A day after Mumbai saw the hottest day this year so far, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of cloudy weather for the next few days with a light drizzle and thunderstorm across the city.
It is pertinent to note that this statement also came at a time when parts of Mumbai and its suburbs received light rainfall and thunderstorm on Sunday night, March 5. Earlier, in the day, IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 38.1 degrees Celsius, marking the hottest day so far this season.
Besides, some districts in the state received light rains and thunderstorms.
IMD has also forecast light/moderate thunderstorms with lightning, rains and gusty winds with varied intensity in Maharashtra for the next two days.
According to the Tweet by IMD Pune head, K S Hosalikar, thunderstorms with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph were very likely to occur at isolated places in districts of Nashik, Ahmednagar, Aurangabad.
In another tweet, Hosalikar, mentioned, "On March 7, the impact could be more with the possibility of hailstorms in the district of Ahmednagar and Ch. Sambhaji Nagar."
Meanwhile, as the city was greeted with a fresh unseasonal downpour, netizens took this in their stride and welcomed the first rainfall of 2023 with a memefest on Twitter. Mumbaikars turned this event into a series of humourous memes, causing the hashtag #MumbaiRains to trend online.
Moreover, these unseasonal rains damaged standing crops in Palghar district.
In addition, experts have predicted some improvement in the air quality. With this, Mumbaikars can breathe a sigh of relief.
According to SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research), Mumbai's Air Quality Index (AQI) was at 215 till 9 am today, March 5, placing it in the 'poor' category. The levels of PM2.5 and PM10 were 215 and 148 units respectively.
AQI of various areas in Mumbai
Colaba: 283 AQI - Bad
Worli: 156 AQI - Moderate
Sion: 315 AQI - very poor
Chembur: 320 AQI - very bad
Bhandup: 313 AQI - very poor
Navi Mumbai: 302 AQI - very Poor
Mazgaon: 145 AQI - moderate
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