Mumbai Weather Update: Thunderstorms and heavy rainfall likely today

The India Meteorological Department IMD in its latest Mumbai weather update has predicted a generally cloudy sky possibility of thunderstorms accompanied by moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai on MondayMany parts of Mumbai witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday night leading to severe waterlogging in different areas Heres the latest Mumbai weather updateFollowing heavy rains on Sunday there was waterlogging in many areas like Byculla Sion Dadar Mazgaon Kurla Vikhroli and Andheri severely impacting vehicular movement and causing long traffic jamsLocal train services the citys lifeline were also delayed as water accumulated on tracks at some locations officials saidIn the 24hour period ending at 8 am on Monday the island city recorded an average 9911 mm rainfall eastern parts of Mumbai registered 6129 mm downpour and western areas 7378 mm the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC saidThe weather department has forecast a generally cloudy sky possibility of thunderstorms accompanied by moderate to heavy rain in Mumbai and its suburbs on Monday June 10The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 29 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be recorded at 25 degrees CelsiusA high tide of about 429 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 301 pm today stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC The civic body also said that a low tide of about 184 metres is expected at 909 pm todayThe IMD on Sunday issued a warning of moderate to heavy rainfall in Mumbai and its neighbourhood areas in the next 48 hoursAccording to Nowcast warning on Monday Moderate spells of rain are very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Ratnagiri Sindhudurg Raigad Aurangabad Ahmednagar Beed Osmanabad Latur during next 34 hoursMeanwhile fishermen are advised not to venture along and off North and South Maharashtra from June 9 to June 13Squally weather with wind speed 45 kmph to 55 kmph gusting to 65 kmph likely to prevail along and off North Maharashtra coast on 9th to 13th June Fishermen are advised not to venture along and off the North Maharashtra coast during the abovementioned period the IMD said in its bulletinThe IMD also announced the onset of southwest monsoon over Mumbai Earlier on Sunday Mumbai saw rainfall indicating the start of the anticipated weather activity The IMD had reported that the southwest monsoon has advanced to parts of the central Arabian Sea south Maharashtra Telangana south Chhattisgarh south Odisha and more areas of coastal Andhra PradeshThis years Monsoon onset was two days earlier as the usual date of the onset is on June 1 This year Kerala experienced widespread premonsoon rains