Mumbai weather update: Moderate rain with possibility of intense spells today

It was a sunny Monday morning in parts of Mumbai after days of rainfall and overcast sky in the cityThe India Meteorological Departments IMD Mumbai centre predicted moderate rainfall in the city and suburbs with a possibility of occasional intense spells in the next 24 hoursModerate rainfall in city and suburbs with the possibility of occasional intense spells the BMC said on MondayAccording to the Regional Meteorological Centre Mumbai City received 1472 mm of rain and eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 4936 mm and 4493 mm of rain respectively in the last 24 hoursA high tide of about 460 meters is expected to hit Mumbai at 1202 pm today while another high tide of 395 metre is expected at 1152 pm stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The civic body also said that a low tide of about 185 metre is expected at 605 pm todaySince the onset of the southwest monsoon over Mumbai on June 25 the city has been getting heavy showers As per the India Meteorological Departments IMD data the city has received more than 95 per cent of the rainfall recorded this month in just six days between June 24 and 29The monsoon is likely to be normal in July across the country barring parts of eastern Uttar Pradesh and south Bihar with abovenormal temperatures expected throughout the month the India Meteorological Department IMD said on FridayAddressing a virtual press conference IMD Director General Mrutyunjay Mohapatra said the July rains will help wipe out rainfall deficiencies witnessed in JuneAs many as 16 states and union territories received deficient rainfall in June with Bihar and Kerala reporting large deficits at 69 per cent and 60 per cent below normal respectivelyLarge states such as Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra Karnataka Jharkhand Andhra Pradesh and Telangana also received less rainfall than what is normal for June the first month of the southwest monsoon seasonThe monthly rainfall averaged over the country as a whole during July 2023 is most likely to be normal 94 to 106 per cent of LPA and most probably within the positive side of the normal Mohapatra saidThe longperiod average LPA of rainfall over the country during July based on the data of 19712020 is about 2804 mmThe phenomenon of warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean called the El Nino conditions are expected to develop in July El Nino is known to suppress monsoon rainfallMohapatra said during most of the recent El Nino years June rainfall has been within the normal rangeIn 16 of the 25 years when June rainfall was below normal July rainfall has been reported normal he saidHe said 377 weather stations across the country reported heavy rainfall events 1156 mm2045 mm per day in June while 62 stations reported extremely heavy rains amounting to more than 2045 mmMohapatra said the MarchtoJune summer season saw heatwave conditions across 281 meteorological subdivision days MSD the third highest after 578 MSDs in 2010 and 455 MSDs in 2022 If one meteorological subdivision reports heat wave conditions it is considered as one MSDThe weather office said during July normal to above normal maximum temperatures were likely over most parts of the country except some areas of northwest and peninsular IndiaIt said normal to above normal minimum temperatures were likely over most parts of the country except some areas of northwest IndiaWith inputs from PTI