Thundershowers likely in Delhi-NCR; IMD says no heatwave till June 8
New Delhi, June 05: Light intensity rain would occur over Delhi and adjoining areas of Kaithal, Roorkee and Ballabhgarh during the next few hours India Meteorological Department (IMD).
The inclement weather is because of a western disturbance that is affecting the western Himalayas and moisture incursion due to cyclone Nisarga, which hit the Maharashtra coast on Wednesday.
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A heatwave is not expected to return to Delhi-NCR before June 8, the weather department said.
According to Skymet Weather, moderate to heavy rains are expected over Madhya Pradesh and eastern Uttar Pradesh. Coastal Karnataka, south Konkan, Goa, Maharashtra are also expected to witness light rains.
Meanwhile, thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds over the north-western region during the next two days and some heavy rainfall is also likely over Uttarakhand, eastern Uttar Pradesh and southern Rajasthan during the next 24 hours.
The south-west monsoon has also advanced into the central Arabian Sea, Kerala and Mahe, some parts of Karnataka etc.
Conditions
are
becoming
favourable
for
its
further
advancement
of
south-west
monsoon
into
some
more
parts
of
central
Arabian
Sea,
Karnataka,
Tamil
Nadu,
Puducherry,
Karaikal,
south-west
and
the
east-central
Bay
of
Bengal;
the
south-east
Bay
of
Bengal
and
some
parts
of
west-central
Bay
of
Bengal
during
the
next
two
days,
the
bulletin
added.
Average
monsoon
rain
across
the
country
from
June
1
to
June
4
has
been
24.3
millimetres
(mm)
compared
to
normal
of
11.6
mm.
Central
India
has
received
the
highest
rains
in
the
past
four
days
at
28.4
mm
compared
to
a
normal
of
7.4
mm.
Heavy rainfall is also very likely over Kerala, Konkan and Goa during the next three days and over coastal Karnataka during the next 24 hours.