IMD issues Yellow alert for Mumbai for June 26-27

MUMBAI: Even as Mumbai waits for rains, the IMD on Friday issued a yellow alert for the city as well as adjoining areas like Thane for June 26-27. A yellow alert indicates heavy rain very likely at isolated places.
Rains have continued to evade the city with it neither witnessing any pre-monsoon showers as well. The official onset of monsoon over Mumbai is June 11. The rainfall recorded so far this month by the IMD Colaba and Santacruz observatory has been 23.6 mm and 17.9mm.
On Friday morning some parts of the city did witness a drizzle, however the rains fizzled out soon with the rest of the day seeing clear skies and sunny weather conditions.
There is a certain criteria set by IMD before they declare the onset of monsoon over a particular region namely wind direction which needs to be westerly and the district/city should record two days of continuous showers.
Meanwhile as on Friday morning the water stocks in the seven lakes, which supply water to the city, currently stand at approximately 12.73%, including the reserve water stocks provided by the state government. The BMC has cautioned that if the rains are significantly delayed, a water cut could start by early July.