The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, predicting heavy downpour during the day on May 5. Apart from this, the Meteorological Department on Tuesday warned of isolated to scattered thunderstorms, lightning, gusty winds (40-60 kmph) and hail over northwest, central and east India.
The IMD urged residents living in the affected region to follow safety protocol. Below are safety guidelines to follow in extreme weather conditions.
The IMD has predicted a thunderstorm in Rajasthan for the next few days, predicting: “Scattered to fairly widespread light to moderate rainfall with thundershowers, lightning and gusty winds (speed reaching 30-50 kmph) likely over Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on 5th and 6th and 6th and 5th West and 10.05. its latest bulletin on the weather.
The IMD has warned of isolated heavy rainfall in the following regions
- Arunachal Pradesh on 5 May
- Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim till 6th May
- Bihar on 6th May.
Hot and humid weather
Additionally, hot and humid weather conditions are very likely to prevail in isolated pockets over Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coast till May 6; Rayalaseema on May 5; Gujarat on May 9 and 10; and Konkan and Goa over the coming 3 days.
Temperature forecast
Amid the presence of a “western disturbance like a trough in the mid and upper tropospheric westerlies” and other prevailing weather conditions, the Met department has predicted a gradual rise in maximum temperatures of 4 to 6 degrees Celsius for northwest India during May 5-9. Gradual drop in maximum temperatures by 2-3°C likely over central India till May 6 and no significant change thereafter, IMD said.
Residents of Maharashtra can expect a gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 2-3°C over the next 3 days. Residents of Delhi can expect maximum temperatures to drop by 3-5°C and then rise by 5-7°C during the next 24 hours.
From May 10 onwards, western Himalayan region is likely to be affected by fresh western disturbances.
Today’s weather in Delhi
Safdarjung Primary Weather Station recorded a maximum temperature of 32.2 degrees Celsius on May 4, nearly 7.1 degrees Celsius below normal. The IMD lifted the yellow warning for rain in the capital and forecast: “Generally cloudy skies. A spell of very light to light rain accompanied by thundershowers/lightning and strong surface winds of 20-30 kmph gusting to 40 kmph during afternoon/evening.”
During the day, maximum temperatures are expected to be well below normal around 5.1°C and most likely to settle in the 31°C to 33°C range. Moving to the minimum temperature in the national capital, the IMD has suggested that it will also be well below normal by around 5.1°C and is expected to hover anywhere between 18°C and 20°C.
