The India Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rainfall in parts of peninsular India on Friday and other areas, including Northeast India, in the next few days. After days of reeling under heatwave, with temperatures surging past 40 degrees Celsius, on Thursday, several states in Northern India witnessed relief as heavy rainfall was recorded in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Delhi. These conditions are likely to persist over the next few days.
Parts of Uttarakhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, and are likely to experience heavy rainfall on Friday, the IMD predicted. East Uttar Pradesh, , Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan may witness thundersqualls.
The agency has predicted isolated heavy rainfall over , Puducherry and Karaikal from May 29 to 31. Kerala and Mahe are also expected to experience similar conditions on May 29 and during June 1 to 3. Lakshadweep may receive heavy rainfall from June 1 to 3 as well.
IMD has also predicted light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms over Interior Karnataka from May 29 to 30, and Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal, Kerala, Mahe, Lakshadweep and Telangana from May 29 to June 1. North Interior Karnataka, Rayalaseema, Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam are likely to witness thundersqualls.
The weather bureau noted that conditions are favourable for the advance of the southwest monsoon into parts of the southwest and southeast Arabian Sea, the Lakshadweep area, and parts of the central Bay of Bengal over the next two to three days.
Northeast Indian states of Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura are likely to receive heavy rainfall in isolated places from May 31 to June 3. Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, and Meghalaya may experience the same from June 1 to 3.
Thundersqualls are also expected over Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha on Friday. Odisha is likely to experience heavy rainfall over two days, from May 29 to 30. There are chances of Bihar witnessing rainfall. Isolated heavy rainfall is also likely over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands from May 29 to May 31.
