Continued rain activity along with thunderstorms over northeast India, sub-Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim are predicted starting today till March 26, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) mentioned in the latest weather bulletin.
Meanwhile, a fresh spell of rainfall/thunderstorm activity over the western Himalayan region and adjoining plains of northwest India is likely during March 26-29 with peak activities on 28 and 29 March.
As per IMD, a cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Assam & neighborhood and a trough runs from northwest Bihar to southeast Assam. Under the influence of these systems, fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated thunderstorms & lightning is very likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.
Delhi to see cloudy skies
The weather office predicted partly cloudy skies for Monday in Delhi, with minimum and maximum temperatures expected to be around 16 and 32 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The national capital on Sunday recorded a maximum temperature of 29.8 degrees Celsius, two notches below the season’s average, the MeT department mentioned.
The city received light to moderate-intensity showers in some parts on Sunday. Meanwhile, humidity levels in the city oscillated between 92 percent and 42 percent during the day, IMD said.
Fresh western disturbance in Himalayan region
A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from the night of the 26 March and another from March 29. Due to this, scattered to fairly widespread light rainfall and snowfall with isolated thunderstorms & lightning are very likely over Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan, Muzaffarabad and Himachal Pradesh on March 27 and 28.
IMD also forecasts isolated heavy rainfall and snowfall over Arunachal Pradesh, Sub Himalayan West Bengal, and Sikkim for the next few days.
Temperature forecast
Maximum temperatures are in the range of 36-40°C over south Rajasthan, south Madhya Pradesh, northern parts of Gujarat, interior parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and interior parts of Karnataka, Kerala & Tamil Nadu which are above normal by 1-3°C.
It is in the range of 33- 36°C over the remaining parts of the plains of India which are above normal by 1-2°C except Bihar, Jharkhand, and Gangetic West Bengal where it is 30-33°C which are below normal by 1-4°C.
Fall in maximum temperatures by 3-4°C is very likely over Northwest India during the next 24 hours and then rise by 3-4°C during subsequent 3-4 days.
Gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3°C is very likely over west, central, and east India during the next 3-4 days. Further, IMD has said no significant change in maximum temperatures is likely over the rest of the country during the next 5 days.