MUMBAI: Several parts of the suburbs witnessed heavy rain on Sunday, with Malad receiving maximum rainfall (110.8mm), followed by means of Powai (78mm). The heavy showers affected flight operations and suburban teach products and services in the afternoon.
While the IMD Santacruz obeservatory recorded 94.7mm rainfall between 8.30am and eight.30pm, the Colaba observatory recorded 16.6mm. In contrast, the Santacruz observatory had recorded simply 31.7mm rainfall and the Colaba observatory 151mm from 8.30am-8.30am between June 23-24. IMD’s forecast for Monday is intermittent rains in the city and suburbs with heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places.
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The heavy rain affected arrival of flights at Mumbai airport on Sunday afternoon. The major runway was closed for flight operations for approximately 30 mins, during which four go-arounds were performed. “The major runway was non-operational from three.43pm to four.17pm for upkeep,” mentioned an MIAL spokesperson. Flight operations were moved to secondary runway during this period. Railway commuters were inconvenienced because of the rain and megablocks on each Central Railway and Western Railway as products and services were delayed by means of 15-20 mins.
Ajay Kumar, scientist from IMD Mumbai, mentioned the weekend’s heavy showers were because of a cyclonic circulation over the north Konkan and adjoining south Gujarat and some other circulation in the Bay of Bengal. “We expect rain task to extend in the coming week, with scattered heavy to very heavy rain on June 27-28 in parts of north Konkan, including Mumbai,” he mentioned.
While the IMD Santacruz obeservatory recorded 94.7mm rainfall between 8.30am and eight.30pm, the Colaba observatory recorded 16.6mm. In contrast, the Santacruz observatory had recorded simply 31.7mm rainfall and the Colaba observatory 151mm from 8.30am-8.30am between June 23-24. IMD’s forecast for Monday is intermittent rains in the city and suburbs with heavy to very heavy rainfall at one or two places.
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The heavy rain affected arrival of flights at Mumbai airport on Sunday afternoon. The major runway was closed for flight operations for approximately 30 mins, during which four go-arounds were performed. “The major runway was non-operational from three.43pm to four.17pm for upkeep,” mentioned an MIAL spokesperson. Flight operations were moved to secondary runway during this period. Railway commuters were inconvenienced because of the rain and megablocks on each Central Railway and Western Railway as products and services were delayed by means of 15-20 mins.
Ajay Kumar, scientist from IMD Mumbai, mentioned the weekend’s heavy showers were because of a cyclonic circulation over the north Konkan and adjoining south Gujarat and some other circulation in the Bay of Bengal. “We expect rain task to extend in the coming week, with scattered heavy to very heavy rain on June 27-28 in parts of north Konkan, including Mumbai,” he mentioned.
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