IMD Weather Update: Increase In Rainfall Over West Coast Of India From July 17; Check Full Forecast

The India Meteorological Department has said that active monsoon condition is very likely to prevail over central & adjoining East India during next 4 days.

IMD has predicted an Increase in rainfall activity along the West coast of the country from July 17 and a decrease over Northeast India.

In a press release on Sunday, the weather agency said that heavy to very heavy rainfall over Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh is likely to continue during next 2 days and decrease thereafter.

IMD also said that under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over Northwest Bay of Bengal, a low-pressure area has formed over north Odisha and adjoining Gangetic West Bengal & Jharkhand.

Northwest India: Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall is very likely to continue over these places:

• Himachal Pradesh during the next 5 days

• Uttarakhand & East Uttar Pradesh during the next 3 days;

• Haryana-Chandigarh during the next 2 days

• West Uttar Pradesh & East Rajasthan during next 4 days

• West Rajasthan on July 18-19,

• Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad on July 20.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely over:

Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand during next 2 days and over East Rajasthan on July 17 and 18.

Isolated thunderstorms & lightning are very likely to continue over the region during next 3-4 days.

East India: Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall very likely over Odisha during next 5 days; over Andaman & Nicobar Islands during July 17-19 July.

Isolated thunderstorm & lightning very likely to continue over Bihar and West Bengal & Sikkim during the next 2 days and over Andaman & Nicobar Islands during the next 5 days.

Central India: Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall and thunderstorm & lightning is very likely over the region during the next 5 days.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall likely over East Madhya Pradesh during 17 and 18 July; West Madhya Pradesh & Vidarbha on 18 July; over Chhattisgarh on July 17.

West India: Light/moderate fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall very likely to continue over the region during next 5 days.

Isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall over Konkan & Goa, ghat areas of Madhya Maharashtra during July 18-20 and over Gujarat state on July 19 and 20.

Isolated thunderstorm & lightning very likely to continue over the region on July 17.

Northeast India: Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall & thunderstorm & lightning over Assam & Meghalaya on July 17; over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on July 17.

South India: Light/moderate scattered to fairly widespread rainfall with isolated heavy rainfall very likely to over Coastal Karnataka during July 17-20; over Telangana during July 17-20; over Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Kerala & Mahe during July 18-20; and over Interior Karnataka on July 19-20.

Isolated thunderstorm & lightning very likely to continue over Coastal Andhra Pradesh & Yanam during July 17-20 and over Telangana, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry & Karaikal on July 17.

(Weather forecast as per July 16 Press Release by IMD)