Monsoon Rain Return: India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted light to moderate rains in Uttarakhand, Delhi, western Uttar Pradesh for the next five days. Monsoon is likely to remain active in peninsular and central India.
According to IMD, at present the monsoon line is passing through the centre of the low pressure area over Jaisalmer, Kota in Rajasthan, Guna in Madhya Pradesh and South Odisha. Apart from this, a low pressure area persists over South Odisha and its adjoining areas.
According to the IMD, moderate to heavy rains are expected in Konkan and Goa on July 18 and 19, while in Madhya Maharashtra and coastal Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and Tamil Nadu between July 18 and 20. The Meteorological Department has issued a red alert for these states.
In its forecast, the Meteorological Department has said that there will be light to moderate rainfall with thunder and lightning in Goa, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, coastal Andhra Pradesh and Telangana during the next 5 days. Apart from this, IMD has also predicted light to moderate rain in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar and Jharkhand.
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According to the IMD, scattered to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms and lightning is likely over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and East Rajasthan during the next five days. Heavy rainfall is likely at some places over Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and West Rajasthan during the next 5 days.
Rain alert in Delhi
After the start of the week with rain, the weather in Delhi remained humid on Tuesday and the maximum temperature was recorded at 38.4 degrees Celsius, 3.2 degrees above normal. This information has been given by the India Meteorological Department (IMD). According to the IMD bulletin, the relative humidity was between 80 and 56 percent. The Meteorological Department has forecast generally cloudy sky and moderate rain on Wednesday. The maximum and temperature is likely to be around 36 degrees Celsius and the minimum temperature is likely to be around 25 degrees Celsius.
According to the IMD’s seven-day forecast, there will be a ‘yellow alert’ in the capital for the next two days. In IMD’s color code, this means “be cautious”.
Safdarjung, the city’s primary weather station, recorded 2.7 mm rainfall in 24 hours from 8:30 am on July 15 to 8:30 am on July 16. The capital’s Ridge recorded 37.2 mm, Palam Observatory 31.8 mm, Delhi University 38 mm and Pusa 35 mm.
Heavy rain predicted in parts of Andhra Pradesh
The India Meteorological Department has predicted heavy rains accompanied with lightning in parts of Andhra Pradesh for five days. Along with this, strong winds with a speed of up to 40 km per hour (kmph) will also blow.
