Temperatures in Mumbai drop to 21 degrees Celsius; IMD forecasts cooler week ahead

Starting Saturday, however, the IMD has forecast a important dip.

In a harbinger of what lies ahead, connected Friday night, the IMD’s Santacruz presumption recorded a minimum somesthesia of 21 degrees Celsius, which is simply a driblet of 1.6 degrees beneath the normal. During the day, meanwhile, the maximum temperatures floated astir 35.6 degrees successful the suburbs.

IMD forecasts besides bespeak that the maximum temperatures could driblet up to 31 degrees Celsius by October 31 – marking a dip of astir 5 degrees from the existent temperatures. Ushering successful cooler nights, minimum temperatures are besides expected to driblet up to 22-23 degrees Celsius until Monday.

“The temperatures are forecast to driblet from Saturday arsenic we are expecting successful the northerlies. Earlier, the metropolis was receiving the easterly winds and determination were besides a batch of moist winds, owing to which the discomfort and humidity was high,” an IMD idiosyncratic told The Indian Express.

Even arsenic the driblet successful temperatures is apt to bring relief, the aerial prime scale (AQI) has shifted to the ‘moderate’ class from the satisfactory category, with the metropolis signaling an wide AQI of 110 connected Saturday morning.

Of the 21 stations, information from the Central Pollution Control Board showed that the worst aerial prime was observed successful Byculla, wherever the AQI was 178, followed by Deonar (177), Malad and Worli (172) and BKC (169).