Mumbai weather forecast: Poll time hots up, rain too expected in city & around | Mumbai News – Times of India
MUMBAI: Could the weather upset the applecart for voter turnout on Monday when the city goes to vote? The forecast says it could be sweltering hot and light showers are predicted towards evening. The Met has issued a ‘yellow alert’ for heat and for showers in Mumbai city as well as for Thane and Palghar districts in Mumbai Metropolitan Region on May 20.The Met has said that there is the possibility of ‘light to moderate rains accompanied with thunderstorm by evening’ for the city and the two districts.
On Sunday, the day temperature recorded by the Met’s Colaba and Santacruz observatories was 35 degrees Celsius and 34.6 degrees Celsius. Relative humidity recorded at the two observatories was 77% and 67% respectively.
Night temperatures recorded were also on the higher side as the Colaba and Santacruz observatories recorded 28.2 degrees Celsius and 29 degrees Celsius respectively.
Athreya Shetty, an independent forecaster, said the best time to head to the poll booth would be before noon and after 4pm though high humidity will make it it feel extremely uncomfortable throughout the day. “On Monday, Mumbai and suburbs will see maximum temperature around 34-36°C while parts of south Mumbai will be cooler at 32°C. Areas like Mulund are expected to be hotter at 38-39°C,”said Shetty.
Another expert, Abhijit Modak who runs the Konkan weather blog, said that the entire metropolitan region will record high day temperatures and the real feel (heat index factor) may be even higher for parts of Mulund, Tha ne and Navi Mumbai. Parts of Bhiwandi and Kalyan constituency could even record 40 degrees plus day temperature,” Modak said.
Last Monday, intense thunderstorm activity had been recorded in the evening.
The Met declares a heatwave when maximum temperature crosses 37°C with the departure being 4.5 above normal. For May, Mumbai’s all-time highest recorded day temperature at Colaba was 39.7°C on May 24, 1972 and at Santacruz, it has been 41°C on May 12,1979.
On Sunday, the day temperature recorded by the Met’s Colaba and Santacruz observatories was 35 degrees Celsius and 34.6 degrees Celsius. Relative humidity recorded at the two observatories was 77% and 67% respectively.
Night temperatures recorded were also on the higher side as the Colaba and Santacruz observatories recorded 28.2 degrees Celsius and 29 degrees Celsius respectively.
Athreya Shetty, an independent forecaster, said the best time to head to the poll booth would be before noon and after 4pm though high humidity will make it it feel extremely uncomfortable throughout the day. “On Monday, Mumbai and suburbs will see maximum temperature around 34-36°C while parts of south Mumbai will be cooler at 32°C. Areas like Mulund are expected to be hotter at 38-39°C,”said Shetty.
Another expert, Abhijit Modak who runs the Konkan weather blog, said that the entire metropolitan region will record high day temperatures and the real feel (heat index factor) may be even higher for parts of Mulund, Tha ne and Navi Mumbai. Parts of Bhiwandi and Kalyan constituency could even record 40 degrees plus day temperature,” Modak said.
Last Monday, intense thunderstorm activity had been recorded in the evening.
The Met declares a heatwave when maximum temperature crosses 37°C with the departure being 4.5 above normal. For May, Mumbai’s all-time highest recorded day temperature at Colaba was 39.7°C on May 24, 1972 and at Santacruz, it has been 41°C on May 12,1979.
