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Informist, Monday, Mar. 30, 2026

MUMBAI – Under the influence of multiple weather systems, hailstorms are likely over parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Sikkim, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, central Maharashtra, and Marathawada till Tuesday and over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh till Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department said. 

Currently, an east-west trough runs from northeast Bihar to Manipur across north Bangladesh, Meghalaya, and southeast Assam, while another trough runs from Bihar to Gangetic West Bengal across Jharkhand, the weather department said. Another trough runs from an upper air cyclonic circulation which lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh to interior Odisha across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the department said. 

These weather systems are also expected to cause heavy rainfall over parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on Wednesday, and thundersqualls with wind speeds reaching 50–60 kilometres per hour and gusting to 70 km per hour are likely over Bihar and Gangetic West Bengal on the same day, the weather bureau said. A wet spell with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is expected over most parts of east India till Friday, the bureau said. Similar weather is likely over most parts of central India for the next five days, it said.

A trough runs from west Vidarbha to south Tamil Nadu across Marathwada and interior Karnataka, while another trough in the easterlies runs from the Comorin area to north interior Karnataka across Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, and south interior Karnataka. These troughs are expected to cause light to moderate rainfall over parts of central Maharashtra and Marathawada till Friday, over Gujarat on Thursday and Friday, and over Konkan and Goa from Tuesday to Thursday, the weather department said. Similar weather conditions are likely over most parts of south peninsular India till Friday, with a few spells of heavy rainfall over parts of Kerala till Tuesday, the department said.

A western disturbance lies to the northwest of the country, and an induced upper air cyclonic circulation lies over Punjab and adjoining Haryana. A trough runs from the aforementioned upper air cyclonic circulation to northeast Arabian Sea across west Rajasthan, the weather department said. Another upper air cyclonic circulation lies over northwest Uttar Pradesh, the department said. Under the influence of these weather systems, a wet spell accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is expected over most parts of northwest India till Tuesday, it said.

A second western disturbance is expected to affect northwest India from Thursday, causing light to moderate rainfall or snowfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over most parts of the region till Sunday, the weather department said.

An upper air cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Assam, which is likely to cause heavy rainfall over parts of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday and Wednesday, over Assam and Meghalaya till Wednesday, and over Tripura till Tuesday, the weather bureau said. A wet spell with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is expected over most parts of northeast India till Friday, the bureau said.  End

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Tanima Banerjee

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