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Time of India
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
May-Hem in Mumbai: How earliest ever monsoon arrival cought authorities off guard
MUMBAI: The southwest monsoon hit Mumbai on Monday - the earliest onset ever recorded for the city. The previous record was May 29, recorded in 1956, 1962, and 1971 (records date back to 1950). The early onset coincided with the island city breaking a 100-year-old record for rainfall received in May, which has now touched 295mm. Shubhangi Bhute, head of IMD Mumbai, said, "Typically, the monsoon sets in around June 11, so this year's onset is significantly early... Tomorrow, Mumbai will be under a yellow alert." IMD's Colaba observatory, which broke the all-time rainfall record for May, logging 439 mm so far, surpassed the previous record of 279.4 mm set in May 1918. Even during Cyclone Tauktae in May 2021, the station had recorded slightly less rain at 257.8 mm. The Santacruz observatory, which covers the suburbs, has so far recorded 272 mm of rain this month. The record for the highest rainall in May at Santacruz stands at 387mm in the year 2000. South Mumbai was hit hardest in the first wave of showers. According to IMD, average rainfall recorded between 8.30am and 5.30pm was 144.3 mm at Colaba - classified as "very heavy rain" (115.6-204.4 mm) - and 74.3 mm at Santacruz, falling under the "heavy rain" category (64.5-115.5 mm). by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Tukarkan Bitcoin dan Ethereum - Tanpa Dompet Diperlukan! IC Markets MULAI SEKARANG Undo However, more granular data from BMC's automatic weather stations revealed that Nariman Point alone received 104 mm of rain in just one hour on Monday morning. IMD, however, did not call this a cloudburst; it said it was an 'intense rain spell'. A cloudburst is typically defined as extremely intense rainfall over a small area, usually 100 mm or more in one hour, which often leads to flash floods, landslides, and severe water logging. The showers exposed the city's unpreparedness as areas which had never been flooded earlier also witnessed waterlogging, including the newly opened underground Acharya Atre Chowk Metro station. In fact, access to Mantralaya was partially waterlogged and govt employees had to wade through knee-deep water. Suburban train services, especially Harbour line, were hit by waterlogging. Over 50 Central Railway services and 18 Western Railway services were cancelled. Heavy rain and dense cloud cover also disrupted flight operations. An Air India flight from Ahmedabad to Mumbai was diverted back to Ahmedabad, while another from Goa was diverted to Indore, said sources. Wall and building collapses and tree fall were reported from Mahim, Malabar Hill, and Teen Batti area. A road in Kemps Corner cracked open. A dozen BEST buses were stuck on waterlogged roads and 20 routes diverted.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Morning news wrap: Car ploughs into crowd in Liverpool, Mumbai sees earliest southwest monsoon; and more
Liverpool car incident; Mumbai rain From a car ploughing into a crowd during Liverpool FC's victory parade to the earliest arrival of southwest monsoon in Mumbai, the past 24 hours brought several major headlines. Police have arrested a 53-year-old British man for the incident in Liverpool. The southwest monsoon hit Mumbai - the earliest onset ever recorded for the country's financial capital. Asaduddin Owaisi mocks Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif and field marshal Asim Munir over fake image of 'Operation Bunyan.' Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson makes fun of Emmanuel Macron after the French president was 'slapped' by his wife. In IPL, Rohit Sharma's poor form is hurting Mumbai India's campaign. Car ploughs into Liverpool parade crowd, nearly 50 injured A 53-year-old British man was arrested after he plowed a car into the crowd of pedestrians in England who were celebrating Liverpool's Premier League victory at a Monday parade, resulting in injuries to nearly 50 people. Several videos and footage shared by the users n X, showed the car ploughing into the group of people and then speeding up before coming to a halt. Other footage shows people striking the car after it stopped, with the back windscreen shattered. Read full story Mumbai reels under earliest ever arrival of monsoon The southwest monsoon hit Mumbai on Monday - the earliest onset ever recorded for the city. The previous record was May 29, recorded in 1956, 1962, and 1971. The early onset coincided with the island city breaking a 100-year-old record for rainfall received in May, which has now touched 295mm. Shubhangi Bhute, head of IMD Mumbai, said, "Typically, the monsoon sets in around June 11, so this year's onset is significantly early... Tomorrow, Mumbai will be under a yellow alert." Read full story Asaduddin Owaisi's jibe at Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif, Asim Munir over fake image of 'Operation Bunyan' Speaking to Indian diaspora in Kuwait, Owaisi said, " Yesterday, the Pakistani Army chief gifted a photo to the Pakistani PM Shehbaz stupid jokers want to compete with India, they had given a photograph of a 2019 Chinese Army drill claiming it is a victory over India. This is what Pakistan indulges in...'Nakal karne ke liye akal chahiye'...inke pass akal bhi nahi hai'...whatever Pakistan is saying, do not take even with a