Weather Forecast: IMD Predicts Thunderstorm, Rainfall In THESE States For Next 2 Days

Isolated to scattered light or moderate rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning is very likely at isolated places over Punjab, north Haryana-Chandigarh and northwest Uttar Pradesh during next 24 hours, IMD said.

New Delhi: Due to Western disturbance, a cyclonic circulation lies over central parts of Rajasthan and the neighborhood, said the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday. Under their influence, the weather agency said scattered to fairly widespread, light to moderate rainfall or snowfall with thunderstorm and lightning very likely over isolated places in Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand during next 24 hours. Isolated hailstorm also likely over Uttarakhand during next 24 hours, IMD said in its daily bulletin.

Another cyclonic circulation in lower and mid-tropospheric levels lies over the Strait of Malacca and neighbourhood, the weather forecasting agency said, adding that it is likely to emerge over the south Andaman Sea and neighbourhood around February 27.

Under its influence, a low-pressure area is likely to form over Southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining south the Andaman Sea during subsequent 24 hours, leading to fairly widespread to widespread light or moderate rainfall with a thunderstorm, lightning, and gusty winds over Andaman Nicobar Islands during February 27 and March 1.

“Isolated heavy rainfall also very likely over the Nicobar Islands on February 27 and 28 and over south coastal Tamilnadu on March 2, said IMD.

IMD’s Weather Forecast For Next Two Days

• Isolated to scattered light or moderate rainfall with thunderstorm and lightning is very likely at isolated places over Punjab, north Haryana-Chandigarh and northwest Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours.
• Isolated hailstorm activity is also likely over northwest Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours.
• Isolated light to moderate rainfall is very likely over Bihar, Jharkhand, East Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal-Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha during the next two days with thunderstorm and lightning at isolated places over the region during the next 24 hours.
• Isolated hailstorm activity is also likely over Odisha during the next 24 hours.
• Scattered to fairly widespread rainfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura during next 2 days with isolated thunderstorm and lightning over Arunachal Pradesh, West Assam, and Meghalaya during next 24 hours.
• Squally winds (40-50 gusting to 60 Kmph) are also very likely over the south Andaman Sea and adjoining the southeast Bay of Bengal during February 27 and 28; over Southeast and adjoining Southwest Bay of Bengal on March 1, and over Southwest and adjoining Southeast Bay of Bengal on March 2. Fishermen are advised not to venture into these areas.