Mumbai witnesses unseasonal rain – Times of India

MUMBAI: The month of December began on a rainy note for Mumbaikars breaking two records. Apart from recording the second highest 24 hour rain for the month , the maximum temperatures also witnessed a steep dip of nine degrees in one day.
With light to moderate rain throughout the day, the IMD Santacruz observatory in a nine hour period till 5.30 pm had already recorded 28.6 mm of rain. This is the second highest December rain; with the highest being recorded in the year 2017 of 53 mm. In the year 2017, owing to severe Cyclone Ockhi having moved along the coast, the city had recorded the highest-ever December rainfall.
The IMD Colaba observatory in the same nine hour period had recorded 27.6 mm of rains.
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) automatic weather stations (AWS) had recorded maximum rains in the eastern suburbs as of Wednesday afternoon. In the period between 2pm-6 pm, the Dadar and Dahisar AWS had recorded 21 mm of rains and Vikrohli fire station 22.35 mm of rains. Civic officials said that there were no water logging complaints and neither was train and vehicular traffic movement affected in any way.
Besides owing to the unseasonal rains, at 24.8 degree, Mumbai has also recorded the second lowest maximum temperatures for the month in a decade. Maximum temperatures dipped by almost nine degree in a 24 hour period from 33.3 degree recorded on Tuesday to 24.8 degree on Wednesday. The maximum temperatures recorded by the IMD Santacruz observatory was also 8.6 degree below normal.
A tweet from the handle @Francis_Joseph read, “I slept in Mumbai last night and woke up in Mahabaleshwar today morning. All changed outside my house overnight, thanks to #MumbaiRains #ClimateChange.”
The maximum temperatures recorded by the IMD Colaba observatory meanwhile was 24.8 degree which was 7.4 degree below normal.
There was barely any difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures on Wednesday as the minimum temperatures recorded by the IMD Colaba observatory was 24.5 degree and Santacruz observatory was 23.8 degree.
The unseasonal rains are expected to continue on Thursday as well. Shubhangi Bhute, scientist IMD Mumbai said, “The rains that that city is witnessing is owing to a cyclonic circulation over south east Arabian sea and adjoining Lakshadweep area which now lies over south east and adjoining east central Arabian sea. A fisherman warning has also been issued as we expect rains/thunderstorms to continue for Palghar, Thane, Raigad and Mumbai till Thursday. Fishermen are advised not to venture along and off the South Maharashtra-Goa coast ”