The warnings of heavy rainfall issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Mumbai, have been a topic of light conversation among citizens. Despite the IMD's red alerts in the monsoon this year, the city has seen dry days. There was a code red for Thursday as well. But both observatories of the IMD Mumbai - Santacruz and Colaba - recorded rainfall of only 000.8mm and 0.1mm respectively until 5.30pm on Thursday.

After the warning by IMD Mumbai, the Maharashtra government had declared a holiday for schools. People were preparing for a difficult commute and other issues. But Thursday saw a sunny atmosphere. Twitterati talked about how for the third time in a row, the red alert issued by IMD Mumbai, in fact led to a sunny day.