According to IMD forecast, the weather will be cloudy with thunderstorms for the next 48 hours
For the fourth day in a row, Mumbai and its neighbouring areas received light to moderate showers on Monday. Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Dombivli, Palghar, and Raigad regions have been receiving rain.
KS Hosalikar, head of India Meteorological Department (Mumbai), tweeted, "Mumbai, Thane and Navi Mumbai received light rains in the last six hours at most places as seen from rainfall monitoring networks with yellow and green spots.”
“Cloudy sky over Mumbai and around, expected to open up in later part of the day,” he added.
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— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 14, 2020
Mumbai, Thane and NM received light rains in last 6 hrs at most places as seen from rainfall monitoring network with yellow and green spots. Please see the legends for range.
Cloudy sky over Mumbai & around, expected to open up in later part of the day pic.twitter.com/SnqzwiOyRz
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— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 14, 2020
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Poor visibility...Drive slow in Mumbai and Thane too please.
Its raining with mod intensity. pic.twitter.com/IIleCE1UkH
Hosalikar further said that movement of clouds towards the coast along with intensification as seen from radar. “Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar Raigad recd moderate rains in last 3,4 hrs,” he tweeted.
14 Dec Radar Updates.
— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 14, 2020
Movement of clouds towards the coast along with intensification as seen from Radar. Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Palghar Raigad recd moderate rains in last 3,4 hrs. Early morning going to office, pl watch for Weather updates. Please take care.ð§ð§âÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂâ pic.twitter.com/e8JHoo4Ivg
Latest satellite image indicating cloudyness over North Konkan region. Light to mod rains expected to continue for next 3,4 hrs.
— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 14, 2020
There could be traffic jams, poor visibility.. Drive slowly as roads could be wet.
Its raining Mumbai Thane around too. pic.twitter.com/tT8KLchfCn
According to the IMD forecast, the weather will be cloudy with thunderstorms for the next 48 hours.
"Due to a combination of North Westerly and South Easterly wind forming lower level confluence is formed over central India and moisture feed from the Arabian sea has resulted into formation of thick clouds and the rainfall," IMD said.
Mahesh Palawat, vice-president meteorology and climate change, tweeted, “A confluence zone and shallow trough along north Maharashtra coast and south Gujarat is causing scattered rain over Mumbai. Intensity will be more in southern suburbs. May clear up by evening.”
IMD’s Colaba observatory recorded 13.8 mm rainfall, while the Santacruz observatory recorded 4.8 mm rainfall till 8:30 am on Monday. According to weathermen, this unseasonal rainy spell will stop from tomorrow.
(With inputs from Gaurav Sarkar)
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