On Friday morning, it began pouring down heavily after rains lulled on Thursday and fog settled over the city. 

The India Meteorological Department, in their Mumbai weather update, had stated that the city and suburbs will be receiving heavy rainfall accompanied by lightning and thunderstorms. 

The weather agency said that the city and suburbs will witness gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph in city and suburbs.

There is a possibility of very heavy rainfall at isolated places towards afternoon/evening, said the India Meteorological Department. 

The temperatures are expected to range from a maximum of 31 degrees Celcius to a minimum of 23 degrees Celcius, the IMD said. 

The IMD has ascribed an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad districts in their Nowcast warning which will be valid until 1 pm today.

Meanwhile, BMC said that a high tide of 2.96 metres of height will be hitting the city'c coast at 9.08 pm while a low tide is expected at 3.21 pm dropping to 2.05 metres. 

On Wednesday (September 25), the city had nearly come to a standstill after rainfall caused waterlogging at several places which led to traffic snarls and disruptions in train services. 

According to the meteorological data, the rainfall that the city and metropolitan region received that evening pushed Mumbai's September rainfall past the 350 mm monthly average.

As the torrential rains hit the city, a 45-year-old woman's life was cut short. The woman died after she fell into a stormwater drain in the Seepz area in Andheri.

A city-based activist previously told mid-day that the rainfall had reaffirmed the need for robust infrstructure to handle situations like the city saw on Wednesday. He said the Met department was late in issuing red alert.