Mumbai: After remaining steady at around 16° Celsius for two consecutive days, the city’s minimum temperature rose to 19° Celsius on Sunday. Some parts of Mumbai, including Dadar, Bandra and Bhandup, experienced light drizzle late at night. Experts said that due to a western disturbance passing from north there was moisture incursion from Arabian Sea which brought in the light showers.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a slight dip in maximum temperature for the week to 34°C from the 35-36°C range recorded last week, which resulted in hot weather conditions during the day.
On Sunday, the IMD Santacruz observatory recorded a minimum temperature of 19°C, which was 2.2° above normal, and the IMD Colaba observatory recorded 21.4°C, which was 1.9° above normal. On Saturday, the minimum temperature was 16.2°C and the maximum 35°C.
Mumbai’s average air quality slightly worsened (159, a little on the higher side of the non-satisfactory category) on Sunday after attaining almost near-satisfactory range (112-120) for over a couple of days post the week-long moisture-laden smog phenomenon.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board data from 20 air monitoring stations in the city, Bandra-Kurla Complex (230), Ghatkopar (288), Sewri (207) and Mankhurd (237) were in the ‘poor’ range (200-300), while Byculla, Chembur, Airport Terminal 2, Kherwadi, Malad, Mazgaon, and Colaba were on the higher side of non-satisfactory levels (150-200). Borivli East’s AQI has attained the satisfactory (50-100) range after being in poor condition before BMC and Maharashtra Pollution Control Board forced construction-related works to stop temporarily. However, Byculla, which witnessed similar action, had an AQI on the higher side of the non-satisfactory zone.