IMD Issues ORANGE ALERT for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Assam & Arunachal Pradesh; Full Forecast Inside

According to the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), rainfall activity will increase in South Peninsular India over the next five days and gradually decrease in the country's northeast. The IMD has issued an Orange Alert for Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya for August 1.

Heavy to very heavy rain is expected in isolated areas across Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Kerala, and Mahe.

Heavy showers will also occur in the isolated areas across Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Uttarakhand, East Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Rayalaseema, and South Interior Karnataka.

Thunderstorms with gusty winds are likely in isolated places over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, as well as lightning in isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Telangana, Rayalaseema, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Kerala & Mahe and Lakshadweep.

Squally weather (wind speed 40-50 kmph gusting to 60 kmph) is expected along and off the coasts of Kerala, Karnataka, Lakshadweep, and Comorin.

Strong winds of 45-55 kmph with gusts up to 65 kmph are expected over the southwest Arabian Sea and adjoining west central Arabian Sea, and 40-50 kmph with gusts up to 60 kmph over the southwest Arabian Sea and south Bay of Bengal.

Advice for fishermen

As a result, fishermen are advised not to go too far out into these seas. Rainfall will be fairly widespread/widespread in Uttarakhand from July 31 to August 2, with isolated heavy falls and thunderstorms/lightning very likely in Jammu and Kashmir on August 1, and in East Uttar Pradesh on August 1 and 2.

Fairly widespread rainfall with thunderstorm/lightning likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal from July 31 to August 2, over Odisha on August 1 and 4, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh from July 31 to August 3, and over Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura from July 31 to August 4.