IMD Warns of Severe Heat in North India and Heavy Rain in South

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that the southwest monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on May 26, with a possible variation of plus or minus four days.

According to the weather agency, conditions are becoming favourable for the further advance of the southwest monsoon into additional areas of the southeast Arabian Sea, southwest and southeast Bay of Bengal, remaining parts of the Andaman Islands and Andaman Sea, and parts of the east-central Bay of Bengal over the next two to three days.

The IMD has also forecast heatwave to severe heatwave conditions over West Uttar Pradesh for tomorrow.

Similar heatwave conditions are expected over New Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Telangana and Vidarbha during the next two days.

Warm night conditions have also been predicted for parts of West Rajasthan tomorrow.

The IMD stated that maximum temperatures are likely to rise gradually by three to five degrees Celsius across many parts of northwest India during the next three to four days.

Meanwhile, the weather department has issued an orange alert for thunderstorms accompanied by hailstorms over Karnataka tomorrow.

Thunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds are also expected over Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Madhya Maharashtra, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh tomorrow.

The IMD has additionally forecast heavy rainfall over the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Mahe, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal and parts of Northeast India over the next two days.