Mumbai weather update: Rain likely in city as IMD issues thunderstorm warnings

The India Meteorological Department has forecast a partly cloudy sky over Mumbai with the possibility of light rain or thundershowers in the city and suburbs towards evening or nightAccording to the IMD the city recorded minimum temperatures of 255 degrees Celsius at Colaba and 256 degrees Celsius at Santacruz on Tuesday No rainfall was reported at either observatory with both stations logging 00 millimetres of precipitation indicating largely dry conditions through the dayYellow alert issued for multiple districtsMeanwhile the IMD has issued a yellow alert for several districts including Thane Raigad Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Dhule Nandurbar Jalgaon Kolhapur ghats Kolhapur Satara ghats Sangli Sholapur Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Jalna Parbhani Beed Hingoli Nanded Akola and Amravati predicting thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds of 40ndash50 kilometres per hour at isolated placesOrange alert warns of hailstorms stronger windsAn orange alert has been sounded for Nashik its ghat areas Ahmednagar Pune Pune ghats Satara Latur Dharashiv and Yavatmal where thunderstorms with lightning hailstorms and stronger gusts of 50ndash60 kilometres per hour are likely at isolated locationsCooling trend observed across MaharashtraAcross Maharashtra several regions recorded belownormal maximum temperatures on Wednesday pointing to a mild cooling trendCities such as Ahmednagar 352 degrees Celsius Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar 328 degrees Celsius Beed 340 degrees Celsius Jalgaon 356 degrees Celsius and Parbhani 340 degrees Celsius saw daytime temperatures dipping 2 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Celsius below normal Kolhapur 346 degrees Celsius Satara 348 degrees Celsius and Nashik 342 degrees Celsius also reported belowaverage daytime heatMalegaon hottest interior regions stay near normalAmong the warmer pockets Malegaon recorded 384 degrees Celsius followed by Dharashiv at 376 degrees Celsius and Sholapur at 372 degrees Celsius though these too remained close to seasonal averagesMumbai temperatures remain near normalIn the Mumbai region Colaba and Santacruz recorded maximum temperatures of 328 degrees Celsius and 331 degrees Celsius respectively remaining near normal while minimum temperatures stayed slightly above averageHigh humidity persists along coastCoastal areas such as Dahanu and Ratnagiri continued to witness high humidity levels with morning relative humidity at 76 per cent and 70 per cent respectively while Harnai recorded 76 per cent humidity in the eveningSlightly warmer nights across stateNight temperatures across the state ranged between 20 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius with places like Mahabaleshwar 204 degrees Celsius Nashik 206 degrees Celsius and Parbhani 227 degrees Celsius experiencing slightly abovenormal minimum temperaturesOverall the IMD data suggests a marginal dip in daytime temperatures across Maharashtra even as humid conditions persist along the coast and thunderstorm activity is expected to intensify in several districts