The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued updates forecasting heavy rainfall in several states over the next five days as the heavy rainfall progresses across the country.
A cyclonic circulation situated over northeast Assam, coupled with strong southwesterly and southerly winds from the Bay of Bengal, is likely to impact weather conditions in the northeastern states.
Fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (30-40 kmph), is expected in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
Isolated heavy rainfall is predicted for Assam, Meghalaya, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim from June 6 to 10. Arunachal Pradesh is likely to experience heavy rainfall from June 8 to 10, and Nagaland on June 10.
In other regions, the IMD expects fairly widespread to widespread light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) in Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Saurashtra & Kutch, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam, Rayalaseema, Telangana, and Karnataka over the next five days.
Similar conditions are expected in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, and Kerala & Mahe from June 6 to 8.
Isolated heavy rainfall is likely in various regions, including Konkan & Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada, Interior Karnataka, Kerala & Mahe, Coastal Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal, Coastal Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Rayalaseema, on different dates during the forecast period.
A cyclonic circulation over northwest Madhya Pradesh, linked to a trough extending to West Bengal, will bring isolated to scattered light to moderate rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) to Bihar, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal over the next two to three days.
Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh are expected to experience these conditions for the next four to five days.
Isolated hailstorms and squally winds (50-60 kmph) are likely over West Madhya Pradesh from June 6 to 8. Strong winds (25-35 kmph) are forecasted for the Andaman & Nicobar Islands over the next five days.
Heavy rainfall at isolated places is expected in Odisha from June 6 to 8 and in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on June 9 and 10.
In the northwest plains, a Western Disturbance characterised by a cyclonic circulation over north Pakistan and a trough in the middle tropospheric westerlies will bring scattered to fairly widespread light rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) in Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand on June 6 and 7.
Scattered light rainfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds (40-50 kmph) are expected in Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan on June 6 and 7, along with dust storms in several regions.
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