Mumbai weather update: City braces for moderate to heavy rainfall

Mumbai is in for a wet and rainy day with the Indian Meteorological Department forecast indicating generally cloudy skies and the likelihood of moderate to heavy rainfall in both the city and its suburbsA high tide of about 333 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 850 am today stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMCThe island city eastern and western suburbs received an average rainfall of 3872 mm 5122 mm and 5401 mm respectively in 24 hours ending at 8 am the civic bodys data showedHigh Tide0850hrs 333 meters2031hrs 270 metersLow Tide1514 hrs 235 metersTomorrows Tide 10092023 0236hrs 168 metersRainfall Statistics from 08092023 0800hrs to 09092023 0800hrsAlso read Mumbai BMC plans toilets at beaches but none for transgendersCity Total 3872 mmEastern Suburbs 5122 mmWestern Suburbs 5401 mmMeanwhile the India Meteorological Department IMD Friday issued a yellow alert for Thane Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra for the next two daysIMD also issued yellow and green alerts for Palghar district on Saturday and Sunday respectivelyIMD has forecasted heavy rainfall at isolated places in Palghar Thane Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts for SaturdayFor Sunday a green alert warning has been issued for Palghar district For the rest of the districts there is a yellow alert with forecasts for heavy rain at isolated placesAccording to an official statement a green alert has been issued for Mumbai from September 912 with a forecast of light to moderate rainfallSimilarly IMD has predicted moderate rain very likely in Thane Raigad Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts on September 11 and 12Meanwhile in Mumbai the collective lake levels in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to the city is now 9317 per cent as per the BMC dataAccording to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC data on Friday the collective water stock in the seven reservoirs that supply drinking water to Mumbai is now at 1348449 million litre of water or 9317 per centDespite the lake levels rising even after the incessant rain in Mumbai the lake levels this year are still down as compared to the previous yearThe Modak Sagar lake one of the seven lakes that supply water to Mumbai started overflowing on July 27 at 1052 pm the civic body said Earlier on July 20 the Tulsi lake overflowed following heavy rains in the city and suburbsMumbai draws water from Tulsi Tansa Vihar Bhatsa Modak Sagar Upper Vaitarna and Middle VaitarnaAs per the data shared by the civic body the water level in Tansa is at 100 per cent At ModakSagar 9488 per cent of water stock is availableIn Middle Vaitarna 9859 per cent Upper Vaitarna 8145 per cent Bhatsa 9338 per cent Vihar 100 per cent and Tulsi 100 per cent of useful water level is available