pinch of salt. " Read full story Russian official mocks Macron's awkward moment with wife Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova mocked a viral video in which French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to have his face pushed away by his wife Brigitte upon their arrival in Vietnam. She wrote on Telegram that Macron had received "A right hook from his wife."The clip, widely shared on social media, appeared to show an awkward moment between the couple , sparking speculation about a possible dispute. Read full story How Rohit Sharma's poor form with the bat is hurting Mumbai Indians' IPL 2025 campaign Rohit's overall numbers in IPL 2025 have been modest at best — 329 runs from 13 games at an average of 27.42, including three half-centuries. Crucially, 199 of those runs came in just three innings during MI's six-match winning streak, where he struck scores of 76* (vs CSK), 70 (vs SRH), and 53 (vs RR). Outside of those knocks, he has contributed only 130 runs in 10 innings, with scores like 0, 8, 13, 17, 18, 26, 12, 5 and 7 hurting MI's top-order stability. Read full story
Hindustan Times
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Hindustan Times
Weather experts says IMD alerts and monsoon onset prediction were both faulty
MUMBAI: On Monday, the city woke up to a heavy downpour that caught it completely off guard as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) had issued a yellow alert, the second mildest in its colour code, for the day. The weather bureau on Sunday had also stated that the onset of the monsoon in Mumbai was expected by Wednesday. IMD maintained the yellow alert for May 26 till 8.30 am when the weather station updates the forecasts. It upgraded it to an orange alert at 9.39 am. Less than three hours later, at 12.30pm, it further upgraded the warning to a red alert, indicating extreme rains. Shubhangi Bhute, director of IMD Mumbai was unavailable for comment. On Monday, the weather alerts also coincided with IMD's Regional Meteorological Centre in Mumbai declaring an early onset of the monsoon, the earliest in the last 35 years in Maharashtra and the last 75 years in Mumbai. 'The rainy season approaches Mumbai from Kerala, as the southwest monsoon progresses on the west coast. Usually it takes at least 10-15 days for the southwest winds to reach Mumbai—however, this year they have come early,' said Sushma Nair, scientist at IMD Mumbai. However, weather experts argued that the doppler radar of IMD showed different synoptic conditions. The scientist added that while there were favourable conditions for the monsoon onset, it was not possible for the winds to travel the west coast in two days. Rajesh Kapadia, author of 'Vagaries of Weather', agreed. 'The current rainfall activity does not meet IMD's criteria for announcing the monsoon,' he said. 'There are several technical criteria, which the current patterns do not fulfil. We are currently experiencing winds from the northwest so the rains will pass in two to three days.' Deoras highlighted that IMD would have waited to declare the monsoon, had the current rainfall activity not occurred. 'For a layperson, the monsoon is generally about the rains, not wind patterns,' he said. 'However, to avoid criticism from people, IMD declares the monsoon onset closest to a rainfall activity.' Added Kapadia, 'Because the city has already received rainfall of over 200 mm, people think it is the monsoon already so the weather station has declared it as such.' Both weather experts said the current rain spell would subside over the next two days, leading to dry weather once again. IMD has maintained a yellow alert till Thursday.
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First Post
27-05-2025
- Climate
- First Post
Monsoon mayhem in Mumbai, wettest May in 100 years
The southwest monsoon hit the city on Monday, causing widespread waterlogging and bringing local train and metro services to a halt. However, after a night of heavy rain, there were no immediate reports of waterlogging in the city on May 27, while local train services have resumed read more Mumbai woke up to light showers on Tuesday morning, giving some respite to its residents after a day of heavy downpour, as the Indian Meteorological Department issued a yellow alert for the city today. The southwest monsoon hit the city on Monday, causing widespread waterlogging and bringing local train and metro services to a halt. However, after a night of heavy rain, there were no immediate reports of waterlogging in the city on May 27, while local train services have resumed. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD The southwest monsoon arrived in Mumbai on Monday, marking the earliest onset ever recorded for the city. Previously, the earliest onset was on May 29, a record set in 1956, 1962, and 1971 (based on data going back to 1950). This unusually early arrival coincided with Mumbai breaking a century-old record for May rainfall, which has now reached 295 mm. 'Typically, the monsoon sets in around June 11, so this year's onset is significantly early… Tomorrow, Mumbai will be under a yellow alert,' Shubhangi Bhute, the head of the IMD Mumbai, said. Meanwhile, IMD's Colaba observatory has logged 439 mm of rainfall on Monday, breaching the all-time record that was previously set at 279.4 mm in 1918. In fact, during Cyclone Tauktae in May 2021, the city recorded only 257.8 mm of rain. Refresh for updates.
