MUMBAI: The city can expect drier days ahead as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast just light to moderate wet spells through the week.
Monday witnessed no rain throughout the day with both the Colaba and Santacruz observatories recording 0mm rainfall in the nine hours ended 5.30pm. In the 24 hours ended 8.30am on Monday, the IMD’s Colaba observatory had recorded 1.6 rain while the Santacruz observatory recorded none.
With no rain activity in the city, maximum temperatures were also seen rising as compared to the weekend when they had dropped to 26 degree Celsius. On Monday, the IMD’s Colaba observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 31 degrees while the one at Santacruz recorded 32.2 degrees.
The total of 2,362.9mm rainfall recorded so far by the IMD’s Santacruz observatory has more than covered the season’s normal rain. It is already 596mm above normal.
