IMD’S yellow alert: MMR is likely to get heavy rain today
MUMBAI:THE Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) witnessed an increase in rain intensity from Monday night which may continue throughout Tuesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.
A yellow alert (be updated for heavy rain) has been issued for MMR and remaining areas of the Konkan coast.
Mumbai may witness thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, gusty winds and heavy rain at isolated areas, while Thane and Palghar may experience thunderstorms with lightning. While no warnings were issued for Wednesday and Thursday, heavy rain at isolated places has been predicted for Friday (July 3). Meanwhile, a red alert (very heavy rain warning) has been issued for Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg from July 3 onwards.
As predicted by IMD, parts of south and central Mumbai received intense thundershowers late evening on Monday with an average of over 40 mm rain, which falls under the ‘rather heavy’ category between 9.30pm and 10.30pm with.
According to location-wise rain figures, within a span of an hour, the maximum rain was recorded at Dadar at 70.1 mm followed by Parel at 63 mm, Prabhadevi, 61 mm, Worli 58.4 mm, Sewri 51 mm, Byculla 41 mm, Dharavi 24 mm, Bandra 17 mm.
“Cloud bands moved from northern suburbs over the city and further towards the coast, allowing intense localised thundershowers in isolated areas in northern and western suburbs followed by heavy rain in southcentral Mumbai,” said KS Hosalikar, deputy director general, western region, IMD.