Mumbai weather: Light to moderate rain expected across city and suburbs
Mumbai is likely to experience generally cloudy conditions with spells of rain on Sunday, August 16. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast highlighted light to moderate rainfall across Mumbai, Thane and surrounding areas over the next 24 hours.
In an update issued at 9 am on Sunday, the IMD said Mumbai and neighbouring areas were likely to receive light to moderate rain. The weather department’s forecast at 9 am also indicated a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain in the city and suburbs.
As per IMD, Mumbai is likely to record a maximum temperature of 29.3 degrees Celsius on Sunday, while the minimum temperature is expected to remain around 25.1 degrees Celsius.
Rainfall in the last 24 hours
Meanwhile, rainfall recorded across Mumbai during the 24-hour period from 8 pm on August 15 to 8 am on August 16 remained comparatively high. The Island City recorded an average rainfall of 9.29 mm, while the Eastern Suburbs received 16 mm, whereas the Western Suburbs registered 13.19 mm of rainfall during the same period.
High tide and low tide alert
Meanwhile, Mumbai is expected to witness a high tide of 4.50 metres at 2.19 pm on Sunday. Another high tide of 4.14 metres is expected at 2.42 am on Monday, August 17, as per BMC.
A low tide of 0.74 metres is expected at 8.26 pm on Sunday, while another low tide of 1.39 metres is forecast at 8.15 am on Monday.
With cloudy skies and intermittent rainfall expected, residents are likely to experience wet weather conditions across the city and suburbs through the day.
Mumbai lakes levels at 92.24 per cent water stock
Mumbai’s seven lakes, which supply drinking water to the city, collectively held 13,34,979 million litres of water, or 92.24 per cent of their total live storage capacity, as of 6 am on Sunday, August 16, according to the Hydraulic Engineer’s Department at the Bhandup Master Control Centre.
The current stock now stands higher than in the same period last year, when the reservoirs contained 13,04,981 million litres (90.16 per cent). However, the lake levels remained significantly lower than in 2024, when the lakes had 13,49,364 million litres, accounting for 93.23 per cent of the total live storage.
Vihar, Tulsi and Modak Sagar lakes remain full
Among the seven reservoirs, Vihar, Tulsi and Modak Sagar lakes remained at 100 per cent live storage. Whereas the water levels at Tansa stood at 99.26 per cent, Middle Vaitarna was at 96.25 per cent, Bhatsa, the city’s largest reservoir, was at 90.62 per cent, while Upper Vaitarna remained the lowest-filled lake at 82.20 per cent.
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