Overview
- IMD nowcasts flagged light to moderate rain and thunderstorms over Mumbai and nearby districts, with yellow alerts in Thane and Palghar for lightning and gusty winds around 30–40 km/h.
- Friday’s rain totals were modest and localized — about 4–7 mm at Santacruz and 4–6.7 mm at Colaba — while daytime temperatures dipped to roughly 30.3°C, several degrees below normal.
- Mumbai’s air quality improved sharply into the ‘good’ range, with citywide AQI readings generally between the mid‑40s and mid‑60s after the recent showers.
- IMD said the Arabian Sea depression has tracked north and weakened into a well‑marked low near Gujarat, prompting an orange alert there along with advisories for high waves and squally coastal winds.
- Nationally, IMD warned of heavy to very heavy rainfall over parts of eastern India — including Sub‑Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim and Bihar — with scattered thunderstorms across central and northeast regions through the weekend.