Brace yourself for another dry week. The city is unlikely to see heavy showers from Monday to Friday. Though there will be minor rainfall activity in patches during the entire week, it will still be hot and humid, meteorologists have predicted. Thanks to the ‘break monsoon’ phase from August 1 to August 13, the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Santacruz observatory recorded 30 mm rainfall in the past 13 days as against the monthly normal of 561 mm. The Colaba observatory recorded 28 mm during the same time.

Rajesh Kapadia of Vagaries of the Weather, a popular private weather blog, said, “The monsoon axis is positioned to the north of its normal position and has been stubbornly stuck for the past 10 days near the Himalayan foothills. This created a break monsoon phase, leading to low rainfall in central India, which includes Maharashtra. This occurrence is normal in August, and records show it can last for as long as 21 days. However, we expect the axis to move south by August 19.”