Weather Warning! These Parts of North India to Get Heavy Rain till Saturday; Red Alert Issued

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday predicted very heavy rainfall over east, north and central India during the next five days and issued a red alert for Odisha for August 26 and for Chhattisgarh. As per reports, Widespread rainfall with Isolated Extremely Heavy falls are very likely over East Madhya Pradesh on 27th & 28th and over Chhattisgarh & Vidarbha on 27th August, 2020.

The Well Marked Low Pressure Area lies over north Chhattisgarh & neighborhood. It is very likely to move west-northwestwards across north Chhattisgarh, north Madhya Pradesh and south Uttar Pradesh during next 3 days and weaken gradually.

Western end of the Monsoon Trough runs close to the foothills of Himalayas and the eastern end runs to the south of its normal position. Western end is very likely to shift southwards from tomorrow and remain along its normal position for subsequent 2 days and shift northwards to the foothills of Himalayas thereafter for subsequent 4-5 days.

States Likely to Get Heavy Rain on these dates

Under the influence of the above systems;

a)Widespread rainfall with Isolated Extremely Heavy falls are very likely over East Madhya Pradesh on 27th & 28th and over Chhattisgarh & Vidarbha on 27th August, 2020.

Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with Isolated heavy falls very likely over Uttarakhand & West Uttar Pradesh till 31st; over Punjab on 27th & 28th; over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi on 28th & 29th; over West Rajasthan during 29th-31st; over East Rajasthan during 28th-31st August, 2020. Isolated heavy to very heavy falls are very likely over East Rajasthan on 29th & 30th August, 2020.

Moderate thunderstorm accompanied with lightning at isolated places very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu , north Interior Karnataka and Coastal Andhra Pradesh during next 12 hours.

Maximum & Minimum Temperature

Maximum temperatures are appreciably above normal (3.1°C to 5.0°C) at a few places over Kerala & Mahe and South Interior Karnataka while Minimum temperatures are above normal (1.6°C to 3.0°C) at many places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.