While the city witnessed to light to moderate showers, a 'Yellow Alert' has been issued in Mumbai and Thane, indicating moderate to heavy showers for Friday, June 28.
Additionally, an 'Orange Alert' has been issued in Raigad and Ratnagiri due to the possibility of heavy rains for today, June 27, and tomorrow, June 28.
This forecast by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) comes at a time when the city saw this year's hottest day of the June on Tuesday, June 25. With the city recording nearly no rainfall that day, the maximum temperatures soared to 36.4 degrees Celsius, indicating a departure of five degrees above the normal. Besides, last year, hottest June day in a decade was recorded on June 10 as the maximum temperature settled at 38.5 degrees Celsius, six notches above normal owing to delayed monsoon.
As the city witnessed subdued showers, after the early onset of the monsoon on June 9, the city registered a rain deficit of over 50 per cent in Mumbai on Wednesday, June 26.
On Wednesday, June 26, the Santacruz weather station recorded 7 mm of rainfall, while the Colaba observatory recorded 13 mm of rain in the 24 hours ending at 8.30 am.
Meanwhile, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the eastern suburbs experienced 12.85 mm of rain, followed by the western suburbs with 9.68 mm, and the island city division with 9.41 mm.
Currently, the city is experiencing a contrasting pattern of a hot and humid day followed by light rainfall. However, weather department have maintained that very heavy showers, typical of Mumbai monsoon, are unlikely to occur for the next few days at least.
Explaining the unexpected shift in the weather pattern, IMD officials stated that the absence of rain in Mumbai is due to the lack of formation of low-pressure areas and offshore trough systems. The moderate southwestern winds are not strong enough to bring intense rainfall, resulting in a dry spell that is expected to persist for the next few days.
Not just Mumbai, the rainfall pattern is erratic across Maharashtra. In the past 24 hours, Ratnagiri recorded the highest rainfall (45 mm), Ahmednagar, Aurangabad, Amravati and Beed districts didn't see showers for the past few days.
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