Mumbai was recently hit with an unseasonal downpour and the city has been receiving light to moderate rainfall in different parts of the city. Mumbaikars woke up to a rainy day as thunderstorms accompanied the rains. Now, amid the rains, people of Mumbai took to Twitter handle and shared pictures and videos of ‘Mumbai Rains’ as unseasonal rainfall continued to relieve the scorching heat.
Check out the tweets below
#Rains in Malad 🌧️ Loud Thunder too in some areas #Mumbairains pic.twitter.com/HTVfP1AEzt
— Richa Pinto (@richapintoi) March 16, 2023
#MumbaiRains in March!! 🤷🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/u34NmNxUo2
— Rishikesh Patki (@iamthepatki) March 16, 2023
Bhagwaan ji kya confusion hai? Though it feels good, please keep the sun at bay, especially now that it's drizzling.#mumbairains pic.twitter.com/OSs0oNASv0
— Dipika Singh (@gleefulblogger) March 16, 2023
Good rains in #Mulund right now #mumbairains @Gujarat_weather @VagariesWeather @vpgada @mulund_info @MulundMumbai @richapintoi @rajtoday @tanushreevenkat @IndiaWeatherMan pic.twitter.com/jy4Jr6VJYX
— 🇮🇳 (@happygoluckyim) March 16, 2023
Yeh Mumbai mein ho kya raha hai.😮😮😮#MumbaiRains pic.twitter.com/3aN36zkWyj
— Chinmay Rane (@cvrane) March 16, 2023
Meanwhile, the Regional Weather forecasting Centre (RMC) has forecast spells of rain or thundershowers in the city till Friday, March 17.
On Thursday, Mumbaikars woke up to light drizzle in the isolated pockets of the city. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that a thunderstorm accompanied with light to moderate rainfall is expected today in Mumbai, reported Mid-Day.
"Cloudy sky with light rain or thundershowers towards evening/night in Mumbai and its suburbs," the IMD said.
It also maintained that thunderstorms accompanied with lightning and light to moderate spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 30-40 kmph are very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Ahmednagar, Dhule, Jalgaon, Nasik, Aurangabad, Jalna, Hingoli, Palghar and Thane during next 3-4 hours.
The IMD mentioned that Mumbai’s rainfall was even below the permissible limit and was the result of the interaction of dry and wet wind.
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