Mumbai weather updates: Temperature rises slightly, AQI at 160

Mumbai remains blanketed by smog severely reducing visibility and pushing air quality indices into unhealthy levelsOn Saturday the city experienced a slight rise in temperatures with the minimum temperature reaching 21 degrees CelsiusAccording to the latest Mumbai weather updates from the Indian Meteorological Department IMD Mumbai is expected to experience a cloudy sky on Saturday December 28 with temperatures ranging from a cool 18 degrees Celsius in the morning to a warm 32 degrees Celsius during the dayAccording to the Mumbai weather updates of the Indian Meteorological Department IMD Mumbais Santacruz observatory in suburban Mumbai recorded a maximum temperature of 303 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 21 degrees CelsiusThe weather departments data showed that the city observatory in Colaba recorded a maximum temperature of 29 degrees Celsius and a minimum temperature of 216 degrees CelsiusAccording to the latest Mumbai weather updates by the IMD the maximum temperature will likely be around 32 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will likely be around 20 degrees Celsius The relative humidity is 77 per cent The sun rose at 0711 AM and will set at 0610 PMThe IMDrsquos latest Mumbai weather update forecasts a partly cloudy sky with haze for the city and its suburbs over the next 24 hoursMumbai weather updates Citys AQI in moderate categoryOn December 28 the Central Pollution Control Boardrsquos SAMEER app reported in its latest Mumbai weather updates that the cityrsquos air quality remained in the moderate category with an Air Quality Index AQI of 160 at 905 AMAs per the SAMEER app dashboard many areas across Mumbai showed moderate AQI Bandra Kurla Complex recorded moderate air quality with an AQI of 167 Colaba Chembur and Ghatkopar recorded moderate air quality with an AQI of 129 133 and 145 respectivelyBorivali and Byculla recorded poor air quality with an AQI of 245 and 203 respectivelyAccording to data from the SAMEER app Navi Mumbai recorded air quality in the moderate category with an AQI of 122 while Thane registered a moderate AQI of 131The air quality index from 0 to 100 is considered good 100 to 200 moderate 200 to 300 poor 300 to 400 very poor and from 400 to 500 or above severeMeanwhile as air pollution levels continue to rise in Mumbai the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC has revised guidelines issued last year for construction sites The civic body will also form squads at the ward level to visit construction sites and act if guidelines are flouted Sensorbased air pollution monitoring systems will be installed at all construction project work sites and immediate action to be taken if pollution levels are detected above the limit