Earlier in its forecast, the Met department had issued an orange alert (storm accompanied by lightning, gusts of wind and very heavy rain likely in isolated locations) for Mumbai, Thane and Raigad for Thursday.
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A red alert for extremely heavy rains was issued in isolated locations for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad by Friday.
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The Met department also issued a yellow alert (storm accompanied by lightning / gusty winds and heavy rain likely in isolated locations) for Saturday.
The Colaba observatory has received 115.8 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8:30 a.m., while Santacruz recorded 86.5 mm of rain in the same period. Colaba and Santacruz had registered only 0.8 mm and 1.7 mm of rain respectively between 8:30 and 20:30 on Wednesday.
However, the rain lifted thereafter and continued through the night. Loud thunder accompanied by lighting was seen in various parts of the city. Between 8:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., Colaba and Santacruz registered rainfall of 89 and 78 mm.
As of 7 a.m. Thursday, the radar shows intense clouds off the coast of Mumbai. “Animation of Doppler radar image indicating clouds covering from Palghar to Ratnagiri on the west coast. Mumbai and its environs have collected rain since Wednesday night with moderate widespread rains. Konkan will remain active for the next 48 hours in view of a system low pressure in southern Madhya Maharashtra, “said KS Hosalikar, IMD’s deputy director general for western region.
According to the IMD weather bulletin, radar and satellite observations show strong convective clouds observed near the north of Konkan and adjacent areas, indicating the possibility of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and heavy rain.
“The low pressure weather system brought rain to various parts of the interior of Maharashtra. Heavy or very heavy rains with wind speeds of up to 30-40 km / h can be expected over Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg on Thursdays and Fridays. The same weather system will bring heavy rain to the northern Konkan districts of Mumbai, Thane and Raigad. The weather system is weakening and will move over the Arabian Sea in the next few days, ”said Shubhangi Bhute, director of IMD Mumbai.
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