People hold umbrellas while cross the road at CST, in Mumbai, on Tuesday. (PTI) The Southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Wednesday, the IMD announced as heavy rains lashed the country’s financial capital and suburbs since early morning.
Since Monday morning, Mumbai has been recording steady and continuous rainfall. The 24-hour rainfall (till 8.30 am) recorded on Wednesday at Colaba was 65.4mm and at Santacruz was 50.4mm. Heavy rain recorded over Konkan include Ratnagiri (112.9 mm), Panji (33.8 mm) and Madgaon (67.6mm).
“Conditions are favourable for the onset of monsoon over Mumbai. The Konkan coast is also likely to receive heavy-to-very-heavy rainfall in the coming days,” an official from Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai, said.
Monsoon, this year, has arrived two days ahead of its schedule in Mumbai, the regular date being June 11.
Except for the onset over Kerala on June 3, monsoon has so far advanced across the southern peninsula, Maharashtra and northeast India before its usual schedule.
As per the Met department’s predictions, monsoon is expected to move over more parts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, some parts of Odisha and more parts of West Bengal in the next two days.
The IMD has warned of very heavy rainfall over the Konkan coast and Goa till June 12.
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