In a surprise for Mumbaikars, the city and adjoining areas, including Thane, Raigad and Palghar experienced unseasonal rains on Friday morning, December 11. As a result of the rain, the weather conditions have improved and brought some relief to Mumbaikars from the heat. The city witnessed a drop in temperatures as local residents woke up to a cool and cloudy morning.
According to reports, several areas including Sion, Kurla, Wadala, Kalyan, Ambernath, Badlapur experienced some drizzling around 6 am today, December 11. In addition to it, light rain was reported from several parts of Mumbai, including Wadala, Powai, Dadar, and Sion.
Maharashtra: Parts of Mumbai receive light drizzle; visuals from Wadala area. pic.twitter.com/ckh83q0DZW
— ANI (@ANI) December 11, 2020
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) Mumbai Regional head, K S Hosalikar in a tweet stated that the showers are a result of the formation of a low-pressure area in SE and adjoining SW Arabian Sea. He also added that there would be cloudy weather over the west coast and over North Konkan.
मुंबई आणी आजूबाजूच्या परीसरात रात्री,पहाटे पावसाच्या हलक्या सरी, काही ठीकाणी तुरळक🌧.
— K S Hosalikar (@Hosalikar_KS) December 11, 2020
रायगड, ठाणे पालघर येथे हलक्या सरी
Low pressure area in SE & adjoining SW Arabian Sea; cloudy weather ovr west coast,over N Konkan.Light Drizzle reported. Today mainly cloudy sky,but no threat pl pic.twitter.com/QEV33casUX
IMD has predicted that the city is likely to witness cloudy skies with possibility of rains and thunderstorm towards the latter half of the day.
Meanwhile, on Friday, IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded the minimum temperature at 24.4 degrees Celsius, while the Colaba observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 24 degree Celsius. Moreover, Santacruz and Colaba recorded a high temperature of 33.4 degree Celsius and 32.2 degree Celsius respectively.
However, on Thursday, Mumbai had recorded the second highest minimum temperature of the season in the last 10 years at 24 degrees Celsius. The highest minimum temperature recorded in the decade was on December 5, 2019 which was at 25.3 degrees Celsius.
Several Mumbaikars took to social media to express worry about the implications of the unexpected showers. The rain has come at a time when they were expecting winter.
The system over the Arabian Sea, and is likely to continue for the next three days. The IMD added that Mumbai is not likely to receive any unseasonal rain while several parts of Maharashtra including south Konkan and south-central Maharashtra may witness rainfall in the coming days.
The effect of cold winds from the north and winds from the Bay of Bengal is likely to witness some rains and thunderstorms in the northern part of central Maharashtra. The meteorological department has also issued alerts in Dhule, Jalgaon, Nashik and Nandurbar districts for December 11, 12 and 13.
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