New Delhi: Parts of Northwest India are likely to witness thunderstorm along with lightning and gusty winds exceeding upto 40 kmph, the IMD said today.
“Thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) very likely at isolated places over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana,” the IMD said in its daily weather bulletin.
Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, East Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Telangana are also likely to witness thunderstorm with lightning & gusty winds upto 40kmph today.
Lightning likely at isolated places over Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, the IMD said.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), “Heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Bihar, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim, Konkan & Goa and Coastal Karnataka.”
Heavy rainfall at isolated places over East Uttar Pradesh, East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.
“Rainfall likely at ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra, Telangana, South Interior Karnataka, Kerala & Mahe, and ghat areas of Tamil Nadu,” it said.
Thunderstorm/Duststorm with gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) at isolated places very likely over West Rajasthan.
Squally weather (40-50 gusting to 60 kmph) very likely over North and adjoining Eastcentral Bay of Bengal along and off Odisha-West Bengal coasts, Westcentral Bay of Bengal along & off north Andhra Pradesh Coast, the IMD said.
Speed reaching 40-50 kmph along/off Kerala-Karnataka-Goa-Maharashtra-Gujarat coasts. Strong Winds (speed 45-55 kmph) over southwest, westcentral & adjoining east central Arabian Sea. Fishermen not to venture here, it added.