Along with rising Covid cases, the city witnessed untimely rain on Saturday. It rained in isolated parts of the city and led to a drop in temperature as well. The weather change also means that doctors are seeing more patients with viral-like symptoms. 

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), active Western disturbances led to attraction of moisture from the Arabian Sea, which resulted in isolated rain-showers. On Saturday, Mumbai’s Colaba and Santa Cruz observatories saw a minimum temperature of 21.8 and maximum temperature of 29 and 30.1 respectively. “The temperature is expected to drop for the next two days after which there will be a gradual increase. However, the rain was an isolated activity and is not likely to repeat. The temperature is expected to remain pleasant until the middle of the next week,” shared Nitha Sahahidharan, scientist at the IMD Mumbai.