MUMBAI: The India Meteorological Division (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane and Palghar for Wednesday, indicating a excessive probability of heavy to very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds at remoted locations. For Raigad, in the meantime, a purple alert has been issued for Wednesday with a forecast for very heavy rainfall and thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds at remoted locations.
Within the early hours of Tuesday, Mumbai recorded its first heavy rain spell for the month of Sept.Within the 24 hours ended 8.30am on Sept 24, IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded 75mm of rain. In line with IMD classification, rainfall between 64.5mm and 115.5mm falls within the heavy rain class.
An IMD official mentioned all of the heavy showers on Tuesday had been recorded between 2.30am and 4.30am. The interval of this rain exercise could improve on Wednesday evening. “There was a thunderstorm accompanied by lightning owing to the present climate circumstances, that are very conducive for thunder exercise,” mentioned the official. Some metropolis residents mentioned heavy rain and loud thunder woke them up. “It began round 3am and was accompanied by quick and heavy spells,” mentioned a resident.
Residents of adjoining Kalyan, Dombivli, Thane and Panvel skilled related climate exercise too.
Thunderstorm exercise is usually restricted to sure areas and can also be a function of a retreating monsoon. The southwest monsoon has already begun its withdrawal. On Tuesday, IMD introduced its withdrawal from some extra components of Rajasthan and Gujarat, and a few of Punjab and Haryana.
Round 1.22am on Tuesday, X deal with Mumbai Nowcast posted:”Thunderstorms had fashioned just some kilometres north of Kalyan-Dombivali-Bhiwandi; therefore a rise in thunder exercise was anticipated.” The explanation for the moist spell can also be a low stress space.
“Beneath the affect of cyclonic circulation over central Bay of Bengal, a low-pressure space has fashioned over West central Bay of Bengal and the adjoining northwest bay off north Andhra-south Odisha coasts,” mentioned the IMD.
