Mumbai weather: IMD’s Yellow Alert Targets Key Districts Amid Arabian Sea Depression
Mumbai – The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has activated a yellow alert across multiple districts in Maharashtra, signaling imminent light rain accompanied by thunderstorms and strong winds set to sweep through the region in the coming hours.
In its nowcast bulletin released at 7:00 a.m., the IMD specified that the advisory remains in effect for the subsequent three hours, encompassing the districts of Jalgaon, Dhule, Nashik, Palghar, Thane, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Sangli, Mumbai City, Mumbai Suburban, and Pune. Authorities urge locals to remain vigilant, steering clear of flood-prone zones as the downpours unfold.
Beyond the immediate alert, the IMD projects light to moderate showers interspersed with thunderstorms in select areas, alongside the possibility of isolated heavy downpours in Konkan & Goa and Marathwada on October 29. Madhya Maharashtra and portions of Gujarat may see similar patterns from October 29 through 31. Further north, Saurashtra and Kutch could encounter isolated very heavy rainfall during this span.
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Compounding these forecasts, the weather agency anticipates thunderstorms laced with lightning and winds gusting between 30 and 40 kmph throughout segments of western India over the ensuing five days.
These developments stem from a depression positioned in the east-central Arabian Sea, which has progressed northeast at roughly 8 kmph in the last six hours. At 2:30 a.m. on October 29, the system was tracked about 440 km southwest of Veraval in Gujarat, 420 km west-southwest of Mumbai in Maharashtra, 570 km west-northwest of Panjim in Goa, 820 km northwest of Mangaluru in Karnataka, and 840 km north-northwest of Aminidivi in Lakshadweep, according to the IMD’s latest assessment.
The depression is projected to sustain its northeast trajectory through the eastern-central Arabian Sea for the next 36 hours, with potential repercussions for coastal conditions in Maharashtra and Gujarat.
In a separate update, the IMD reported that Severe Cyclonic Storm ‘Montha’ has diminished to a cyclonic storm off coastal Andhra Pradesh, holding steady at that strength for the next six hours. The system shifted nearly northwest at 10 kmph over the past six hours and was centered at 2:30 a.m. IST on October 29 near 16.5°N, 81.5°E—approximately 20 km west-northwest of Narsapur, 50 km northeast of Machilipatnam, 90 km west-southwest of Kakinada, 230 km southwest of Visakhapatnam, and 470 km southwest of Gopalpur—all in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.