Heavy rain, snow warning across India till Nov 16; Delhi’s AQI improves to ‘Poor’ | Full IMD Forecast | Today’s news
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rainfall in several parts of the country from November 10 to November 16 due to a western disturbance.
The IMD said, “The Western Disturbance is likely to cause rain/snowfall at isolated to fairly widespread places in the Western Himalayan region till November 13. Besides, heavy rain/snowfall is possible at some places in the Kashmir Valley on November 12.”
The Meteorological Department has also issued a heavy rainfall warning for parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karaikal on November 10 and 11 and November 15 and 16. According to him, heavy rain is also possible in Kerala and Mahe on November 16.
“A low pressure area is likely to form over southeast Bay of Bengal around November 13, 2026. It is likely to move northwestward and intensify into a well-marked low pressure area during the next 24 hours,” the IMD forecast said on Tuesday.
The IMD predicted “no significant weather likely over west and central India during the week”.
However, he said isolated to scattered rain is likely over Jammu-Kashmir-Ladakh-Gilgit-Baltistan-Muzaffarabad during 10.11. November and during November 14-16; Himachal Pradesh during 10–16 November; Uttarakhand during 12-13 november
Isolated to scattered showers likely over Punjab during 12-16. on November, it said, adding that isolated heavy rainfall is also likely over Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura on November 10. “Moderate to intense lightning over Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura on November 10 and 11,” it said.
Delhi weather update
Partly clear skies are likely to prevail over Delhi, the IMD said, predicting “shallow to moderate fog at most places during morning hours”.
The maximum and minimum temperatures over Delhi are likely to be in the range of 27°C to 29°C and 14°C to 16°C respectively.
Delhi’s air quality, which spiked on Diwali, improved marginally to enter the ‘poor’ category on Tuesday, with the AQI settling at 299 on Tuesday and early Wednesday, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data showed.
On Monday, the day after Diwali, the capital’s average air quality index (AQI) stood at 376, in the “very poor” category. The improvement was observed due to the acceleration of the wind speed.
On Tuesday, 23 monitoring stations in the city recorded “very poor” air quality, with Pusa Road recording the highest AQI at 385, followed by Chandni Chowk at 381.
According to CPCB, an AQI between 0 and 50 is classified as “good”, 51 and 100 as “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 as “moderate”, 201 and 300 as “poor”, 301 and 400 as “4001 as poor” and 05.
