people waiting to celebrate diwali in mumbai may have to face the brunt of the weather as the Meteorological Department has predicted rain for the next few days. Along with mumbai, thane may also receive rain. While a yellow alert has been issued for Raigad on wednesday and Thursday. diwali will be celebrated in the country on thursday i.e. october 31.
According to the report of indian Express, the southwest monsoon has withdrawn from mumbai on october 15 itself. However, even after this the rain continued. According to the IMD, there was no rain in mumbai and suburbs on sunday and monday morning and the temperature was recorded at 33 and 34 degrees Celsius. However, light rain will be seen in mumbai and thane district on Wednesday. There will be thunderstorms on thursday and Friday.
No forecast of heavy rain
IMD issued a yellow alert in Raigad and Ratnagiri between wednesday and Friday. IMD mumbai Director sunil Kamble said that there will be no heavy rain in the city but there will be light rain with thunder in the evening.
Rain system is being formed due to the effect of cyclone
Meteorologist sunil Kamble said, "At present, there is a cyclone over the arabian sea which is 1.5 km above sea level. Due to this weather system, we are expecting some rain in the coming days. Yellow alert has been issued in Raigad, so due to the effect of the system, light rain and thundershowers can also occur in Mumbai. "Let us tell you that even after the withdrawal of monsoon in mid-October, there has been moderate to heavy rain. mumbai city has been affected by this unexpected rain. Due to rain, people had to face problems even during the festival of Navratri. On the other hand, if we look at the data of IMD, 86 mm of rain was recorded in Mumbai's Santa Cruz station and 131 mm of rain was recorded in Colaba Coastal Observatory in October.
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