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Informist, Thursday, Apr. 16, 2026

 

MUMBAI – Heatwave conditions are expected to continue in parts of east Madhya Pradesh till Sunday, over west Madhya Pradesh from Friday to Sunday, over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh from Friday to Monday, over Odisha on Saturday and Sunday, and Jharkhand on Sunday and Monday, the India Meteorological Department said. Similar weather conditions are likely to persist over parts of Marathwada, central Maharashtra, and north interior Karnataka till Saturday and over Andhra Pradesh on Friday and Saturday, the weather department said.

 

Hot and humid weather conditions are likely over pockets of Odisha till Wednesday, over Gangetic West Bengal from Sunday to Wednesday, Konkan and Goa till Friday, and the coastal areas of Gujarat till Saturday, the weather bureau said. Similar conditions are also expected over parts of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and coastal Karnataka till Monday and over Andhra Pradesh till Sunday, the bureau said.

 

Maximum temperatures over central India are expected to rise gradually by 2 degrees Celsius till Sunday, after which they are likely to fall by 2–3 degrees Celsius Mon-Tue, the weather bureau said. In Maharashtra and Gujarat, maximum temperatures are expected to fall by 2–3 degrees Celsius from Sunday to Wednesday. No significant change in temperatures are likely over the rest of the country, it said.

 

Under the influence of an east-west trough running from southeast Rajasthan to Manipur, heavy rainfall is likely over parts of Arunachal Pradesh from Saturday to Monday, and over Assam and Meghalaya till Sunday, the weather department said. Light and moderate rainfall is also expected over most parts of northeast India till Monday, the department said.

 

A western disturbance lies to the northwest of the country, and an upper air cyclonic circulation lies over north Haryana, the weather bureau said. These weather systems, along with the east-west trough, are likely to cause light to moderate rainfall or snowfall with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds over several parts of northwest India till Sunday, it said. Hailstorms are also likely over parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Gilgit-Baltistan, Muzaffarabad, and Himachal Pradesh on Friday.

 

Heavy rainfall is expected over parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim on Saturday, while a wet spell accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is likely over multiple parts of east India till Tuesday, the weather bureau said.

 

Another upper air cyclonic circulation lies over northeast Madhya Pradesh, while a north-south trough runs from northeast Madhya Pradesh to the Gulf of Mannar, the bureau said. Under the influence of these weather systems, a wet spell with thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is likely over west Madhya Pradesh on Friday and Saturday, and over Vidarbha and Chhattisgarh on Monday, it said. 

 

Light to moderate rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds is expected over parts of central Maharashtra from Friday to Monday, and over Marathwada from Saturday to Tuesday, the weather department said. Similar weather is expected over parts of south peninsular India till Monday, it said.  End

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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