Mumbai rains: BMC predicts moderate rainfall; possibility of turning into heavy rains

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday issued an update on Mumbai rains and predicted moderate rainfall in the city and suburbs for July 12. In its notice, the BMC stated that the moderate rainfall had a possibility of turning into heavy rain in isolated regions of Mumbai and its suburbs.

As per the Mumbai weather forecast, high tide will begin from 13:51 hrs where waves will go up to 4.40 meters. Low tide would begin at 19:50 hrs where waves of 1.68 meters in height would be witnessed. The average rainfall that parts of the city have faced in the last 24 hours ranges between 2.0 mm to 7.6 mm. Central Mumbai (7.6mm) has received the most amount of rainfall. Western Mumbai and Eastern Mumbai have faced 5.23 mm and 2.10 mm rainfall respectively. 

Latest Mumbai Weather forecast by BMC

IMD predicts heavy rains

On July 10, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued an alert and predicted heavy rainfall in Maharashtra's Mumbai, Gujarat region, Goa, and Konkan coast. The weather department said that extremely heavy rainfall could hit the ghats of Maharashtra between July 12-14. "Isolated extremely heavy falls also very likely over Gujarat region on 11th; Konkan & Goa during 11th-14th; over ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra on 12th-14th; coastal & south interior Karnataka during 11th-12th and over Kerala on 10th July, 2021," IMD said.

Additionally, the IMD has also issued an orange alert for Mumbai, Thane, and Palghar districts for July 15 and has warned of extremely heavy rain in other districts of the state as well. Mumbai and Thane have recorded moderate to near heavy rains in the last 24 hrs till 8.30 am, July 12.