“The monsoon trough is not intense right now, as a result of which, intense rainfall will not take place over Mumbai. However, the south westerly and westerly winds will continue to blow. That may lead to light to moderate rainfall in Mumbai,” Sunil Kamble, director of the IMD in Mumbai, told The Indian Express on Sunday afternoon.

In the 24-hour cycle that ended at 8.25 am on Sunday morning, the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded 9 mm of rain while the coastal observatory at Colaba recorded 4 mm.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations automatic weather station recorded an average of 5 mm rainfall in western suburbs, 11 mm in island city and 8 mm in the eastern suburbs.

On Sunday morning Mumbai’s average water stock in all the seven lakes stood at 72.97 per cent, 1 percentage point up from the past 24 hours. Last year on July 28, the water stock stood at 68 per cent, while in 2022 it stood at 88 per cent.

An orange alert has been issued for Raigad district for Monday, while Thane, Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts have been placed under a yellow alert for the next 24 hours.

“The monsoon trough is not intense right now, as a result of which, intense rainfall will not take place over Mumbai. However, the south westerly and westerly winds will continue to blow. That may lead to light to moderate rainfall in Mumbai,” Sunil Kamble, director of the IMD in Mumbai, told The Indian Express on Sunday afternoon.

In the 24-hour cycle that ended at 8.25 am on Sunday morning, the IMD’s Santacruz observatory recorded 9 mm of rain while the coastal observatory at Colaba recorded 4 mm.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporations automatic weather station recorded an average of 5 mm rainfall in western suburbs, 11 mm in island city and 8 mm in the eastern suburbs.

On Sunday morning Mumbai’s average water stock in all the seven lakes stood at 72.97 per cent, 1 percentage point up from the past 24 hours. Last year on July 28, the water stock stood at 68 per cent, while in 2022 it stood at 88 per cent.