After a week’s delay, the south-west monsoon finally reached the city
on Sunday. Santacruz weather station recorded 33.2 mm rainfall between
8.30 am and 5.30 pm while Colaba recorded 31 mm within the same period.
The monsoon, which arrived in Kerala on June 5 instead of June 1,
had been progressing very slowly and was stagnated at the same position
from June 6 to June 12. It reached Mumbai a week after the normal onset
date of June 10. “The monsoon has now reached Mumbai and Pune. In fact,
it has covered almost all of Maharashtra and very few districts are
remaining,” said NY Apte, deputy director general of meteorology, IMD,
Mumbai.
“The offshore trough is active along the western coast, extending
from Gujarat coast to Kerala coast and an upper air cyclonic
circulation exists over northeast Arabian Sea and adjoining Gujarat,”
said V K Rajeev, director, weather forecast, IMD, explaining the
favourable conditions bringing rain to the city.
On Sunday, many parts of the city received heavy rainfall.
According to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation data Mankhurd
recorded the highest rainfall of 85.82mm in 24 hours, followed by
Chembur recording 85.06 mm, and Mulund with 83.52 mm. Others which
received heavy rainfall in the same period included Kandivali with 74.88
mm, Goregaon with 71.6 mm, Malad with 54.82 mm and Masjid Bunder with
52.59 mm.
Meanwhile, maximum temperatures fell sharply on Sunday on account
of the rains with the suburbs recording 29.50C, down almost four
degrees from Saturday’s 33.20C while the island city recorded 28.80C,
down from 32.10C the previous day. Minimum temperatures were 25.60C and
25.50C at Santacruz and Colaba respectively. “The city is expected to
receive heavy rainfall however in intermittent showers on Monday and
Tuesday,” Rajeev said.
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