Heavy to extremely heavy rains over Mumbai, Thane from August 2 to 5

With no continuous downpour of rainfall the civic body recently announced a 20 percent water cut from August 5 While the city has been witnessing a dry run private weather agency Skymet said that heavy to very heavy rains are possible over Mumbai and suburbs leading to widespread waterlogging and traffic jamsThis lowdepression will be moving across Odisha Chhattisgarh MadhyaPradesh Maharashtra and Gujarat Monsoon Monsoon2020httpstcoRwtoPZtTbrmdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather August 1 2020The private weather agency said that since the last two days the weather of Mumbai has almost been dry with few isolated light showers of rain However predicting heavy rainfall Skymet said that rainfall activities will start increasing over Konkan and Goa including Mumbai by tonight or early morning tomorrow due to the strengthening of lowlevel westerlies are strengtheningThe month of August will also commence on a rainy note and there are high chances that Mumbai will surpass its monthly average of 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tooIMDRMC_Mumbai pictwittercomXuDN8JyINQmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS August 1 2020India Meteorological Departments Dy Director General of Meteorology KS Hosalikar on Saturday took to Twitter and said that theres a possibility of very heavy to extremely heavy rains over Konkan including Mumbai Thane Navi Mumbai from August 2 to 5IMD has also predicted an increase in rainfall intensity over the Konkan region including parts of Maharashtra during the next four to five days The weather agency said that the condition has been formed due to the strengthening of monsoon currents and likely formation of a lowpressure area over the Northern region of the Bay of Bengal around August 4Read the latest rain stories in Mumbai and rest of IndiaWhile IMD has predicted heavy to heavy rainfall from August 25 Skymet said that the weather over Mumbai and suburbs will start clearing up from the evening of August 6 as the rain activities will subside However it said that light patchy showers will continue over Mumbai and suburbs after August 6For more details on Mumbai rains check out the app Mumbai Rain by SkymetKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here 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