Mumbai weather updates: Partly cloudy skies, light rain likely today

The city is expected to experience partly cloudy skies on Thursday with a possibility of light rain over Mumbai and its suburbs according to the Mumbai weather updatesThe IMDs Santacruz observatory recorded a maximum temperature of 322 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 239 degrees Celsius on Thursday Meanwhile the Colaba observatory reported a high of 308 degrees Celsius and a low of 25 degrees Celsius as per the latest Mumbai weather updatesHigh tide is expected at 1245 pm with a height of 444 metres followed by another high tide at 143 am on Friday measuring 485 metres Low tide will occur at 700 pm today at 001 metres while the next low tide is scheduled for 729 am on Friday with a height of 125 metresBetween 800 am on October 8 and 800 am on October 9 the recorded rainfall was 001 mm in the city while the eastern and western suburbs received no rainLight rainfall activity is likely to continue intermittently through the day with generally pleasant weather conditions prevailing across MumbaiMeanwhile the water levels in lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai have risen following heavy rainfall in their catchment areas According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data the combined stock in the seven reservoirs that provide water to the city now stands at 9892 per centAs per the BMC on Thursday October 9 the collective water stock in these reservoirs is 1431275 million litres which amounts to 9892 per cent of their total capacityThe BMC supplies drinking water daily from Upper Vaitarna Modak Sagar Tansa Middle Vaitarna Bhatsa Vehar and Tulsi lakesOf these Tansa has 9804 per cent water stock Modak Sagar 9787 per cent Middle Vaitarna 9923 per cent Upper Vaitarna 100 per cent Bhatsa 9881 per cent Vehar 100 per cent and Tulsi 9925 per centLower Modak Sagar Middle and Upper Vaitarna lakes along with Tansa supply water to the western suburbs from Dahisar Check Naka to Bandra and to the western parts of the city from Mahim to Malabar HillBhatsa Vehar and Tulsi together form the Bhatsa system Water from this system is treated at the Panjarpur Water Treatment Plant and distributed to the eastern parts of Mumbai covering the eastern suburbs from Mulund Check Naka to Sion and further to Mazgaon