Mumbai may see rain or thundershowers; high forecast at 33°C

Mumbai’s daytime maximum is expected to settle near 33°C on Thursday, after several days above 35°C.

The India Meteorological Department has forecast partly cloudy skies and one or two spells of rain or thundershowers during the day. The minimum temperature was 29°C in the morning, with dry conditions and mild winds at the start of the day.

Temperatures are likely to stay between 33°C and 35°C over the next five to six days, though humidity may persist. That is lower than the 37.5°C recorded last week, when the IMD flagged hot and humid conditions in the city. Read the earlier forecast.

Mumbai’s overall AQI stood at 121 on Thursday morning, placing it in the Moderate category. Air quality can differ between neighbourhoods depending on dust, emissions, weather and pollutant movement. The city had also recorded an AQI of 127 earlier this month amid humid easterly winds. That reading is here.

IMD Mumbai director Bikram Singh said a more distinct winter-like fall in temperatures is expected from December.