Mumbai: On Thursday, the city experienced a nip in the air as the India Meteorological Department (IMD)’s Santacruz observatory, representative of Mumbai, recorded a minimum temperature of 15.6°C, which was 3.2° below and a drop of 1.1° from Wednesday’s 16.7°C. IMD’s Colaba observatory recorded a minimum of 20.9°C, which was 0.8° below normal.The IMD, in its five-day forecast, has indicated that minimum temperature may hover around 15°C on Friday. It may rise slightly to 16°C on Saturday, and further upto 18°C till Tuesday.As per the IMD district forecast, there is no cold wave alert for Mumbai though temperatures are expected to remain below normal. The cold-wave forecast that has been issued for parts of Maharashtra applies to isolated pockets of Jalgaon, Nashik and Ahilyanagar.
