The maximum temperature in the city is likely to settle at 32 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature will be recorded at 26 degrees Celsius.

A high tide of about 2.88 metres is expected to hit Mumbai at 6.48 pm today, stated Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). The civic body also said a low tide of about 2.43 metres is expected at 2.01 pm today.

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The island city recorded 13.85 mm of rainfall, eastern Mumbai 14.48 mm and western Mumbai 12.32 mm of rainfall in the 24-hour period ending at 8 am.

The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Mumbai has issued a yellow alert for heavy rains at isolated locations in Raigad, Ratnagiri, Pune, Kolhapur, Satara and Nagpur. 

Mumbai weather update: Traffic updates

Earlier this morning, slow traffic was reported at Sion Bridge due to a truck breakdown. Otherwise, traffic is running smoothly. Updates from both Central Railway and Western Railway indicate that trains on all corridors are operating without issues.

7 killed in rain-related incidents in Gujarat

Meanwhile, heavy showers continued to lash parts of Gujarat on Tuesday, with at least seven persons dead in rain-related incidents. At the same time, more than 15,000 were evacuated and over 300 rescued in different districts as the administration carried out relief and rescue operations on a large scale.

While rain intensity reduced on Tuesday compared to a day ago, affecting mainly districts in the Saurashtra region, the administration carried out rescue and relief operations on a large scale, shifting thousands of people to shelters.

Six Army columns were deployed for rescue operations -- one each in Devbhoomi Dwarka, Anand, Vadodara, Kheda, Morbi, and Rajkot districts -- while 14 NDRF (National Disaster Response Force) platoons and 22 SDRF were supporting authorities in disaster management efforts, the government said in a release.