IMD forecasts light rain with thunder on April 29 and 30 in Maharashtra

Sandip Dighe | TNN | Apr 27, 2020, 07:20 IST

<p>IMD forecasted light rain with thunder and lightning on Wednesday and Thursday. (File Photo)<br></p>

PUNE: The India Metrological Department (IMD) on Sunday forecasted light rain with thunder and lightning on Wednesday and Thursday.
“The discontinuity of wind in the lower atmospheric-level over Madhya Maharashtra will bring moisture from the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal over the region. This atmospheric condition will bring very light to light rain over the region and district,” Anupam Kashyapi, head of forecast division of the IMD Pune, said.
“The day temperature will remain around 39°C. The presence of high moisture and the temperature will develop local instability in the atmosphere. So, chances of strong or gusty wind with 30-35kmph speed are expected to be in the city. This weather phenomenon may result in hail in some places in the district,” Kashyapi said.
The district may experience this weather till Friday, following which it will become normal, he added.
The city has recorded fall in night temperatures. On Sunday, the Shivajinagar and Lohegaon observatories recorded 18°C and 20.4°C, which were below normal by -3.2 and 0.6 degrees Celsius respectively.
“Northerly wind components are stronger in the lower atmospheric level and it is reaching up to North Maharashtra and Pune. So, the night temperatures have fallen in the region and the district. It will marginally rise because of the moisture incursion towards the end of April,” he said.
From last week, the day temperatures sub-divisions in the state had fallen below normal, with nights remaining relatively cooler as minimum temperatures fell below 20°C.