MUMBAI: With the wet spell bringing in significant rains to the city, the total rainfall recorded so far by the IMD Santacruz observatory is seen inching closer to the 3,000-mm mark. Till Wednesday morning, rain recorded in the city had touched 2,980.2mm.
Mumbaikars can expect an increase in rain activity from Thursday, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Owing to the formation of another low pressure in Bay of Bengal on Friday, rain activity in the state may also pick up pace thereafter, it added. Shubhangi Bhute, scientist at IMD Mumbai, said, “The synoptic situation is very favorable owing to which all over the state significant rain activity is being witnessed. We are expecting rain to continue for the next two days as well.”
The IMD has issued a green alert (moderate) for Mumbai and Thane for Thursday.
The Santacruz observatory recorded 59.4mm rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30am on Wednesday, while the Colaba observatory recorded 30.6mm. In the 12 hours ending 8.30pm on Wednesday, the Colaba observatory recorded 4.4mm rainfall and the Santacruz observatory 2.3 mm.
Meanwhile, the total water stocks in the seven lakes catering to Mumbai’s needs currently stand at 14.3 lakh million litres or 98.87% of the required quantum.
