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42% of normal rain already in Colaba, Santacruz gets 48%

The city received isolated heavy spells of rain on Tuesday, with continuous showers in the morning
42% of normal rain already in Colaba, Santacruz gets 48%
MUMBAI: The city received isolated heavy spells of rain on Tuesday, with continuous showers in the morning. Total rainfall recorded by the India Meteorological Department’s (IMD) Colaba and Santacruz observatories so far has been over 40% of the total required annual rainfall.
Rainfall recorded between 8.30am-5.30pm at the Colaba observatory was 49.2mm and at Santacruz was 61.7mm.
Significant rainfall was witnessed in areas like Ghatkopar, Vikhroli, Sion, Parel, Colaba, Andheri and Kandivli on Tuesday morning. Ajay Kumar, scientist from IMD Mumbai, said an offshore trough from Maharashtra coast to Kerala coast had become very active owing to which coastal areas were recording good rains. “Rainfall is very good in the city area, compared to interior parts of the state. There is also an upper air cyclonic circulation due to which Mumbai is receiving good rains. These isolated heavy rains would continue for the next 24 hours but the activity may weaken after that,” said Kumar.
According to the BMC’s rain gauges which have been placed at different locations all over Mumbai, total rainfall recorded on Tuesday between 8am-4pm in Mumbai city area was 46.7mm, in the western suburbs 35.45mm and eastern suburbs 30.94mm.
The total annual required rainfall in case of Colaba observatory is 2,184mm, of which 930.6mm or 42% has already been received. In case of Santacruz observatory it is 2,453mm of which 1,181.9mm or 48% has already been recorded.
This year the onset of monsoons was declared on June 20, which was 10 days after its normal onset date of June 10. On June 8, the monsoon set in over Kerala and Lakshadweep. Normally, the onset of the south-west monsoon in Kerala is on June 1 and in Mumbai on June 10.
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Richa Pinto is a special correspondent with The Times of India. She covers urban governance & climate change issues. With over a decade of experience in field reporting, she has written extensively on various civic issues affecting Mumbaikars. She graduated in -journalism from the prestigious Mumbai-based St Xavier's College and later pursued a three-year Law degree (L.L.B.) with the University of Mumbai. She regularly tweets about all things that matter to Mumbai on-- @richapintoi.

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