Heavy Rain Alert: The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an alert of heavy to very heavy rain for the next 5 to 6 days. According to the latest update of IMD, there is also a possibility of thunderstorms during this period.
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an alert of heavy to very heavy rains in many states of the country. According to the Meteorological Department, very heavy rains with thunder and lightning are likely in Northeast India and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next 5 to 6 days. According to the ISD, heavy rains with thunder, lightning and strong winds are likely in South Peninsular India during the next 5 days. According to the Meteorological Department, there is a possibility of strong winds along with rain in many areas of the country in the next 7 days. The wind speed can be 30 to 50 kilometers per hour.
Change of weather in Delhi
The weather has changed once again in the country’s capital Delhi. Heavy rains accompanied by strong winds occurred in many areas. The Meteorological Department predicts that similar weather will prevail in Delhi for the next one or two days. It rained in many areas on Friday, IMD predicts that the spell of rain and strong winds may continue today as well. The Indian Meteorological Department has issued an orange alert regarding rain and strong winds in Delhi.
Heavy to very heavy rains in Northeast India
- According to IMD, heavy to very heavy rains are likely in Northeast India during the next 7 days.
- During this period, strong winds can blow at a speed of 30 to 50 km per hour.
- Heavy rains may occur at isolated places over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya during 16 to 21 May.
- Very heavy rainfall is likely at isolated places over Tripura, Assam and Meghalaya on 17th and 18th May.
- Today i.e. on 17th May, there is a possibility of very heavy rain at different places in Arunachal Pradesh.
Rain, lightning and strong winds in western India
During 17 to 20 May, Konkan and Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Marathwada may experience thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds at the speed of 30 to 50 kmph. Light to heavy rains are likely in many areas. On 20 and 21 May, Madhya Maharashtra and Konkan and Goa are likely to experience strong winds at the speed of 50 to 60 kmph during 19 to 21 May, which may increase to 70 kmph. On 20 May, sporadic to heavy rains may occur in South Madhya Maharashtra, South Konkan and Goa. On the other hand, very heavy rains may occur in Konkan on 21 and 22 May.
Weather pattern in eastern and central India
According to the Meteorological Department, during the next 7 days, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim are likely to receive scattered to light and moderate rains accompanied by thunder, lightning and strong winds at the speed of 30 to 50 kmph. Strong winds at the speed of 50-60 kmph are likely in Odisha on May 17, Bihar on May 17 and 18, Jharkhand on May 18 and 19 and Chhattisgarh on May 17. Scattered to heavy rains are likely in Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during May 16 to 20. Rains are likely in the Gangetic plains of West Bengal and Bihar on May 18.
Rain, lightning and strong winds in North-West India
There is a possibility of rain with thunder, lightning and strong winds at the speed of 30 to 50 km per hour in Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand during 17 to 21 May. There is a possibility of scattered to light rain in eastern Uttar Pradesh, eastern Rajasthan during 17 to 21 May. There may be scattered to light and at some places moderate rain in Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh during 19 to 21 May.
