Expect heavy rain till Thursday; Mumbai surpasses yearly average rain

MUMBAI: Till Sunday morning, the city received total rainfall of 2,526mm-surpassing the annual average with over 50 days of monsoon still left. With 18.6mm rainfall recorded by IMD Santacruz observatory in the 24 hours ending at 8.30am on Sunday, the annual average of 2,514mm was breached. IMD Colaba recorded total rainfall of 2,447.2mm in the same period.
While the weekend was relatively dry, IMD forecast that the south west monsoon is likely to be active on west coast again.IMD issued a 'yellow' alert for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Mumbai, Thane and Raigad. A yellow alert means heavy rain at isolated places is very likely. "The conditions are likely to continue for a week," said K S Hosalikar, deputy director-general (western region), IMD. For Monday, the IMD has forecast generally cloudy skies with few spells of light to moderate rainfall.
As the onset of monsoon was declared in Mumbai on June 14, rain began to pick up pace soon after the month ended. The active monsoon spell that the city witnessed over the last few days gave Mumbai August's average rain in the first seven days of the month itself. Last year, the city surpassed the annual average rainfall on August 25.