Mumbai weather update: IMD predicts moderate to heavy rainfall across city

The Indian Meteorological Department IMD has forecast moderate to heavy rainfall in Mumbai on Friday as per the latest Mumbai weather updateThe weather department in its latest Mumbai weather update has predicted a generally cloudy sky with possibility of moderate to heavy rain towards evening and night in the city and its suburbs over the next 24 hoursThe maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 33 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be recorded at 26 degrees CelsiusA high tide of about 465 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 215 pm today stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The civic body also said a low tide of about 045 metres is expected at 826 pm todayThe Regional Meteorological Centre RMC in Mumbai has issued a yellow alert for heavy rainfall in the city for July 23 Additionally the weather department has issued a yellow alert for heavy rains at isolated locations in Thane district todayMumbai weather update Traffic updatesEarlier this morning slow traffic was reported at Amar Mahal Junction due to a dumper breakdown Otherwise traffic is flowing smoothly Updates from both Central and Western Railways indicate that trains on all corridors are operating without any issuesMeanwhile Water levels in Mumbais seven reservoirs which provide the city with drinking water have reached 9497 per cent as reported by the BMC on ThursdayAccording to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data the collective water stock in Mumbai lakes is currently at 1374618 million litres which is 9497 per cent of capacityMumbai draws water from Tulsi Tansa Vihar Bhatsa Modak Sagar Upper Vaitarna and Middle VaitarnaAs per the data shared by the civic body on the Mumbai lakes the water level in Tansa is at 9711 per cent At ModakSagar 9669 per cent of water stock is availableIn Middle Vaitarna 9832 per cent Upper Vaitarna 9363 per cent Bhatsa 9353 per cent Vihar 100 per cent and Tulsi 9761 per cent of useful water level is availableIn the wake of heavy rains one more lake supplying water to Mumbai Middle Vaitarna Lake started overflowing on July 4 Lakes Vihar and Modak Sagar started to flood on July 25 as a result of persistently high rains Around 4 pm on July 24 Tansa Lake began to overflow increasing the amount of water stored in all seven reservoirs by 17 days in a single dayApproximately 400 million gallons of water are supplied to Mumbai by Tansa Lake which is situated in the Shahpur region of Thane On July 26 2024 it overflowedOne of the two lakes that directly feed water to the BMC Tulsi Lake started to overflow on July 20 at around 830 am mimicking the event that occurred on the same day last year at 128 pm according to the civic body