Mumbaikars were greeted by light-moderate pre-monsoon showers on Thursday as the India Meteorological Department IMD announced the arrival of monsoons in southern Maharashtra with the likeliness of further advancing to towards the other parts of the state in the next 48 hours. This means, monsoon is likely to arrive in Mumbai over the weekend.

The weather department has said in a statement that the south-west monsoon has advanced towards the north Konkan region and is moving towards the north of Maharashtrian coast after passing through the coastal village of Harnai and Solapur district in the south of the state. This indicates the chances of monsoon arriving in Mumbai by June 13.