The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday issued a yellow alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar and an orange alert was issued for Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts in Maharashtra.
According to the IMD, “Heavy rainfall at isolated places was very likely on June 27 in Mumbai, Thane and Palghar.”
Earlier, in a nowcast warning issued at 4:20 pm, the IMD Mumbai stated, “Light to moderate spells of rain very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Kolhapur, Thane, Nashik, Dhule and Nanded during next 3-4 hours.”
In its weather bulletin, the IMD said, “Heavy to very heavy rainfall was very likely at isolated places in Raigad, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts on Friday.”
Meanwhile, earlier in the day, the weather department had stated that Mumbai and its suburbs are expected to experience a generally cloudy sky throughout the day, with intermittent moderate to heavy rainfall.
Mumbai has been receiving rains on regular intervals from past several days.
The IMD`s Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 30.7 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 27 degrees Celsius on Friday. Meanwhile, the Colaba observatory reported a high of 29.6 degrees Celsius and a low of 27 degrees Celsius.
A high tide measuring 4.73 metres was expected at 1:40 PM on Friday and an another high tide of 4.05 metres was anticipated in the early hours of June 28 at 1:26 am.
A low tide will occur at 7:50 pm on June 27 at 1.50 metres, followed by a second low tide at 7:23 am on June 28, reaching 0.57 metres.
Rainfall recorded over the past 24 hours, from 8 am on June 26 to 8 am on June 27, stood at 9.41 mm in the city, 7.67 mm in the eastern suburbs, and 7.14 mm in the western suburbs.
According to the Mumbai civic body, the water levels in lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai have risen following heavy rainfall in their catchment areas.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the combined stock in the seven reservoirs that provide water to the city now stands at 37.16 per cent.
As per BMC records on Friday (June 27), the collective water stock in these reservoirs is 5,37,788 million litres, which amounts to 37.16 per cent of their total capacity.
The BMC supplies drinking water daily from Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Vihar, and Tulsi lakes.
