Mumbai: Sustainable wet spells for this month have ensured that the normal September rainfall for the city has been borne.
This is different from last month which ended relatively dry.
Although there is no heavy rainy day this month so far, sustainable rain activities have ensured that the normal rainfall needed for that month was covered.
The Met Department has said that heavy rain activities in a brief spell is expected to continue until Tuesday after only moderate rain can be expected.
The necessary September rain is at 327.1 mm while so far 407.4 mm has been recorded until Monday.
Last month, 338.4 mm rainfall was recorded – far below normal which was 546.2mm.
However, in June and July, the city recorded normal rainfall above for months.
Met has issued ‘yellow warning’ for Mumbai and Thane during Tuesday, showing heavy rainfall in isolated places is very possible.
For Palghar, ‘orange warnings’ have been published, showing rainfall ‘heavy to very heavy’ in isolated places is very possible.
Starting on Wednesday, rainfall is expected to decrease with estimates of moderate rainfall.
Shubhangi Bhute, scientist, IMD Mumbai, said that because of deep depression in Bay Bay and low pressure areas which are now located in the South Gujarat region, the parts of the country have recorded good rainfall.
“Mumbai, Palghar, Thane and Raigad will get a good rain because of this and therefore orange warnings have also been spent for several regions,” said Bhute.
Within 24 hours until 8:30 a.m.
on Monday, the Observatory Colaba Met recorded 25.8 mm rainfall while the Observatory Santacruz recorded 39.4 mm rainfall.
On Monday the maximum temperature in the two observators dropped to 28.2 degrees Celsius.
The lake that supplies water to the city has a total of 98% of water stocks from needs.