- By Nidhi Giri
- Mon, 22 Jun 2026 04:16 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Mumbai Weather: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy rain for Mumbai in the next 48 hours. The weather body has also announced progress in the advance of the Southwest Monsoon 2026. The Southwest Monsoon has further advanced into additional parts of the central Arabian Sea, Maharashtra, Telangana, the remaining parts of Karnataka, some parts of Chhattisgarh, and more areas of Odisha, Jharkhand, and Bihar as of Monday, as per IMD’s latest bulletin.
Conditions remain favourable for the monsoon to cover the remaining parts of the central Arabian Sea, more areas of Maharashtra, including Mumbai, the remaining parts of Telangana and Odisha, additional parts of Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Bihar within the next two days. This marks a crucial phase as pre-monsoon activities have already triggered rains in several regions.
In the past 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall with extremely heavy showers was recorded at isolated places over sub-Himalayan West Bengal. Very heavy rainfall between 12 and 20 centimetres lashed isolated areas in Meghalaya, while heavy rainfall between 7 and 11 centimetres occurred in parts of Odisha, Bihar, Tripura, central Maharashtra, coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala.
Thunderstorms accompanied by squally or gusty winds reaching 40 to 81 kilometres per hour were reported across multiple states, including Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Vidarbha.
Despite the monsoon advance, heat wave conditions are likely to continue over Vidarbha with severe heatwave in isolated pockets, east Madhya Pradesh, east Uttar Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh for the next few days.
Maximum temperatures reached 40 to 42 degrees Celsius in parts of Uttar Pradesh, east Madhya Pradesh, and Vidarbha, with Banda in Uttar Pradesh recording the highest at 42.6 degrees Celsius on Sunday. Warm night conditions also prevailed in Vidarbha.
(With IANS Inputs)