Several parts of Mumbai received light to moderate rainfall on Thursday night. According to the India Meteorological Department's (IMD) nowcast warning issued at an interval of three hours daily, Mumbai was on green alert, with an indication of moderate rainfall in isolated places. Mumbaikars reported showers in areas of Dadar, Bandra and Goregaon in the western suburbs, as well as Ghatkopar, Chembur, and Vikhroli in the eastern suburbs. According to IMD, the eastern parts of Mumbai were more likely to experience rainfall.

A senior IMD official said, “The upper air cyclonic circulation over the southeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area persists over the same region extending up to 5.8 km above mean sea level, tilting southward with height. Easterly/northeasterly winds set in over southern peninsular India, south and adjoining central Bay of Bengal in the lower tropospheric levels.”