After a week of heavy downpour, Mumbai saw a slump in rain activity with light to moderate rains and occasional thundershowers over the city for the past few days. According to private weather agency Skymet, the rains activity in Mumbai and suburbs is likely to see a slight rise with moderate rains and a few spells of heavy rains till August 17.

These on and off rain activities are expected to continue until August 17 over Mumbai and suburbs. #MumbaiRains #Monsoon2020 #MumbaiRainWithSkymet @MumbaiRainApphttps://t.co/BA0o1EH11Y

— SkymetWeather (@SkymetWeather) August 12, 2020

The private weather agency said that the rise in rain activity is due to a cyclonic circulation over Gujarat. With a low-pressure area forming over the Bay of Bengal, and east to west shear zone running along the latitude 18 degrees north between 5.8 and 7.6 km above mean sea level, is likely to result in the rains over the North Konkan coast, including Mumbai and suburbs.