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Hot weather gives way to thundershowers in Mumbai

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A tree collapses on a car in Lower Parel as thunderstorm accompanied by heavy rains hits city on Tuesday evening
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Soaring temperatures in the city gave way to thundershowers on Tuesday evening. The thundershowers were coupled with lightning in the island city and suburbs. The weather department attributed the last thundershowers to an eventual sign of an impending monsoon withdrawal.

The meteorological department officials said local land heating had given way to rapid cloud formation, resulting in sudden heavy rains in the city. "The cloud formation and dissipation in such cases occurs within a few hours. It occurs due to high amount of local land heating. It was not overcast or gloomy through the day. The cloud formation only occurred rapidly in the evening," said KS Hosalikar, deputy director general of the India Meteorological Department (IMD).

The day temperature on Tuesday dipped considerably from 36 degrees Celsius as it became cooler after the showers. High temperatures coupled with elevated levels of humidity in the city had taken a toll on people earlier in the day.

Weather officials said a transition in the weather from monsoon to post-monsoon is underway. Monsoon is expected to withdraw from the city by October 10.

"The thundershowers are expected to occur for two more days in the evenings. The morning temperatures have been high as the hot land breeze delays the setting in of cool sea breeze in the city. While the cool sea breeze sets in by 11.30am usually, for the past week, it has been setting in two hours late. The land breeze, due to the heated land, disseminate warm winds. They persist for a longer time, from 9pm till 1pm the next day. Even early mornings are hot due to this phenomenon," said Hosalikar.

"Withdrawal of monsoon has started from Porbunder in Gujarat progressing towards Vadodara. In Maharashtra, it will be declared when all parameters are met."

Mumbai has seen a rainfall of 2,081.3mm this monsoon since July
The rainfall has been up by 3% to 10% from normal levels
Ratnagiri district in the Konkan region recorded the highest rainfall in all of Maharashtra at 3,188.4mm
Buldhana district in Vidarbha region recorded the lowest rainfall. The region has faced a drought intermittently for 25 years. It mostly receives deficient rainfall every season

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