Mumbai: The Indian Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Mumbai office has warned of heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and lightning for the next four days, as an upper air cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the east central Arabian Sea off the Karnataka coast on May 21.
“Under the cyclonic influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form, which will also have an impact on Maharashtra, especially in the South Konkan, South Madya Maharashtra and Mumbai, resulting in heavy to very heavy rainfall with thunderstorms and gusty winds reaching at 50-60 kmph,” said IMD Mumbai Director Shubhangi Bhute.
As per the weather warning released by IMD, the cyclonic circulation is likely to move northwards from May 22 and intensify further, resulting in increased rainfall activity over Maharashtra until May 25. The state has been witnessing moderate pre-monsoon showers with thunderstorms for two weeks, and the IMD has confirmed that the state will witness the early arrival of monsoon.
The southwest monsoon is expected to arrive at Kerala in the next four to five days, and the onset of monsoon in Mumbai is expected to be in June first week against the official date of June 11.
As per IMD’s local weather forecast for Mumbai city and suburbs for the next 48 hours, the maximum and minimum temperatures will remain 34 degrees Celsius and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively, and the skies will be generally cloudy, with a possibility of thunderstorms with moderate to heavy rainfall.
This year, Mumbai has already received one of the highest May rainfalls, with 85.2 mm recorded in the Colaba observatory till May 18. It was in May 2021, Colaba recorded 257.8 mm of rainfall. While in May 2022, 2023 and 2024 it recorded 6.6 mm, 17.2 mm and 0.4 mm of rainfall, respectively.
While the Santacruz observatory has recorded 45.6 mm of rainfall till May 18. It was in May 2021, the observatory recorded 256 mm of rainfall. In May 2022, 2023 and 2023, the observatory recorded 0.5 mm, 3.4 mm and 21.3 mm of rainfall.
Max Rainfall details frm 20.05.2025 2000 hrs to 2100hrs :
CT: Light rain
WS: Eksar Muni. School-61mm,Anand nagar Muni School-53,Charkop Muni School Sec-1-49, Malwani fire-47,Juhu Dispensary-45,R/N ward-42, Versova WWTF & Lagoon-40,Kandivali Fire-39,R/C ward-37, Kandivali work shop-37, Malad depot-30,Goregaon -24,Aarey colony Gorgaon-22, Versova Pumping-21
ES: Veena Nagar Mui. School, Mulund-16mm, Bhandup Complex & Guru Govind marg Mulund-13, Mulund Check Naka-12,Mulund Fire -11, T Ward & Mulund-10
