WEATHER REPORT OF TODAY AND ANALYSIS FOR NEXT FIVE DAYS

NEW DELHI, June 17, 2024 (TBINN)

Scattered thunderstorms were likely around Mumbai and in Assam in the Morning. These are also possible in Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.

Very heavy rain is expected in western Assam, South-eastern Meghalaya and the North-eastern part of West Bengal.

A maximum temperature of 45°C or more is expected in several parts Indo-Gangetic Plain, such as around National Capital Region and in North-western Punjab.

A maximum temperature of 40°C is expected in the rest of Indo-Gangetic Plain and around Ahmedabad (in Gujarat).

In the morning, fog is partially possible around Trans-Himalayas.

Conditions are favourable for further advance of South-West Monsoon into some more parts of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Coastal Andhra Pradesh & North-West Bay of Bengal, some parts of Gangetic West Bengal, remaining parts of Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and some parts of Bihar during the next four days.

A cyclonic circulation lies over North-East Assam and neighbourhood and another over North Bangladesh and neighbourhood in lower tropospheric levels. Further trough runs from central parts of Bihar to Nagaland and another North-South trough runs roughly along Long. 86°E to the North of Lat. 22°N in lower tropospheric levels. Strong Southwesterly or southerly winds are prevailing from Bay of Bengal to Northeastern states in lower tropospheric levels.

This will result in wide-spread light to moderate rainfall accompanied with thunderstorms, lightning and gusty winds (30-40 kmph) likely over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim during the next seven days.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall may lash Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh during the next five days and isolated extremely heavy rainfall could also drench Assam and Meghalaya from June 17-21; Arunachal Pradesh on June 18 and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on June 17-18.

Isolated heavy rainfall may impact Odisha on June 20-21; Jharkhand and Gangetic West Bengal on June 21, 2024.