Weather update: Severe heatwave likely to continue in Northwest, Central India; check out full report

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted severe heatwave conditions in isolated pockets are very likely over West Rajasthan.

An alert of a mild heatwave to severe heatwave conditions in isolated pockets over South Haryana-Delhi and in some parts of Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and isolated parts of Jammu division, South Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Gujarat state has been reported.

Thunderstorm along with lightning and gusty winds (Speed 30-40 km per hour) at isolated areas very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Assam-Meghalaya and Kerala-Mahe and with lightning at isolated areas very likely over Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha, Andaman-Nicobar Islands, Nagaland-Manipur, Madhya Maharashtra, Konkan-Goa, Coastal Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal.

Heavy shower at isolated pockets, are very likely over Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam-Meghalaya and South Kerala.

Here’s IMD's weather report up to 12th April:

Under the influence of strong southwesterly winds from the Bay of Bengal to North-Eastern states at lower tropospheric levels:

1) Fairly widespread to widespread rainfall along with thunderstorms and lightning over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura during the next 5 days.

Isolated heavy rainfall is verypossible over Arunachal Pradesh and Sub-Himalayan West Bengal-Sikkim from 7th-10th April; over Assam Meghalaya during the next 5 days. Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely in West-Assam Meghalaya from 9th - 11th April 2022.

Under the influence of trough over South Peninsular India:

1) Light isolated/scattered rainfall accompanied with thunderstorm and lightning very likely over Kerala-Mahe, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu-Puducherry-Karaikal, Karnataka during next 5 days; Over Telangana on 7th and over Coastal Andhra Pradesh during 09th-11th April.

2) Isolated heavy rainfall likely over South Kerala on 8th and 9th April 2022.

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