Time of India
27-05-2025
- Climate
- Time of India
Island city logs wettest May in over a century
Mumbai: The southwest monsoon made a historic early arrival over Mumbai on Monday — the earliest onset ever recorded for the city. The previous record was May 29, recorded in 1956, 1962, and 1971 (records date back to 1950). Early onset coincided with the island city of Mumbai breaking a 100-year-old record for rainfall received in May, which has now touched 295mm. The onset over Mumbai comes barely two days after the monsoon was declared over Kerala (May 24), and a day after its advance into parts of Maharashtra, up to Devgad (May 25) in Ratnagiri. Shubhangi Bhute, head of IMD Mumbai, said, "Typically, the monsoon sets in around June 11, so this year's onset is significantly early…a red alert has been issued for Mumbai, Thane, and Raigad. For tomorrow, however, Mumbai will be under a yellow alert. " The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which had initially issued a yellow alert for Monday—indicating possibility of thunderstorms, lightning, and heavy rain at isolated places—upgraded the alert to orange on Monday morning in response to the persistent downpour. This signalled the likelihood of heavy to very heavy rain at isolated locations. By Monday afternoon, as the rainfall showed no signs of abating and waterlogging began affecting several parts of the city, the alert was further escalated to red, warning of extremely heavy rain in isolated areas. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like USDJPY đang đi lên không? IC Markets Đăng ký Undo The IMD Colaba observatory which broke the all-time rainfall record for May, logging 439 mm so far, surpassed the previous record of 279.4 mm set in May 1918. Even during Cyclone Tauktae in May 2021, the station had recorded slightly less rain at 257.8 mm. The Santacruz observatory, which covers the suburbs, has so far recorded 272 mm of rain this month. The record for the highest rainall in May at Santacruz stands at 387mm in the year 2000. During Monday's intense rain spell, south Mumbai was hit hardest in the first wave of showers. According to the IMD, average rainfall recorded between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm was 144.3 mm at Colaba—classified as "very heavy rain" (115.6–204.4 mm)—and 74.3 mm at Santacruz, falling under the "heavy rain" category (64.5–115.5 mm). However, more granular data from the BMC's automatic weather stations (AWS) revealed that Nariman Point alone received 104 mm of rain in just one hour on Monday morning. Other heavily affected spots included the A Ward Office (86 mm), Municipal Head Office at Fort (80 mm), Grant Road Eye Hospital (67 mm), Malabar Hill (63 mm), and D Ward, Nana Chowk (61 mm). The IMD, however, did not call this a cloudburst; it said it was an 'intense rain spell'. A cloudburst is typically defined as extremely intense rainfall—usually 100 mm or more in one hour—over a small area, which often leads to flash floods, landslides, and severe water logging. The IMD said that none of its observatory data showed any location recording such intensity rainfall within a one-hour period, and therefore, the cloud burst criteria were not met. Meanwhile triple digit rainfall was also recorded in south Mumbai between May 25-26 as the IMD's Colaba observatory recorded 135.4 mm of rainfall in the 24 hours ending 8:30 am Monday, categorised as "very heavy rain". In contrast, the Santacruz observatory recorded 33.5 mm. Weather enthusiast Athreya Shetty explained that the intense rainfall over south Mumbai was due to the remnants of a depression from the Arabian Sea, which had stalled near Pune over the weekend. "There was strong convergence on the western flank of this system, spanning from Mumbai to Ratnagiri," he said. "As a result, a high concentration of moisture built up over the south Mumbai–Raigad–Navi Mumbai–Karjat belt, forcing the air to rise rapidly and form towering cumulonimbus thunderstorms—some reaching up to 15 km in height. These systems brought intense rain and thunderstorms from the east." Shetty said because most of the storm activity was concentrated in this belt and winds were easterly, the northern suburbs were largely spared, leading to intense rains being limited to southern parts of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
