Mumbai weather update: Moderate to heavy rainfall likely today

Parts of Mumbai witnessed light rainfall on Wednesday morning even as the India Meteorological Department IMD has issued an orange alert predicting heavy to very heavy showers at a few places in the metropolisThe rain intensity reduced in most parts of Mumbai since Tuesday night and there were light showers in parts of the city and suburbs on Wednesday morningThe Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC on Wednesday said moderate to heavy rainfall in the city and suburbs with a possibility of very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places in the next 24 hoursModerate to heavy rain in city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy rainfall likely at isolated places said the BMCAccording to the Regional Meteorological Centre Mumbai City received 5393 mm of rain and eastern suburbs and western suburbs received 2797 mm and 4569 mm of rain respectively in the last 24 hoursIn its district forecast and warnings updated on Tuesday evening the IMD Mumbai issued a orange alert forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at a few places here on WednesdayBesides heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely at isolated places on Thursday and heavy to very heavy showers at a few places on Friday it addedSince 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 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 rainfallWith inputs from PTI