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After a week of mild monsoons, Mumbai recorded its highest July rainfall of the season for a 24-hour period up to 8.30am on Tuesday, with more than 100mm, even as the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) extended the Orange Alert issued for Mumbai and Thane.
According to data from the International Institute for Human Development, the Santacruz Observatory recorded 120 mm of rain, while the meteorological station in Colaba recorded 106 mm of rain between Monday and 8.30 am on Tuesday. Tuesday’s Santacruz station as of 5:30 p.m. recorded 16 mm of rain while the coastal station Colaba received 24.6 mm.
IMD scientist Sushma Nair told The Indian Express that the city is likely to witness a more intense wave of monsoon rains on Wednesday, while a red alert has been issued for neighboring districts of Palgarh and Raigad, indicating the possibility of heavy to severe rains with bouts of rains. Very heavy rainfall in isolated pockets.
Scientists and weather experts have attributed the strong recovery of the monsoon to the formation of the cyclonic cycle in southern Jharkhand and adjoining areas. “The monsoon bottom situation looks favorable over the next few days. Within the next 48 hours, another cyclonic circulation is set to develop in the northwest Bay of Bengal. Due to these synoptic situations, we have issued warnings for Mumbai and other districts of Maharashtra,” read the issued prospectus. About IMD Mumbai.
With the return of the monsoons, mercury levels have dropped in Mumbai. Santacruz recorded maximum temperatures of 27.6 degrees Celsius – three degrees below normal, while Colaba recorded 28 degrees Celsius – two degrees below the average temperature.
Even with heavy rains lashing the city, the water stock level has seen a marginal rise. On Tuesday, the water level of the Seven Lakes that supplies water to the city reached 35.70 percent of the total capacity. Last year, on the same date, the level was 84.41 percent, while in 2021, the levels touched 19.83 percent during the same period.
Whereas in 2022, the onset of monsoon occurred on June 11, this year, the city experienced one of the earliest recorded late monsoons with the arrival of the monsoon on June 25.
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