The rains seem to have been biased towards South Mumbai, While there were no rains in the eastern or western suburbs, South Mumbai recorded 2mm rain in the last 24 hours, ending at 8:30 am on Wednesday.
Santacruz observatory, which is taken as representative of the entire city is 0.4 mm. The aftermath of the rain led to a drop in temperature by 2 degrees below the normal temperature in Mumbai, which was recorded at 28.9.
“These light showers are the pre-monsoon rains. There have been temperature dips throughout the city due to these showers but the humidity will continue to remain high.” said Mahesh Palawat from Skymet Weather, The intensity of these showers will increase by May 28 onwards, he added, he also predicted that monsoon will arrive with full intensity by June’s second week”.
Here is how netizens reacted to the unexpected showers:
In 2021, the Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD),Santacruz observatory recorded 91.2 mm rainfall whereas the IMD’s Colaba observatory recorded a rainfall of 90 mm during the same period.
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