The IMD on Tuesday said that under the influence of a low pressure system in the Bay of Bengal, Konkan and Vidarbha region are likely to receive widespread rain on Wednesday.
As per the forecast and warnings for the district, there is a yellow alert in Mumbai, Thane, Raigad and Palghar indicating heavy rain at isolated places on Wednesday. Intermittent heavy to moderate rains lashed most parts of the city and suburbs throughout the day on Tuesday. The entire Konkan region was on yellow alert on Tuesday.
The intensity of rain is likely to reduce in the city from Thursday. IMD has forecast moderate rain for Mumbai till the end of the week. It said in its afternoon bulletin, “The low pressure area is very likely to weaken gradually and move west-northwestwards as a cyclonic circulation over North Odisha, North Chhattisgarh and North Madhya Pradesh during the next 48 hours.” ”
Light rain was recorded in the city and suburbs in the 24 hours that ended at 8:30 am on Tuesday. In the nine hours that ended at 5:30 pm on Tuesday, the IMD Santa Cruz Observatory recorded 37.2 mm of moderate rainfall. With the rain on Tuesday, the day temperature dropped by two degrees to 28.8 mm.
After a prolonged drought in August, resulting in the city’s fourth-dryest August in 10 years, the city has been raining moderately since the beginning of the month, thanks to favorable conditions.
The city’s September rainfall (till September 20) was 117 per cent surplus on Tuesday. Mumbai has recorded 498.9 mm of rain since September 1. The average rainfall in Mumbai for September is 327.1 mm.
The state’s seasonal rainfall was 12 per cent more on Tuesday. Barring Sangli district, which recorded 59 per cent less rainfall this month, the remaining 35 districts received above normal rainfall in September.
Meanwhile, the seven lakes that supply drinking water to Mumbai currently hold 99.41 per cent of their total capacity, data from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) showed on Tuesday. Around this time last year, the lakes had water at 98.01 percent of their cumulative capacity.
Mumbai draws water from Bhatsa, Madhya Vaitarna, Upper Vaitarna, Tansa and Modak Sagar in Thane and Nashik districts and Tulsi and Vihar, two lakes located within the city limits inside Sanjay Gandhi National Park.
As per the data shared by the civic body, the seven lakes already hold 14,38,850 million liters of water or 99.41 per cent of the water, while the total capacity is 14.47 lakh million liters. In 2019, the water reserves were 98.04 per cent of the total capacity.
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