Mumbai: After a brief lull in rainfall on the weekend, the IMD has issued a yellow alert for the entire Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including Mumbai, Thane, Palghar and Raigad, from June 28 to July 2, warning of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning, light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds of 40-50 kmph at isolated places. For Raigad, the IMD has upgraded the warning to an orange alert for July 2, forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall at isolated locations. In its June 28 press bulletin, the IMD said fairly widespread to widespread rainfall is likely over Konkan and Goa between June 28 and July 4. Mumbai is expected to witness isolated thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds reaching 40-50 kmph, gusting up to 60 kmph, between June 28 and July 1. The weather bureau has also forecast isolated heavy rainfall over Konkan and Goa from June 28 to June 30. Akshay Sunil, vice-president, WeatherEx at Experiqs Pvt. Ltd, said, “Rainfall activity is expected to strengthen from June 30 through July 1 as westerly winds become better organised along the coast. A more active spell is likely around July 2, when orange-alert-level rainfall conditions may develop over parts of Mumbai, Thane, Palghar, Raigad and the Konkan belt,” he said. tnn
