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Informist, Wednesday, Apr. 2, 2025

MUMBAI – Multiple weather systems are likely to cause heavy rainfall over parts of Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karaikal, coastal and the adjoining ghat areas of interior Karnataka, north interior Karnataka, Kerala, and Mahe till Sunday, the India Meteorological Department has said.

Hailstorms are also predicted over isolated pockets of central Maharashtra and Marathwada on Wednesday, Vidarbha and north interior Karnataka till Thursday, and west Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and south Interior Karnataka on Thursday, the weather bureau has said.

According to the weather agency, due to the same weather systems, a wet spell accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds, ranging from 40-50 kilometre per hour, are expected over south peninsular India until Sunday, and over central India, Maharashtra, Gangetic West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha through Friday, the weather department said.

Heatwave conditions are likely to continue in parts of Saurashtra and Kutch in the next seven days, in west Rajasthan from Saturday to Tuesday, in Gujarat from Sunday to Tuesday, and in East Rajasthan on Monday and Tuesday, as per India Meteorological Department.

A gradual rise in maximum temperatures by 3-5 degrees Celsius is likely over northwest India in the next seven days, the weather bureau said. No significant change in maximum temperatures is expected over central India in the next two days, and a gradual rise by 2-4 degrees Celsius is seen in the next five days, the bureau said.

In west India, no major change in maximum temperatures is predicted in the next three days, and a gradual rise by 2-3 degrees Celsius is expected afterwards, the department said. No significant change in maximum temperatures is seen over the rest of the country in the next seven days, the weather department added.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Subhojit Sarkar

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