soon because the office announced that they are expecting an increase in rains by 1015mm in the coming daysIntermittent spells of moderate rain thundershower and strong winds will be experienced over Andheri Aurora Bandra Borivali Chembur Goregaon Ghatkopar Juhu Kurla Khar Santacruz Thane Navi Mumbai Vasai during next 34hrsWeatherAlert for Mumbai and suburbs Intermittent spells of moderate rain amp thundershower strong winds over Andheri Aurora Bandra Borivali Chembur Goregaon Ghatkopar Juhu Kurla Khar Santacruz Thane Navi Mumbai Vasai during next 34hrs MumbaiRains MumbaiRainApp pictwittercomTSZ8BYTvqEmdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather August 21 2020Also the Indian Meteorological Department IMD has retained its yellow heavy rains alert for Mumbai and Palghar for the festive weekendThe private weather agency Skymet said that ldquoThe reason for these rains is the presence of a Cyclonic Circulation is over South Gujarat coast Also a Cyclonic Circulation lies over Odisha and adjoining areasrdquoAlso ReadMumbai Rains A Look At The South Mumbai Mayhem On Fateful August 6Further a feeble trough is persisting from Konkan and Goa to Karnataka coast with enough moisture accumulation over the Maharashtra coast Therefore on and off rain activities are expected to continue over Mumbai and suburbs until August 23rd or 24th Isolated intense and short spells are also possible This means Mumbai city and Maharashtra are most likely to celebrate the muchawaited annual festival amid lashing rainsOn and off rain activities are expected to continue over Mumbai and suburbs until August 23rd or 24th Isolated intense and short spells are also possibleMumbaiRains Monsoon Monsoon2020 MumbaiRainApphttpstcoB2Oc9cOcbkmdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather August 21 2020The rains might cause minimal weather changes in Mumbai and suburbs but it is not expected to last long The weather will remain comfortable and temperatures will also remain near normal or marginally below normal From August 25th however the city is will go dryTemperatures may increase by couple of degrees thereafter Although isolated spot showers for short duration may continue over Mumbai and suburbs but these showers will not help in bringing down the temperatures in fact the weather may become sultryDuring this period Matheran in Maharashtra stands top in the list of top ten rainiest cities with 122 mm of heavy monsoon rains Monsoon2020 monsoon WeatherUpdate httpstcosFMXoCCW60mdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather August 21 2020Skymet has issued a list of the top 10 rainiest cities of India lately and Matheran Maharashtra stands at the topCatch up on all the latest Mumbai news crime news current affairs and a complete guide from food to things to do and events across Mumbai Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news