Severe weather activity over the country…

Realised Weather during past 24 Hours ending of 08:30 IST of Today (08 May 2018)

• Under the influence of the Western Disturbance over Jammu & Kashmir & neighbourhood and a cyclonic circulation over Haryana & neighbourhood, following weather has been reported during past 24 hrs.
• Light to moderate Rainfall occurred at many places over Jammu & Kashmir, HimachalPradesh Uttarakhand and West Rajasthan and at isolated places over Punjab, Haryana and east Rajasthan.
• Thunderstorm occurred at a few places over Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi and West Rajasthan.
• Duststrom occurred at a few places over East Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi and adjoining Uttar Pradesh.

 

Following maximum wind has been recorded during past 24 hours:

Station	Wind speed (Kmph)	Time
Chandigarh	62	08:40 PM
Amritsar	56	10:14 PM
Delhi (Safdarjung)	64	11:03 to 11:06 PM
Delhi (Palam)	50	11:03 to 11:06 PM
Aligarh	50	01:30 AM
Moradabad	55	02:00 to 02:15 AM

Current Weather system and its forecast

 

• The western disturbance currently located over Jammu & Kashmir is very likely to moveeastwards during next 24 hrs and become unimportant.
• A cyclonic circulation in lower levels lies over Haryana and neighbourhood. It would move                      eastwards towards West Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hrs and become less marked thereafter.
• A north-south trough runs along longitude 88⁰E to the north of 24⁰ It is very likely to moveslowly eastwards during next 3 days.
• A fresh western disturbance very likely to affect western Himalayan region from 13^thMay 
• An easterly wave with an embedded lower level cyclonic circulation is very likely to affectstates of Southern Peninsula during next one week.
• Under the influence of above two systems, widespread thunderstorm activity very likelysimultaneously over northwest, central, east, northeast and peninsular India from 13^th

Weather Forecast

• Rain/thundershowers very likely at most places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; manyplaces over West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi; at a few places over north Rajasthan and East Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hrs and significant decrease thereafter.
• Rainfall/thunderstorm very likely at many places over northeastern states and parts of West Bengal & Sikkim, Odisha and Jharkhand during next 4-5 days.

• • Light to moderate rainfall at a few places very likely over extreme south peninsula (Kerala, South Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Puducherry) during next 5 days. The rainfall activity very likely to extend to north Peninsula, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from 11^th

Weather warnings for next 5 days:

Warning valid for 8 May 2018:

• Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph) and hail verylikely at isolated places over Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
• Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph) very likely atisolated places over Haryana, Chandigarh & Delhi, West Uttar Pradesh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim.
• Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely at isolated places over Jammu &Kashmir, Punjab, Assam & Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura, Bihar, West Madhya Pradesh, East Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Coastal & South Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Kerala.
• Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over Tamilnadu, South Interior Karnataka and Kerala.
• Hot weather condition likely over Maharashtra with heat wave conditions at one or twopockets over Vidarbha.

Warning valid for 9 May 2018:

• Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph) and hail verylikely at isolated places over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim.
• Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph) very likely atisolated places over Assam & Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura.
• Thunderstorm accompanied with gusty winds very likely at isolated places over SouthInterior Karnataka.
• Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over south Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu and Keralaand Assam & Meghalaya.
• Hot weather condition likely over Maharashtra with heat wave conditions at one or twopockets over Vidarbha.

 

Warning valid for 10 May 2018:

• Thunderstorm accompanied with squall (wind speed reaching 50-70 kmph) very likely atisolated places over Gangetic West Bengal.
• Hot weather condition likely over Rajasthan and Maharashtra with heat wave conditions at one or two pockets over Vidarbha and Rajasthan.
• Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over south Interior Karnataka and Tamilnadu.

 

Warning valid for 11 May 2018:

• Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over South Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu, northAndhra Pradesh.
• Hot weather condition likely over Rajasthan and Maharashtra with heat wave conditions at one or two pockets over Vidarbha and Rajasthan.

Warning valid for 12 May 2018:

• Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over South Interior Karnataka, Tamilnadu, northAndhra Pradesh and south Odisha.
• Hot weather condition likely over Rajasthan and Maharashtra with heat wave conditions at one or two pockets over Vidarbha and Rajasthan.