MUMBAI: IMD issued an orange alert (heavy to very heavy rain) at few places from Tuesday for Thane and Palghar. Mumbai is expected to witness heavy rain from Wednesday, said IMD, adding that the wet spell is expected till the weekend.
Shubhangi Bhute, scientist, IMD, said, “In 2-3 days, north Konkan (includes Mumbai, Thane) is expected to witness heavy rain. This is due to a low pressure area which lies over north-west and adjoining west-central Bay of Bengal, off south Odisha, north Andhra Pradesh coasts.”
There was no significant rain on Monday, with IMD Santacruz recording 0.4mm in the nine hours ending 5.30pm. In the 24 hours ending 8.30am on Monday, IMD Colaba recorded light rain (4.5mm) and IMD Santacruz 6.4mm. Mumbai was on a yellow alert for Tuesday (heavy rain at isolated places very likely).
Isolated rain spells saw maximum temperature rise to over 30 degrees Celsius in the city.
The stock in lakes touched 92.22% on Monday.
