The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall over Chhattisgarh, Coastal Karnataka, Gangetic West Bengal, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh today.
The Met department predicted similar conditions over Konkan, Goa, Madhya Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand today as well.
Meanwhile, thunderstorm accompanied by lightning and gusty winds is expected over Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bihar, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit, Baltistan and Muzaffarabad today.
The IMD said, rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds and lightning is expected over Northwest, Northeast, West, East, Central and Southern Peninsular India over the next seven days. Delhi NCR will experience rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds and lightning from today.
The weather pattern is being influenced by the monsoon trough passing through central and eastern India, along with an offshore trough extending along the Maharashtra-Karnataka coast, the IMD said in a statement. According to daily weather report,
“heavy to very heavy rain” accompanied by winds of 30-40 kmph is likely in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada, Uttara Kannada, and Udupi on Thursday, with “extremely heavy rainfall” at isolated places.
Rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds and lightning is expected over Northwest, Northeast, West, East, Central and Southern Peninsular India over the next seven days. Delhi NCR will experience rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, gusty winds and lightning from today.