Mumbai: IMD issued heavy rain forecast for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar from Sunday.
Officials say the intensity of rain can take steps on Tuesday.
Wet spells for the city came after August watched no very heavy rainy days.
While the yellow warning (heavy rain in isolated places) was issued for September 5-6 for the Mumbai area and side by side, there were orange warnings (heavy to heavy rain in several places) for September 7 “considering the formation of a low-pressure area formation in the north and Coexying the Bengal Bay for the next 48 hours and other related synoptic features, Maharashtra is very likely to experience active rainfall spells for the next 4-5 days.
Enhanced rainfall is expected in this region with very heavy rainfall in several places, With the possibility of a very heavy fall in remote places on Conkan, “said IMD.
There was a significant rain in 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m.
on Saturday also with IMD Colaba recording 70mm and IMD Santacruz 53.9mm.
According to the IMD, the rain reported by IMD Santacruz is included in the category of heavy rainfall (64.5mm – 115.5mm), while in Colaba falls in the moderate category (15.6mm-64.4mm).
This season, IMD Santacruz recorded 2,600mm rain, which was 653mm above normal.
Meanwhile, stock in the lake supplies Mumbai’s needs on Saturday reaching 13.16 lakh million liters (91%).
Last year, on the same date, stock reached 98%.