Rain, hail likely in Delhi today? IMD shares current weather information and forecasts heavy rainfall in Kerala, Tamil Nadu | Today’s news
Parts of southern India are likely to witness heavy rains till October 20 due to the onset of the northeast monsoon, the India Meteorological Department said in a weather bulletin on Wednesday.
Light to moderate rainfall occurred over Tamil Nadu and Kerala earlier this week, while heavy downpour is likely over these states in the coming days.
The IMD said that isolated very heavy rainfall is likely to occur over Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karajkal on October 15.
The IMD forecast for southern peninsular India warned of “isolated heavy rainfall” over Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal during the 16th-20th. October; in Kerala and Mahe during the 16th-20th October; in coastal Karnataka and Rayalaseema during the 16th-18th October; in North Interior Karnataka and Telangana during 17-18 October; and in South Interior Karnataka on October 15th and during October 17th-20th.
Coastal Andhra Pradesh and Yanam may also witness heavy rains during 15th-19th. October Isolated very heavy rainfall is also likely over South Interior Karnataka on 16 October.
What will the weather be like in Delhi NCR?
The IMD also predicted “hail activity” in parts of Uttarakhand and West Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi and Punjab on Thursday (October 15).
The IMD said the national capital may be covered by “generally cloudy skies” on Thursday, October 15.
The IMD said that very light to light rain may occur at many places, light rain at isolated places, accompanied by thundershowers/lightning and strong winds of 40-50 kmph, gusting to 60 kmph, most likely during afternoon to evening.
Another spell of very light to light rain at many places accompanied by thunderstorm/lightning is very likely overnight.
Maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 28°C to 30°C and 19°C to 21°C respectively.
“The surface wind speed will increase to 18 km/h from northeast direction during the afternoon. The surface wind speed will increase to 20 km/hz from east direction during the evening and night hours,” the IMD said.
