Water logging in Chunabhatti area of Mumbai.
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Mumbaikars woke up to dark clouds and heavy pouring. Officials from India Meteorological Department’s (IMD), Mumbai, in their morning (8.13am) forecast said, “Thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and intense spells of rain with gusty winds reaching 50-60 kmph very likely to occur at isolated places in the districts of Mumbai during next 3-4 hours. Take precautions while moving out.”

Around 3am, the weather office on X posted, “Light to moderate spell of rainfall is likely to continue over Mumbai and sub-urban areas during 3 – 4 hours.”

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Around 12.40 am, the IMD issued orange to red alert warning for moderate to heavy spells of rainfall with moderate thunderstorms with squally winds 50 to 60 kmph for Mumbai and sub-urban areas.

The weather forecast for Monday as per the IMD is generally cloudy sky with heavy rainfall with minimum temperature likely to settle at 24 degrees Celsius, while the maximum is expected to be around 31 degrees Celsius.

Eight weather stations in Mumbai are under red alert – Borivali, Santacruz, Powai, Mulund, Chembur, Worli, Colaba, and Alibag. The weather stations of Navi Mumbai, Thane, and Kalyan are under orange alert.

NDRF officials on Monday said their teams are on alert in Mumbai.

Rainfall recorded in various parts of Mumbai between 6am and 7am: – Nariman Point 40 mm, Grant Road 36 mm, Bhendi Baaar Memonwada fire station 35 mm, Kalbadevi C Ward Office 35 mm, Colaba 31 mm, Umerkhadi B Ward Office 30 mm, Mandavi fire station 24 mm, Byculla 21 mm, Britannia Storm Water Station 18 mm and Nair Hospital 14 mm. Light rain recorded in both eastern and western suburbs.

As per Nowcast warnings, Raigad district is under red alert.

The southwest monsoon arrived in Maharashtra on Sunday. According to weather officials, in 35 years, the monsoon has arrived in the earliest onset of the annual rainfall season over the State.