Partly cloudy sky with light rainfall and thundershowers likely today

The India Meteorological Department IMD in its latest Mumbai weather update has predicted a partly cloudy sky with light rainfall and thundershower for Mumbai on MondayMumbaikars woke up to a cloudy morning bringing some respite to residents from the scorching heat and humidity Heres the latest Mumbai weather updateThe weather department has forecast a partly cloudy sky with the possibility of light rain and thundershower in Mumbai and its suburbs on Friday June 7The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 35 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be recorded at 29 degrees CelsiusA high tide of about 467 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 1250 pm today stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The civic body also said that a low tide of about 175 metres is expected at 655 pm todayLast month Mumbai witnessed unseasonal rain with gusty winds during which a hoarding collapsed in the Ghatkopar area claiming several livesMeanwhile the southwest monsoon reached Maharashtra on Thursday bringing respite to the state where many parts have been reeling under scorching heat and severe water shortageIMD scientist Sunil Kamble said the monsoon has reached Sindhudurg district in south Konkan and Sangli and Kolhapur in western MaharashtraIt is likely to reach Mumbai between June 9 and 10 he addedSeveral parts of Maharashtra have been witnessing severe water shortage with high temperatures exacerbating the situationAs of Thursday 11565 villages and hamlets in 34 districts were being provided water through government and private tankers according to official dataThe Centre on Thursday stressed the need for states to be better prepared to meet challenges related to heat wave and forest fires ensure no loss of life and to minimise damageAt a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee NCMC Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba also gave an assurance to the states and Union territories that the central ministries and departments are closely engaging with them to ensure optimum preparedness and for implementing timely mitigation and response measures according to an official statementThe issue of heat wave and forest fires was discussed at a meeting of the NCMC chaired by the cabinet secretary who took stock of the preparedness of the central and state governmentsChief secretaries of Bihar Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jharkhand Jammu and Kashmir Odisha Delhi Maharashtra Rajasthan and Uttarakhand and senior officials from Andhra Pradesh Punjab Madhya Pradesh Tamil Nadu Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh also attended the meeting through video conferencing