Latest News

  • Home
  • National
  • Mumbai warned of ‘extremely heavy rain’ today, people advised to stay indoors
Mumbai warned of ‘extremely heavy rain’ today, people advised to stay indoors
Friday, June 8, 2018 IST
Mumbai warned of ‘extremely heavy rain’ today, people advised to stay indoors

Mumbai rains: Met office has forecast ‘extremely heavy rain’ between Saturday and Monday in north coastal Maharashtra, including Mumbai.
 

 
 

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast ‘extremely heavy rain’ between Saturday and Monday in Mumbai advising people to stay indoors.
 
The forecast translates into a possibility of up to 200mm or more rain during a 24-hour period. Under the weather department’s classification, 15.6mm to 64.4mm of rain is considered ‘moderate’, 64.5mm to 115.5mm is ‘heavy’, 115.6mm to 204.4mm is ‘very heavy’ and more than 204.5mm is ‘extreme’.
 
The warning issued on Thursday stated: “The widespread rainfall activity is likely to continue till June 10. It is very likely to extend to north coastal Maharashtra, including Mumbai from Friday. Extremely heavy rainfall at isolated places in these regions is also very likely during this period.”
 
The weather advisory issued for June 9 and 10 on Thursday read, “As rainfall activity is likely to enhance from June 9, people are advised to abstain from outdoor activities as much as possible during the period and also watch for weather updates from Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai.”
 
KS Hosalikar, deputy director general western region India Meteorological Department, said, “Apart from the monsoon current there is a weather system over central Maharashtra, which is being pulled closer to an offshore trough (another weather system) extending from south Konkan to north Kerala, allowing more moisture incursions over the west coast. During the confluence of these two weather systems, the heavy rainfall activity is expected.”
 
In July 2005, large parts of the city were flooded and many people lost their lives when Mumbai recorded 900 mm of rainfall in 24 hours.
 
While the city recorded no rainfall on Tuesday and Wednesday, gusty winds lashed the city Thursday morning. Santacruz, representative of the suburbs, recorded 35.8mm between 3.30am and 8.30am on Thursday; Colaba (south Mumbai) recorded 18.8mm.
 
From 8.30am onward, intermittent showers were recorded across the city with a few spells of heavy rain. While Santacruz recorded 39mm rain, 27.6mm was recorded in Colaba between 8.30am and 5.30pm.
 

 
 

Due to overcast skies and intermittent rain, day temperatures at Colaba and Santacruz fell four degrees Celsius below normal. While Colaba recorded 29.5 degrees Celsius, 29.2 degrees Celsius was recorded at Santacruz. The night temperature at Colaba was 23.5 degrees Celsius (3.5 degree Celsius below normal), while 25.2 degrees Celsius was recorded at Santacruz (1.6 degree Celsius below normal).
 
Moisture levels were high, with 95% humidity at Colaba and 90% at Santacruz.
 
Mumbai suburbs have recorded 96.7mm rain since June 1, which is 55.9mm above normal for the period; and south Mumbai has recorded 50.6mm rain, 12mm above normal.
 
The weather bureau said these were still pre-monsoon showers but conditions were favourable for the southwest monsoon to set in over Maharashtra by Friday and over Mumbai by Saturday.
 
The southwest monsoon had made its landing over Goa on Thursday. The normal onset date for the southwest monsoon over Mumbai is June 10.

 
 
 
 
 

Related Topics

 
 
 

Trending News & Articles

 Article
Here is the full list of 827 porn websites banned by the DoT

While the Uttarakhand High Court has asked to block 857 websites, the Ministry of Electronics and IT (Meity) found 30 portals without any pornographic content. ...

Recently posted . 61K views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Class XII Boys Raped 16-Year-old in Dehradun School After Watching Porn on Phone: Police

The four boys as well as five school officials, including the director and principal, were arrested after the incident. The minors were presented before the Juvenil...

Recently posted . 8K views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Sept 27,2001 Rahul Gandhi and his girl friend Veronique,was arrested in Logan airport in Boston

Rahul was having an Italian passport and was carrying suitcase full of dollars. Some say it was about was it $2 million. Rahul and his girl friend was th...

Recently posted . 7K views . 7 min read
 

 Article
TOP 10 GYM EQUIPMENT BRANDS IN INDIA 2017

True – Tr...

Recently posted . 6K views . 83 min read
 

 
 

More in National

 Article
In cartoons: A visual recap of demonetisation, from hasty execution to shifting goalposts

It’s a good time to look back at cartoonist Satish Acharya’s 2017 book ‘Rupee Or Not Rupee’.

Recently posted. 617 views . 0 min read
 

 Article
CBSE adopts TETRA software to examine trend of marks students got across regions

The software displays the live trend of average marks scored across the centres and can be used for moderation of marks in case there's an unfair degree of am...

Recently posted. 614 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Relief for passengers! Train ticket prices to go down as Indian Railways looks to dilute flexi-fare scheme

Indian Railways is in the final stages of diluting its flexi-fare scheme which was introduced in September 2016 - a move that will come as a big relief for passen...

Recently posted. 562 views . 2 min read
 

 Video
Power of IAS officer



Recently posted . 1K views
 

 Video
8 DAYS IN REAL INDIA



Recently posted . 994 views
 

 Reviews
Top Schools In Noida Extension Area



Recently posted . 1K views . 52 min read
 

 Article
Beware: Manufacturing, selling of Non-ISI two-wheeler Helmets now a criminal offence

ISI HELMETS IN INDIA: Selling or manufacturing of non-ISI helmets can now land you in jail with a hefty fine of Rs 2 lakh. Here's why this rule...

Recently posted. 642 views . 1 min read
 

 Article
Compulsory Sports Period Every Day For CBSE Students

Students in classes 1 to 8 in a CBSE-affiliated school will now have one period every day for Health and Physical Education.

Recently posted. 648 views . 0 min read
 

 
 
 

   Prashnavali

  Thought of the Day

“If you can change your mind, you can change your life.”
Anonymous

Be the first one to comment on this story

Close
Post Comment
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST
Shibu Chandran
2 hours ago

Serving political interests in another person's illness is the lowest form of human value. A 70+ y old lady has cancer.

November 28, 2016 05:00 IST


ads
Back To Top