IMD predicts hefty rainfall in Mumbai and Thane, and other parts of Maharashtra on Could 17

Thane, Raigad and Mumbai would get extremely large rainfall on Monday, while Raigad is expected to experience thunderstorms together with lightning and gusty winds from Saturday (Could 15).

New Delhi: India Meteorological Office (IMD) has predicted hefty rainfall in Maharashtra’s Mumbai, Raigad and Thane on Monday (Might 17).

Within a alert issued by the IMD on Thursday, it said that a low-pressure area shaped on the Arabian Water is anticipated to intensify in to a cyclonic thunderstorm by Could 16 that can probably cause weighty rainfall in Mumbai, certain areas in Goa, to the south Konkan place as well as Gujarat.

“A low pressure location has shaped across the southeast Arabian Ocean and adjoining Lakshadweep area these days. It is extremely likely to turn out to be properly marked more than Lakshadweep region by Friday morning hours. It is going to concentrate in to a major depression on the same region by Saturday early morning and intensify into a cyclonic storm during the subsequent twenty four hours,” PTI cited IMD as saying.

Thane, Mumbai and Raigad would get really heavy rainfall on Monday, when Raigad is anticipated to observe severe storms accompanied by lightning and gusty winds from Weekend (Could 15).

In european Kolhapur, Satara and Maharashtra will likely obtain heavy to very weighty rainfall at separated places in ghat places on Sunday and Monday, whilst a comparable forewarning has been given for Pune on Monday, the report mentioned.

On the other hand, Maharashtra Key Minister Uddhav Thackeray, because of Cyclone Tauktae, has directed representatives being vigilant and effectively equipped especially in close proximity to coast aspects of Palghar, Raigad, Sindhudurg and Ratnagiri.