Mumbai Rains: City to receive light to moderate showers throughout Aug

While Mumbai and its surrounding areas have been receiving on and off rains for the last few days Monday has been a rainy day for the maximum city Since Monday morning the city and the suburbs have been witnessing downpour throughout the dayIsolated heavy to very heavy with extremely heavy falls likely over East Rajasthan on 18th amp19th August and over Uttarakhand on 18th August 2020ii Widespread rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls very likely over Gujarat state Maharashtra State amp Goamdash India Met Dept Indiametdept August 17 2020According to private weather agency Skymet the city has not experienced a dry spell since the beginning of August In its daily weather bulletin Skymet said a cyclonic circulation is over Gujarat and the eastwest wind shear zone is passing in the vicinity of MumbaiThere may be a marginal increase in rain activities around August 20 and 21 for Mumbai and suburbs But during that time also we do not expect any inconvenience to Mumbaikarsmumbairain MumbaiRainsLive MumbaiRainApp httpstcoz5UdxO7l2kmdash SkymetWeather SkymetWeather August 17 2020Due to these weather parameters Mumbai and suburbs will continue to receive light to moderate rain and thundershower activities during the remaining days of the month of August Skymet stated The private weather agency further said that the weather of Mumbai and suburbs will not go completely dryLatest satellite image indicating very dense clouding over Konkan Ghat areas of Madhy Mah amp MarathwadaHvy to Very hvy RF expected over konkan amp Madhya Mah with Extremely hvy falls at isol places in Ghat areas next 24 hrs Mumbai Thane Rainy day with isol heavy could be pictwittercomWbLX8Kw0CZmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS August 17 2020Meanwhile the India Meteorological Department IMD predicted heavy rainfall in Mumbai Raigad and Palghar from Monday onwards Issuing yellow alert IMD predicted forecast of heavy rain at isolated places in Mumbai till TuesdayWater cut likely to be relaxed for Mumbai in view of good rains in catchment areas in Aug pictwittercomACV7xtaLoBmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS August 17 2020Taking to Twitter IMD Mumbais deputy directorgeneral of Meteorology KS Hosalikar said that heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected over Konkan and Madhya Maharashtra with extremely heavy rainfalls at isolated places in Ghat areas in the next 24 hours Hosalikar also said that it would be a rainy day with the possibility of isolated heavy rainfall in Mumbai and ThaneTop 10 rainiest places in India PictureTwitter SkymetHosalikar said that due to good rains in catchment areas the water cut in the city is likely to be relaxed According to Skymet in the last 24 hours Maharashtras hill station Mahabaleshwar topped the list of the top 10 rainiest places in India and recorded 206 mm of rainfall in the last 24 hoursComfortable weather in MumbaiAs per Skymets prediction the temperatures in Mumbai and suburbs will remain near normal or marginally below normal The private weather agency said that the on and off rains along with cloudy skies and moderate winds will keep the weather comfortable in the city and suburbsThere may be a marginal increase in rain activities around August 20 and 21 for Mumbai and suburbs But during that time also we do not expect any inconvenience to Mumbaikars Skymet saidLake levels riseThe continuous downpour has helped to increase the water stock in the city Till Saturday the water stock in the lakes crossed 10 lakh million litres and as per sources it is sufficient for seven months of water supply At present the water stock has reached 7172 per cent in all the lakes in the city The stock in the lakes mdash Tansa Upper Vaitarna Middle Vaitarna Modak Sagar Bhatsa was 37 per cent nearly a week ago on August 5For 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