The pre-monsoon season has been wet, with a rainfall departure of over 80 per cent, over Andaman and Nicobar. (PTI Photo) Weather News Highlights: After severe heatwaves, northwestern parts of India will get some respite as rainfall is predicted over the next three with peak intensity rains forecast for Monday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a wet spell over northwest India on May 23 and 24 with showers in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
Thunderstorms, dust storms and gusty winds with a speed of 30-40 kilometer per hour would occur over adjoining areas of the Delhi-NCR over the next two days. Cloudy skies and a thunderstorm brought slight relief to Delhiites on Saturday as the maximum temperature in the city settled at 42.4 degrees Celsius, weather officials said. Also, central parts of Mumbai on Saturday received first pre-monsoon showers of the season with light rains reported in Dadar and Matunga areas.
Meanwhile, at least 10 districts in Kerala will receive heavy rainfall on Saturday and Sunday with the IMD issuing a Yellow alert, while the Idukki district administration has opened the shutters of Kallarkutty and Pambla dams to release excess water. IMD has issued Yellow alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts for today whereas Wayanad too has Yellow alert on May 22.
The national capital on Sunday recorded a minimum temperature of 23.1 degrees Celsius, three notches below the average and the IMD has predicted light rains in the city. Rainfall recorded in 24 hours till this morning was is 0.8 mm. The relative humidity at 8:30 am is 56 per cent, weather department officials said.
According to the India Meteorological, the national capital may have a partly cloudy sky with very light rain or drizzle accompanied with gusty wind of 30-40 kmph towards afternoon and evening. The maximum temperature is likely to go up to 41 degrees Celsius. (PTI)
Bengaluru recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 17.9 degrees Celsius at 8:30 am on Friday thereby making it one of the coldest days. The observation data was recorded at 8:30 am on May 20. The last time the lowest minimum temperature recorded during the month was on May 6, 1945 when it was 16.7 degrees Celsius. On May 13, 2013 and May 25, 2014 the city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of 18.9 degrees Celsius. On May 12, the city recorded the lowest maximum temperature of 24.3 degrees Celsius and on May 20, the maximum temperature was 22.4 degrees Celsius. Read More
At least 10 districts in Kerala will receive heavy rainfall on Saturday and Sunday with the IMD issuing a Yellow alert, while the Idukki district administration has opened the shutters of Kallarkutty and Pambla dams to release excess water. IMD has issued Yellow alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram and Kozhikode districts for today whereas Wayanad too has Yellow alert on May 22.
The Met Department has predicted fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with isolated heavy to very heavy falls and thunderstorm/lightning over Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal & Sikkim during on Sunday. Rainfall activity will decrease in intensity after today.
Scorched by a heatwave, northwestern parts of India can expect some respite over the three days as an extra-tropical weather system is likely to bring showers over the region with peak intensity rains forecast for Monday. The India Meteorological Department has forecast a fall in maximum temperatures by 3-4 degrees Celsius over most parts of Northwest India during the next three days and no significant change thereafter.