Mumbai: The Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains in Mumbai and adjoining areas from June 9 to June 14.
The Meteorological Department has additionally issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad on Saturday. In view of this, folks have been evacuated from the coastal areas.
The fishermen have additionally been instructed to steer clear of the ocean. The Meteorological Department says that the first monsoon rains in Mumbai shall be very sturdy. There was heavy rain in Mumbai and adjoining areas even immediately. Due to heavy rains, many low-lying areas have been flooded.
As per the Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Mumbai, as much as 30 mm rainfall was recorded in areas like Malvani, Borivali and Dahisar right here until 11 am.
Earlier, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday confirmed the arrival of the southwest monsoon in Maharashtra, when it had reached as much as Harnai port in coastal Ratnagiri district.
But, regardless of beneficial situations, the monsoon has nonetheless not progressed to Mumbai. When contacted, Shubhangi Bhute, director on the RMC Mumbai, termed the current rainfall within the metropolis as “convective precipitation”.
“You can observe that there is thunder, lightning and a constant variation in the intensity of the showers. You can call it pre-monsoon showers, but certainly not the south-west monsoon,” she mentioned.
There aren’t any indications of the onset of the monsoon right here as but, the official mentioned.
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“There must be much less variation and rains need to be widespread (to be known as as monsoon showers). Apart from Mumbai, there ought to be rains over central Maharashtra additionally. Then solely we will determine it because the southwest (SW) monsoon, she mentioned.
The official additional mentioned going by the current observations, the SW monsoon onset right here could possibly be declared after a few days- by June 10.
“There is also an off-shore trough in the Arabian Sea, but it is weak. Had it been strong, it could have helped in the advancement of the monsoon,” she mentioned.
