The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a partly cloudy sky with light to moderate rain likely over the city and its suburbs through the day on Friday, as per the latest Mumbai weather updates. While the intensity of showers is not expected to be heavy, intermittent spells may affect traffic flow and daily commuting during peak hours.
According to the Mumbai weather updates, the city will experience two significant high tide phases on Saturday. The first will occur at 10:38 am, reaching a height of 4.15 meters, followed by another at 10:52 pm, measuring 3.82 meters. These high tide timings may cause localized waterlogging in low-lying coastal areas if accompanied by rain.
In contrast, low tide levels are expected at 4:46 pm on Friday with a depth of 1.30 meters, and again in the early hours of Saturday at 4:44 am, when the sea level will recede further to 0.96 meters, as per the latest Mumbai weather updates.
Citizens are advised to remain cautious while travelling along the city’s seafronts, particularly during high tide hours. Fishermen have also been asked to take precautions due to fluctuating sea levels.
Meanwhile, the water levels in lakes supplying drinking water to Mumbai have risen following heavy rainfall in their catchment areas. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) data, the combined stock in the seven reservoirs that provide water to the city now stands at 99.32 per cent.
As per the BMC on Friday (September 19), the collective water stock in these reservoirs is 14,33,121 million litres, which amounts to 99.32 per cent of their total capacity.
The BMC supplies drinking water daily from Upper Vaitarna, Modak Sagar, Tansa, Middle Vaitarna, Bhatsa, Vehar, and Tulsi lakes.
Of these, Tansa has 98.93 per cent water stock, Modak Sagar 99.78 per cent, Middle Vaitarna 98.99 per cent, Upper Vaitarna 99.15 per cent, Bhatsa 99.43 per cent, Vehar 100 per cent and Tulsi 100 per cent.
Lower (Modak Sagar), Middle and Upper Vaitarna lakes, along with Tansa, supply water to the western suburbs from Dahisar Check Naka to Bandra and to the western parts of the city from Mahim to Malabar Hill.
Bhatsa, Vehar, and Tulsi together form the Bhatsa system. Water from this system is treated at the Panjarpur Water Treatment Plant and distributed to the eastern parts of Mumbai, covering the eastern suburbs from Mulund Check Naka to Sion and further to Mazgaon.
