Mumbai received moderate to heavy showers for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday, far exceeding its July average of 827.2mm rainfall, with the city receiving 1993.9 mm by Wednesday evening. According to reports, the city would receive 2,000 mm of rain by Thursday morning. While the city received moderate rainfall, downpours in the suburbs caused service disruptions between Umbermali railway station and Kasara, as well as between Igatpuria and Khardi.
Since Saturday night, Mumbai has been battered by heavy rains, resulting in landslides, flooded roads, and railway tracks. The rain has been lessening in intensity, but the city is still on red alert for today. The rain that fell over Mumbai and its suburbs over the weekend was different from the rain that fell on Tuesday and Wednesday, as these showers were brought on by strong westerly winds.
The moisture-laden westerly winds from the Arabian Sea are being carried to land by the offshore trough that runs between Maharashtra and Karnataka. In addition to the trough, Maharashtra is traversed by an east-west shear zone. Both the factors combined will keep Mumbai and suburbs in the rain zone for the time being, but no freak weather incident is predicted as of now.
Both of these factors will keep Mumbai and its suburbs wet for the time being, but no freak weather is expected at this time.
Since 8 a.m. on Wednesday morning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has recorded 68.72 mm of rain in Mumbai, 58.75 mm in the eastern suburbs, and 58.24 mm in the western suburbs. Rainfall intensity decreased in the afternoon before increasing again at night.
According to the IMD, Mumbai will not be hit by heavy rains right now, and the intensity will gradually decrease. Rain is expected to fall heavily in the Maharasthra region of Marathwada until Thursday.
The west coast, adjacent interior areas, and Gujarat are now expected to see widespread rainfall, with isolated heavy to very heavy rain.
