IMD forecast widespread rain in many parts of North, Northeast India for 5 days
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday that widespread to widespread rain is likely over many parts of North and Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next five days. It said that a cyclonic circulation is persisting over East Uttar Pradesh and extending up to mid-troposphere level.
Under the influence of these systems, the IMD said, widespread rainfall activity with heavy to very heavy falls is very likely to occur over Northeast and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next five days.
It said that under the influence of strong southwest or southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal, the intensity of rain is likely to increase over these areas from Wednesday (August 11), resulting in extremely heavy rains over Assam and Meghalaya during August 11-13. Might be possible. .
There is a possibility of widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rain very likely over Uttarakhand during the next five days and over Himachal Pradesh on August 12-13.
The IMD said widespread to widespread rainfall with heavy to very heavy rainfall is very likely over East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand during the next four-five days.
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It said isolated heavy rains are also likely over Jharkhand during August 10-13 and over Gangetic West Bengal during August 11-13.
The Meteorological Department has forecast widespread rain with isolated heavy rains over Madhya Pradesh and East Rajasthan in the next 24 hours, followed by a significant decrease in intensity and distribution.
Very widespread rainfall is very likely to occur over Tamil Nadu and Kerala during the next five days, Tamil Nadu during the next five days and Kerala during the next three days.
It forecast “slow” rainfall over the rest of the plains of Northwest India (Punjab, Haryana, Western Rajasthan) and most of Peninsular India, including Maharashtra and Gujarat.
According to the IMD, rain or thundershower occurred at most places over Uttarakhand, Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh and at many places over Himachal Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on Monday.
Some places in West Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Maharashtra, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep and isolated parts of Punjab, Haryana, West Rajasthan, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat Places, Vidarbha, Konkan and Goa, Telangana, Coastal Karnataka, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam, Kerala and Mahe and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal also experienced rain or thundershowers.
The IMD said that the eastern end of the Monsoon Trough is continuing close to the foothills of the Himalayas, while the western end is northwards from its normal position.
“The entire Monsoon Trough is likely to shift closer to the foothills of Himalayas during the next 24-48 hours, leading to a weak monsoon over the country from August 10,” it said.
The IMD said the maximum temperature in Delhi was recorded a notch below normal at 33.4 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature at 25.1 degrees Celsius.
According to IMD’s Safdarjung station, the national capital received a total of 15.4 mm of rain in the 24-hour period ending at 8.30 am. Ayanagar and Ridge stations recorded heavy rainfall of about 27 mm and 30 mm respectively.
Strong winds are expected in the city on Tuesday.
It was a humid summer at most places in Haryana and Punjab.
The IMD said Ambala in Haryana recorded a maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, while Hisar recorded a maximum temperature of 36 degrees Celsius.
Chandigarh, the shared capital of both the states, recorded a maximum temperature of 34.5 degrees Celsius.
According to the Met Office, in Punjab, Amritsar recorded a maximum temperature of 33.4 degrees Celsius, Ludhiana recorded a maximum temperature of 34.5 degrees Celsius, while Patiala recorded a maximum temperature of 34.8 degrees Celsius.
Two members of a family were killed when a wall of an adjoining house collapsed due to rain in Uttar Pradesh’s Sultanpur district.
Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced a slew of measures to help the people in the flood-affected areas after heavy rains and constituted a task force of 12 cabinet ministers to look after the relief work.
According to officials, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of Udayanarayanapur in Howrah district.
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