Rain lashes Mumbai and Thane; IMD predicts more showers

Intense spells of rainfall continue to lash Mumbai on Wednesday whereas parts of Thane Navi Mumbai and Palghar have been witnessing heavy downpourThe Indian Meteorological Department IMD has issued an orange alert in Mumbai Thane and Palghar till July 23 predicting heavy to very heavy rainfallThough there was increased rain intensity in the city and suburbs since Wednesday morning there was no report of any major waterlogging in lowlying areas like Hindmata Matunga and Kurla officials of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidAccording to BMC officials the IMD has predicted moderate to heavy rain in the city and suburbs with the possibility of very heavy showers at a few places and occasional winds reaching 4555 kmph gusting to 60 kmph in some areasThe island city recorded 1169 mm rain while the eastern and western suburbs received 1795 mm and 1324 mm rain respectively in the 24hour period ending at 8 am on Wednesday the BMC saidIn spite of the heavy rains the Western Railways suburban train services are running normal WRs chief public relations officer Sumit Thakur saidThe local train services on the Central Railway route which were badly hit due to the heavy downpour on Sunday and Monday were also running normal a CR official saidThere was no diversion of bus services of the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport BEST and the operations were smooth so far its spokesperson saidKS Hosalikar head of Climate Research and Services Pune tweeted that Mumbai Thane and adjoining areas have received intense spells of rains in the last three hours with rainfall amount exceeding over 40 mm at few placesMumbai Thane amp adj areas recd some intense spells of rains in last 3hrs with rainfall amt exceeding 40mm at few places Radarsatellite obs confirm that intense spells could continueWatch for warningsupdates by IMDAs per IMD Mumbai Thane adj areas will see increased RFTC pictwittercom1m0chuubbemdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 21 2021We see these clouds from 2 directionsSay from East amp North so that we dont miss any cloud grid which could get covered up from tall cloud infront Its just like we watching somebody from 2 dir for better rep 23mdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 21 2021Well its not that easy and sometimes trained official also can be difficulty But u can asses roughly There are many products which radar can gen depending upon applications for Aviation hydrology DMImp it can give u ONLY next 34 hrs scenario and so used for Nowcast etcmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 21 2021Hosalikar added that as per latest radar observations from Mumbai the winds in lower level are westerly and have been strengthened too These winds will ensure moisture from Arabian Sea over the city and adjoining areas required for sustaining the rainfall activityAs per latest radar obs from Mumbai the winds in lower level are westerly and strengthened too 30 knots These winds will ensure the moisture driven from Arabian Sea over the city and adj areas required for sustaining the rainfall Its raining in Mumbai since morningTC pictwittercomlh05xpFgofmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 21 2021217 Typical monsoon clouds as seen from latest radar obs from Mumbai at 11am Mod to intense wide spread clouds observed ovr Mumbai Thane Palghar Kalyan Mdk Sagar Raigad S Konkan including adj parts of ghat areas As per reports continuous mod to intense spells going onTC pictwittercomxkLHOjTr3fmdash K S Hosalikar Hosalikar_KS July 21 2021In a new record the total amount of rain Mumbai received over the last weekend has crossed the average of July Even the downpour recorded till Tuesday morning is 85 per cent of the seasonrsquos total average rainAccording to climatological data July gets 8407 mm of rainfall but this time it has registered more than 9584 mm of rain so far The heavy to very heavy spells of rain that lashed the city during the weekend has crossed the average of the entire JulyHeavy rainfall wreaked havoc in Mumbai and neighbouring areas on July 1819 Severe waterlogging was reported in several parts of the city with road and rail traffic getting affected At least 42 persons died in rainrelated incidentsAlerts by the IMD are colourcoded from green to red A green alert stands for no warning no action needs to be taken by the authorities and the forecast is of light to moderate rain A red alert stands for warning and asks authorities to take action An lsquoorangersquo alert indicates that the authorities are expected to ldquobe preparedrdquoWith inputs from agency