Amidst the onset of monsoons across Maharashtra, on Wednesday, June 30, the citizens of Mumbai woke up to partly cloudy skies and a light drizzle.
Moreover, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) in its 24-hour forecast has predicted light to moderate downpour across the city and its suburbs. In addition, in the last 24 hours, Mumbai, its eastern suburbs and western suburbs recorded 2.64 mm, 1.54 mm and 0.76 mm rain, respectively.
According to reports, a high tide of 4.13 metres is expected at 4.26 pm in Mumbai today. Also, a low tide of 1.68 metres is likely to occur at 10.54 pm today.
On the other hand, over the last few weeks, the city of Mumbai has been experiencing rainfall, as this year too, the monsoon arrived exactly on June 9, 2021. The first three days witnessed sufficient rainfall, which reduced eventually from the fourth day. As per reports published on the Skymet website, the city has recorded total rainfall of 914.1mm until June 25, 2021. This is said to be 554.1mm more than the normal as the monthly average earlier has been recorded to be 493.1mm.
Furthermore, experts have informed that the weather system in the Bay of Bengal is currently experiencing low pressure since June 10, and hence the monsoon is reportedly weak and is seen mostly in the east of India. However, a shift is predicted which could shift the monsoon to the foothills in the next couple of days which is currently limited to the rainfall to the northeast.
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