Mumbai weather: IMD predicts light rains in city, Thane and Palghar as parts of Maharashtra witness unseasonal rains

Mumbai is set to experience light rains on Friday a day after witnessing drizzle in some parts of the cityThe India Meteorological Department IMD has predicted that light showers are expected in parts of Mumbai Thane Palghar Raigad and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra on April 3Some parts of Maharashtra including Pune witnessed heavy unseasonal rains on ThursdayMeanwhile the weather department stated that cityrsquos overall maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to hover around 33 degrees Celsius and 24 degrees Celsius respectivelyAir quality in Mumbai remained in the lsquoSatisfactoryrsquo category according to the Central Pollution Control Boardrsquos CPCB Sameer App with an overall Air Quality Index AQI of 69 While generally safe sensitive groups may experience minor breathing discomfortAreawise AQI across MumbaiBandra Kurla Complex 116Borivali East 90Byculla 76Andheri East 108Chembur 54Colaba 63Deonar 125In the surrounding regions Thane recorded an AQI of 77 Kalyan 56 and Navi Mumbai 75Mumbai experiences light rain in western suburbs on Thursday nightSome parts of Mumbai particularly the suburbs experienced drizzle on Thursday which officials attributed to a western disturbance Light rain was reported in Borivali Powai Goregaon and SantacruzThe IMD had issued a weather alert on Thursday for all districts in the state except Mumbai Palghar Sindhudurg and Kolhapur A yellow alert forecasting thunderstorms was issued for neighbouring Thane and Raigad districtsMaharashtra temperaturesMaharashtra experienced warm and partly humid conditions on Friday with temperatures slightly below normal in several areasKonkan RegionThe coastal Konkan region saw moderate to warm conditions Alibag recorded a maximum of 306 degrees Celsius Dahanu 326 degrees Celsius and Harnai 298 degrees Celsius Humidity remained high with Colaba at 78 per cent and Harnai also at 78 per cent during the day No rainfall was reported in these areasMarathwada RegionMarathwada towns remained hot with Aurangabad at 332 degrees Celsius Beed at 34 degrees Celsius and Parbhani at 353 degrees Celsius Aurangabadrsquos minimum temperature was 193 degrees Celsius Relative humidity ranged from 41 per cent in Beed to 57 per cent in Aurangabad reflecting dry conditions in interior areasWestern MaharashtraThe region experienced warm conditions with Jalgaon peaking at 369 degrees Celsius Malegaon at 366 degrees Celsius and Satara at 344 degrees Celsius Kolhapur and Mahabaleshwar remained relatively cooler at 331 degrees Celsius and 285 degrees Celsius respectively Humidity levels were higher near the Western Ghats with Mahabaleshwar at 83 per centVidarbha and other interior regionsInterior areas like Nasik recorded 356 degrees Celsius Osmanabad 366 degrees Celsius Udgir 351 degrees Celsius and Solapur was the hottest at 384 degrees Celsius Humidity was relatively low in interior regions particularly Osmanabad at 22 per cent and Udgir at 36 per centMaharashtra continues to experience warm weather with coastal areas feeling humid and interior regions hotter and drier