Light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms will prevail over East & Central India from tomorrow onwards till March 18, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned in the latest weather bulletin.
Due to low atmospheric pressure in lower tropospheric levels, scattered to fairly widespread rainfall is predicted over Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Vidarbha, Chhattisgarh, and East Madhya Pradesh till March 20.
Isolated hailstorms are also likely over East Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, and Chhattisgarh on March 17 and 18.
Northeastern states like Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura will see moderate rainfall and snowfall for the next few days, IMD mentioned.
Clear skies in Delhi
The weather office has forecast mainly clear skies with strong surface winds in the national capital today. The minimum and maximum temperatures are expected to settle around 15 and 30 degrees Celsius, respectively.
On Thursday, Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 30.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above normal, while the humidity level during the day oscillated between 32 percent and 83 percent.
The Air Quality Index (AQI) settled in the ‘moderate’ category with a reading of 195, as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data.
Temperature forecast
IMD has predicted the maximum temperatures above normal by 2-4°C over many parts of south Peninsular India. Further, it is likely to remain the same during the next 4-5 days.
In Southern states, hot and humid weather is very likely to prevail over Kerala & Mahe, Rayalaseema and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal during the next 5 days.
Meanwhile, no significant change in maximum temperatures is very likely over Northwest & West India during the next 3 days and rise by 2-4°C thereafter. Gradual fall in maximum temperatures by 2-3°C is very likely over Odisha during the next 5 days.
No significant change in maximum temperatures is likely over the rest of the country during the next 5 days.