Mumbai Rains: City will experience heavy showers for next 24 hours

Mumbai has been witnessing heavy rains continuously for the past 24 hours that has resulted in waterlogging in the lowlying areas of the city According to the private weather agency Skymet the heavy rains are likely to continue till ThursdayWeatherAlert for Mumbai and suburbs Moderate to heavy rain amp thundershower with gusty winds over Alibagh Andheri Aurora Bandra Borivali Chembur Colaba Dadar Goregaon Ghatkopar Juhu Kurla Khar Navi Mumbai districts during next 46 hrs MumbaiRains MumbaiRainApp pictwittercomu4b4dNpbBGmdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather July 14 2020The private weather agency said in a report that the intermittent rains over the city and the suburbs are due to a persistent cyclonic circulation over the North East Arabian Sea and adjoining areas Moreover a lowlevel wind convergence has also been observed over the coastal areas of MaharashtraThe rains are likely to continue till Thursday in Mumbai and the neighbouring areas after which its frequency will possibly see a gradual drop Even as the intensity of the rains is likely to decrease the city will not go completely dry as a few spells of intense rainfall will continueThe Indian Meteorological Department IMD has also predicted heavy to very heavy rains in Mumbai Thane and the neighbouring areas on Wednesday with the intensity reducing on ThursdayIMD GFS forecast for rains indicate heavy to very heavy with possibilities of isol extremely heavy more than 200mm RF over konkan including Mumbai Thane today Tomorrow trend to continue with little reduced intensitySatellite radar indicating intense clouds over coastPL TC pictwittercomE0VPiN2qnzmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 15 2020IMDrsquos Deputy director of Meteorology K S Hosalikar has tweeted saying that Bandra has received 63mm of rains on Wednesday whereas Mahalaxmi and Ram Mandir received 21mm eachIn last one and half hour Bandra recd 63 mm Malalaxmi 21 mm Ram Mandir Stn 21 mm indicating very intense RF in suburbs since morning today from 830 am Heavy Rainfalls to continue pl watch for all updates Take care next 2 days pictwittercomNwn1Jj5JXvmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 15 2020Moreover the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC has warned of a 328 metre high tide that would hit the city shores on Wednesday evening on Twitter The civic body has also asked people to stay away from the shores and take necessary precautionsIMDOrangeAlertIndiaMetDept has issued warnings of heavy rains in the city and suburbs today Citizens are requested to follow all necessary precautions stay away from the shore and not venture into water logged areasA 328 mtr HighTide at 1902 hrsMyBMCMonsoonUpdatesmdash u00e0u00a4u00aeu00e0u00a4u00beu00e0u00a4u009du00e0u00a5u0080 Mumbai u00e0u00a4u0086u00e0u00a4u00aau00e0u00a4u00b2u00e0u00a5u0080 BMC mybmc July 15 2020Monsoon activities in the past 24 hoursAccording to Skymet Mumbai has recorded 849mm rains in July so far Thus the city has surpassed its monthly average of 840mm of rains in the first half of the month itselfMumbaiRains MumbaiRainApp httpstcoVpOSwJINLemdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather July 15 2020On Tuesday the city and its neighbouring areas witnessed heavy to very heavy rains with thundershowers The rain led to waterlogging in several lowlying areas of the city and huge traffic jams In the past 24 hours the Santacruz observatory received 97 mm of rainsAccording to the IMD Dadar recorded 157mm of rains whereas Colaba recorded 122mmYesterday Mumbai has received very heavy rainfallChief amount of rainfall during 0830 hrs IST of 14072020 to 0830 hrs IST of 15072020 Dadar156 mm Colaba122 mm amp Satacruz97 mmHeavy spell of rainfall most likely to continue over Mumbai during next 03 hoursmdash India Met Dept Indiametdept July 15 2020The weather department also recorded a fall in the temperature as the Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 289 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 244 degrees Celsius The Colaba observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 28 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 25 degrees CelsiusShare your rain pictures using MumbaiRainsWithMidday on TwitterFor more details on Mumbai rains check out the app Mumbai Rain by SkymetCatch 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