Severe heatwave conditions to persist for 3-4 days in these states, rain to follow afterwards

Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast extreme heatwave conditions in varied states in India for the upcoming three to 4 days, signaling no reprieve from the oppressive warmth in half of the nation, as per its newest bulletin launched at 2 pm.

While the aftereffects of Cyclone Biparjoy remains to be current, the meteorological service forecasted intense heatwave conditions in Odisha, Vidarbha, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and many others., adopted by a gradual discount.

IMD’s climate prediction for the approaching 5 days

Northeast and adjoining East India are anticipated to see gentle to reasonable rainfall throughout the subsequent 5 days, with remoted heavy to very heavy showers predicted throughout Northeast India, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim. Between June 17 and 19, Meghalaya can be anticipated to get a number of remoted, extraordinarily extreme rainstorms.

Within the subsequent three days, there’ll possible be gentle to reasonable quantities of remoted to widespread rains with a excessive probability of thunderstorms and lightning throughout Gangetic West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha. 

Northwest and adjoining Central India may have delicate to reasonable distributed to widespread precipitation all through Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand throughout the subsequent 4 days and remoted to scattered downpours over Northwest India’s plains over the subsequent three days. 

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On June 18th and nineteenth, remoted places throughout Uttarakhand are extremely possible to see thundersqualls (60-70 km/h) and hailstorms.  Isolated extreme to very heavy rain can be anticipated throughout southwest Rajasthan on June 17 and 18, southeast Rajasthan from June 17 to 19, and northwest Madhya Pradesh from June 19 to 21. Today, June 17, remoted, extraordinarily heavy rainfall can be anticipated throughout south Rajasthan.

South India:

Over the subsequent 5 days, there’ll possible be delicate to reasonable quantities of scattered to widespread downpours, thunderstorms, and lightning. Isolated heavy rainfall can be predicted for Tamilnadu from June 17 to 19, Kerala from June 18 to 21, and South Interior Karnataka from June 19 to 21.

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— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) June 16, 2023